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Engineer in Residence: Max Levchin
 Max Levchin Max graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science in 1997 when he also co-founded two companies that made Internet-tools, NetMeridian Software and SponsorNet New Media. He founded PayPal in 1998, and took the company public in February 2002. PayPal is the most widely used service of its kind and has been cited by globalization guru Thomas Friedman, as the 3rd catalyst in leveling the playing field for people around the world. Max is primarily known for his contributions to PayPal's anti-fraud efforts and is also the co-creator of the Gausebeck-Levchin test, one of the first commercial implementations of a Captcha. Max's new company, Slide is focused on helping people find, play, and share the media they care about by creating convenient ways to publish and view the heaps of digital content produced today, from mobile phone photos to podcasts.
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