Ray Sidney is an XPRIZE Foundation Vision Circle Member. He is a principal of Big George Ventures, LLC, Carson Valley's premier eco-friendly real estate investor. Prior to co-founding Big George Ventures, Ray worked in the fields of software and cryptography for Google, RSA Laboratories, and D.E.Shaw & Co, among others. He holds a Bachelor's Degree from Harvard and a Ph.D. from MIT, both in Mathematics, as well as an M.B.A from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.