Alex Gladstein is a human rights advocate and non-profit strategy expert based in Oakland, California. the Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation as well as the Vice President of Strategy at the Oslo Freedom Forum.^[undefined]

Early in his career, Gladstein was a Foreign Affairs Research Assistant for the UK government and assisted Michael Moore MP, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom at the time.

In 2018, he became the Chief Strategy Officer for the Human Rights Foundation a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that promotes and protects human rights globally, with a focus on closed societies.

In addition, he is the Vice President of Strategy at the Oslo Freedom Forum.

In August 2018, Gladstein became a Guest Lecturer at Singularity University where he focuses on the intersection of technology, freedom, bitcoin, and decentralization.^[undefined]

Gladstein is a graduate of Wilton High School. He attended Tufts University where he earned a BA in International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies and graduated Magna Cum Laude.^[undefined]

THE BITCOIN MAGAZINE PODCAST Alex Gladstein and the Moral Case for Lightning (Aug 7, 2019)^[3]

The Moral Case for Lightning (July 25, 2019)^[4]