Jan Pleskáč is an expert in secure hardware design and the Co-Founder, CTO, and former CEO of Tropic Square, a SatoshiLabs company. Specializing in transparent, high-security infrastructure, he spearheaded the development of TROPIC01, a pioneering open-architecture secure element and hardware root of trust. Driven by his technical leadership in verifiable silicon, this flagship chip won the prestigious Embedded World Award for Safety and Security in 2025.