Brian Forde is the CEO and co-founder of Numero, a start-up building fundraising software for Democratic political campaigns. He ran for Congress in 2018 and was one of the top ten fundraisers in the country for first-time candidates. Prior to his run, Brian served as a Senior Advisor in the Obama White House, was the Director of the Digital Currency Initiative at the famed MIT Media Lab, and founded one of the largest phone companies in Nicaragua after serving as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer. Brian graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from University of California at Los Angeles and an M.B.A. from London Business School.