About Us

It all began with a simple question:

How could we make voting safer and easier? We wanted to bring a level of integrity back to our elections that had never been seen before. And that’s how VoteApp came to be.

Our voting system is broken.

Right now, our voting system reflects all the issues of our society: inequality, corruption, and a lack of accountability and transparency. Imagine if access to voting was equalized, votes were publicly validated, our government was held fully accountable by the
people, and elections were protected from hacking, tampering, and outside influences?

Blockchain Takes Voting to the Next Level

This is the future that Vote App achieves with Blockchain. VoteApp makes voting accessible, transparent and secure. Election results can be held accountable by valid votes. Recounts will not take days and thousands of tax dollars.

Blockchain technology holds the solution to every major problem that our voting system has faced since the beginning of our democracy.

Voter fraud, intimidation, and suppression is putting the health of our democracy at risk.

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Ballot discrepancies and falsification of results occurs in every election, making us doubt if our votes even count.

Decades-old voting machines are falling apart at polling places, and it would cost $3 billion to replace our country’s voting machines.

Cyber hacking is a serious threat acknowledged by the heads of the CIA, Department of Homeland Security, and National Intelligence Community.

America’s voting system has lost its legitimacy
and is on the verge of collapse. And for the modern world’s first democracy, this is not acceptable. This is why, when our team witnessed the emergence of blockchain technology, we thought,
“Why hasn’t this been done yet?”

It just makes sense. We already have the technology to revolutionize voting. As thought leaders of the free world, we should bring our outdated and corrupted voting process up to date for the 21st century. It’s time for a change.

America’s voting system has lost its legitimacy and is on the verge of collapse. And for the modern world’s first democracy, this is not acceptable. This is why, when our team witnessed the emergence of blockchain technology, we thought,”Why hasn’t this been done yet?”

It just makes sense. We already have the technology to revolutionize voting. As thought leaders of the free world, we should bring our outdated and corrupted voting process up to date for the 21st century. It’s time for a change.

VoteApp leverages the power of Blockchain to restore integrity to our elections.

Daniel Stanton
CEO

Daniel Stanton is a 22-year technology industry veteran and the founder and CEO of Level 2 Designs Inc., a technology solutions firm providing IT, development, and security services to companies in SoCal and the world. Daniel is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton with a degree in Business Information Systems. He was also involved in the college’s entrepreneurship program where he successfully launched one of the early offsite backup solutions. Daniel has a broad range of technology knowledge, from data center infrastructure and cyber security to application development. He has always been interested in how corruption affects societies, especially the negative way that it destroys trust and integrity in government. When he first learned about tampering occurring in the election system, he made it his goal to find out how technology could be used to solve voting.

Ryan Sealy
CTO

Ryan Sealy has been self-taught since the age of 8. While his friends saved up their allowance to buy new Nintendo consoles, Ryan instead saved up to buy a decent software compiler and was more interested in creating and playing his own video games. After graduating from the University of Utah with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, he has nearly 20 years of experience developing commercially sold software products. Ryan co-founded a software company to address deficiencies in our public safety infrastructure’s ability to collaborate and share information in real time. As principal architect, he designed and patented an industry-leading 911 interoperability technology used by thousands of first responders. He is passionate about leveraging technological advancements to improve quality of life for humanity by using disruptive technologies to protect freedom worldwide. Ryan is a consultant and entrepreneur in the areas of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and blockchain.

Julia Withers
Project Manager/Scrum Master

Julia Withers is a content-writer and avid researcher, and our glorified traffic controller for the team. As Scrum Master, she makes sure the work is organized and exceptional, along with keeping the team always connected and current. Her sharp eye sees all. Julia graduated from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon with a degree in history and ethnic studies. She lives in Long Beach, California and is passionate about building a future with fair and equal access to voting. Researching the state of voting around the world has gotten her fired up about improving the system—Don’t ask her about polling place wait times or voter suppression unless you have a few hours to spare.

Kenneth Cottrell
Senior Software Engineer

Kenny Cottrell has spent most of the last 25 years building and fixing computers, and programming in a variety of languages as a full-stack developer. He holds Bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics and enjoys learning new techniques and technologies (and useless trivia). He hopes to someday be a successful educational blogger and author. His code powers military communications networks, and 9-1-1 dispatch centers, and he’s excited to now be working on VoteApp!

Richard Stafford
Senior Software Engineer

Richard is a software engineer with over 30 years of software experience. He graduated from University of Utah with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Math. Richard has worked and developed software for many industries including public safety, social networking, automotive, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor manufacturing. He is excited to be applying new software technology at VoteApp.

Tony Bach
Designer

Tony Bach is a Southern California-based graphic designer who has a fascination for Ul/UX, typography, and branding. He attended California State University Fullerton where he double majored in design and illustration. Tony has voted for three US presidents and dreads the process every time. His hatred of ballot cards has only fueled his passion for building VoteApp.

Adam LeMmon
Developer

Adam LeMmon is a Senior Software Engineer from Bountiful, Utah. He graduated from Weber State University in 2013 with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with an emphasis in Software Development. He’s been coding independently for the last 12 years, and professionally for the last 6. He enjoys writing quality code and is an advocate of heavy automated testing to ensure code quality.

Scott Sullivan
Developer

Scott Sullivan is a California-based physicist. He graduated with his Doctorate from UCLA in 2013 and has since worked on transitioning quantum technologies from the laboratory to real-world application. He makes software professionally as a tool in the lab and mobile applications as a hobby. He is excited to contribute to applying new technology to a great cause at VoteApp!

Chris Morse
Developer

After spending his teenage years discovering a passion for programming, Chris Morse earned a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. He has more than 11 years of professional experience ranging from mobile business apps and 3D medical simulations to online multiplayer video games. Chris’s love for exploring new avenues makes him eager to meet the challenges that come with building a revolutionary voting platform.

TRUST US YET?

With VoteApp, every vote counts. You’ll never wonder again if your voice was truly heard! Verify that your vote was cast correctly—all from the convenience of your smartphone or tablet.