David Archer, PhD
Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Archer is a Principal Scientist leading Cryptography & Multiparty Computation for Galois, Inc., with customers including DARPA, the NSA, IARPA, and the Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Archer has over 30 years of R&D experience in complex ASICs, system hardware, software architectures, secure computation, and cryptography. Dave holds a PhD in Computer Science from Portland State University, an MS in Electrical Engineering, and a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2 posts by David Archer, PhD
Apr 16, 2026
Alan Turing, Banburies, Narvik, and What FHE Can and Cannot Do
FHE lets you compute on encrypted data. But it has real constraints. This guide breaks down the rubric for fully homomorphic encryption, and how to know if your workload is a fit.
- FHE Solutions
Apr 9, 2026
Building Your First FHE Application
A practical checklist for building fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) applications, covering noise budgets, scheme selection, and performance tuning
- FHE Solutions