# Sara Drakeley

> Sara Drakeley is the CEO of Sentz (formerly MobileCoin), a privacy-focused stablecoin and global payments company based in Sacramento, California. An MIT-trained mathematician and computer scientist, she built animation pipelines at Walt Disney Animation Studios - the trees in Frozen, the water in Moana, the fur in Zootopia - then wrote trading infrastructure on Wall Street and joined SpaceX's simulation team before becoming the third engineering hire at MobileCoin in 2018. She rose from principal engineer to CTO to CEO, and now leads the company's push to make instant, low-cost, private cross-border payments accessible worldwide.

- **Role:** CEO at Sentz (formerly MobileCoin)
- **Organizations:** Sentz (formerly MobileCoin), MobileCoin Foundation, SpaceX, Engineers Gate, Walt Disney Animation Studios, MIT Media Lab
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Mathematics and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- **Known for:** Led procedural geometry software on multiple acclaimed Disney animated films including Frozen, Zootopia, and Moana., Rose from third engineering hire to CTO to CEO at MobileCoin/Sentz., Holder of patents in blockchain and cryptocurrency innovation.

## Career timeline

- **MIT** — Studied mathematics and computer science; pivoted from physics after a course with Scott Aaronson; researcher at MIT Media Lab.
- **2010s** — Technical Director at Walt Disney Animation Studios (~5 years), leading procedural geometry pipelines on Frozen, Wreck-It Ralph, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, and Moana.
- **Post-Disney** — Core software engineer at Engineers Gate, a Manhattan hedge fund, building trading infrastructure and data engineering platforms.
- **Pre-2018** — Joined SpaceX's simulation team, working on rocket simulators.
- **2018-08** — Joined MobileCoin as the third engineering hire / Principal Software Engineer.
- **2020-05** — Promoted to Engineering Manager at MobileCoin.
- **2021-03** — Became Chief Technology Officer of MobileCoin, leading the Fog team and Research branch (smart contracts, zero-knowledge proofs).
- **2023-05** — Appointed CEO of MobileCoin (effective May 1, 2023).
- **2023-09** — CEO appointment publicly announced; Henry Holtzman named CTO.
- **2024-2026** — Leads the company rebranded as Sentz, focused on borderless stablecoin infrastructure and global remittances.

## Achievements

- Led procedural geometry software on multiple acclaimed Disney animated films including Frozen, Zootopia, and Moana.
- Rose from third engineering hire to CTO to CEO at MobileCoin/Sentz.
- Holder of patents in blockchain and cryptocurrency innovation.
- Chaired the Tech Advisory Committee of the MobileCoin Foundation.
- Helped ship MobileCoin-powered private payments inside the Signal messaging app.
- Guided a company that has raised over $116M, including a $75M Series B, from investors such as Binance Labs.

## Latest updates

- **2023-09** — Publicly confirmed as CEO of MobileCoin, the company powering Signal's private payments.
- **2024** — MobileCoin rebranded to Sentz, positioning itself around borderless stablecoin payments and global remittances.

## Links

- Website: https://www.saradrakeley.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-drakeley/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/saradrakeley

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Last updated: 2026-06-20