(last update, October 24')
Professional IT engineer and technology leader.
Electric Engineer by eductaion. Software Engineer by profession.
Successfully leading development and operations teams in various initiatives and domains.
Excelling in distilling ideas into actions, bootstrapping tech teams and scaling operations.
Strong knowledge base and familiarity with financial engineering, in the intersection between regulated/traditional finance and Blockchain technology.
Work Experience
COO
( 2024 - present )
@Backed Finance AG, Switzerland / Earth (remote team)
Leading the operational efforts of the company. Coordinating HR, Legal, Compliance,
Finance, and Business Development
CTO
( 2022 - present )
@Backed Finance AG, Switzerland / Earth (remote team)
In charge of technical vision and engineering efforts of skilled engineers team.
Revolutionizing
financial structures and tokenizing real world assets on chain
CTO
( 2019 - 2022 )
@21.co, Switzerland / USA / Earth (remote team)
@21Shares AG, Switzerland / USA / Earth (remote team)
Leading an international team of engineers and driving forward the
technology vision of the organization
- Over the course of three years, scaled up the engineering department from
1 to 50
engineers, across eight different teams
- Architected, implemented and maintained a financial backoffice system that runs 24/7 (for over three
years now).
That system is automating and managing all the life-cycle events of the company suite of ETP products.
Allowing the AuM to grow from $10M when I joined in 2019, to $3B at the end of 2021.
- Directing the technological & strategic thinking of the organization
in order
to stay ahead of the curve in a very competetitive and demanding landscape
- Overseeing cutting edge innovation and development in financial
engineering, traditional finance and Blockchain technology (EVMs and non-EVMs alike)
VP R&D
( 2018 )
@Securitize, Remote team - Germany / Ukraine / Israel / USA
In charge of building white label platform for ICO of Security tokens
on the Ethereum blockchain
- System architecture
- Acting as the intersection point between the technical, the product and the design
- Coordination and orchestration of the product development. From the most distant model
to the most critical transaction executioner
Founder
( 2018 - 2022 )
@Beluga R&D Ltd., Germany / Israel / Earth
My personal (occasionally professional) playground
CO-Founder & CTO
( 2017 - 2021 )
@Minerva, Earth
Founder and technical lead of autonomous cryptocurrencies trading
platform
- Fullstack development of the entire platform (Core, Backend, Frontend)
- Data engineering of the core metrics data points
- Business development and investors community management
Principal Staff Engineer
( 2017 - 2018 )
@Neon GmbH (rebranded to Trade Republic), Germany
Leading the development of a fintech application in the brokerage
domain
- Design, architecture, and implementation of main backend systems
- Oversaw and participates in the development of critical internal systems, mid and back office
functions
- System integrations with multiple partners and service providers in the financial domain
Senior software Engineer
( 2017 )
@Cliqz GmbH, Munich, Germany
Cliqz is developing a multi-platform web browser that emphasizes the
privacy and protection of the user while maintaining standards and pushing the edges of
technology regarding browsing speed and latency
- Member of the core browser team. Worked on the company's proprietary Firefox based
browser and extension
- Focused mainly on low level client-side developments (low-level front end - C++ &
vanilla JS)
- Implemented solutions to various problems from a wide range of domains (graphics
rendering, communication protocols utilization optimization, security related concerns)
using advanced modern standards
Freelance Senior software Engineer
( 2016 )
@Mapegy GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Mapegy GmbH is a business consulting agency that provides high tech
and innovation consulting, derived from collecting massive data sources.
- The role was divided equally between full stack front end development and hardcore data
engineering
- Working closely with the PM/sales/colleagues in fast pace, release oriented
development cycles
- Integrating data sources and enriching/improving quality of data and data analysis
techniques
- Supporting and mentoring junior developers
VP Engineering
( 2015 - 2016 )
@HALO Analytics, Israel
HALO Analytics is a cyber security company that develops an integrated
HW-SW solution to protect end-point machinery in various industries
- Defined the product and executed its implementation from pre-planning to the POC and
beta
- Planned and defined proccesses for the product wide scale phase
- Consulting and directing the company's technological aspects
- Successfully delivered multiple product's iterations in pressing time tables and
demanding environments
Application Engineer
( 2013 - 2015 )
@Ayyeka Technologies Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel
Ayyeka develops low energy remote monitoring solutions for various
industries. Ayyeka provides holistic autonomous data collection system that integrates
with cloud services and enables comprehensive insights on the collected data
- Managed the company DevOps section. Acted as the mediator between the customers and the
engineers. Facilitated enhancements and resolutions for various subjects
- Developed essential monitoring systems for the company products
- Served as the "quick & dirty development guy" for high demand quick
solutions for any technological development problem
Freelancer Software Engineer
( 2013 - 2015 )
@Quickest Owl Ltd., Israel
Quickest Owl is a company centered around analyzing and implementing
low & high technological solutions for 3rd party companies
- Developed frontend and backend for a massive active protection system
Web developer
( 2012 )
@Mapegy GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Mapegy GmbH is a business consulting agency that provides high tech
and innovation consulting, derived from collection massive data sources
- Developed the company frontend and backend
- Created extensive platforms for data visualization
- Built tools for the company analysts
COO ( 2024 - present )
@Backed Finance AG, Switzerland / Earth (remote team)
Leading the operational efforts of the company. Coordinating HR, Legal, Compliance, Finance, and Business Development
CTO ( 2022 - present )
@Backed Finance AG, Switzerland / Earth (remote team)
In charge of technical vision and engineering efforts of skilled engineers team. Revolutionizing financial structures and tokenizing real world assets on chain
CTO ( 2019 - 2022 )
@21.co, Switzerland / USA / Earth (remote team)
@21Shares AG, Switzerland / USA / Earth (remote team)
Leading an international team of engineers and driving forward the technology vision of the organization
- Over the course of three years, scaled up the engineering department from 1 to 50 engineers, across eight different teams
- Architected, implemented and maintained a financial backoffice system that runs 24/7 (for over three years now). That system is automating and managing all the life-cycle events of the company suite of ETP products. Allowing the AuM to grow from $10M when I joined in 2019, to $3B at the end of 2021.
- Directing the technological & strategic thinking of the organization in order to stay ahead of the curve in a very competetitive and demanding landscape
- Overseeing cutting edge innovation and development in financial engineering, traditional finance and Blockchain technology (EVMs and non-EVMs alike)
VP R&D ( 2018 )
@Securitize, Remote team - Germany / Ukraine / Israel / USA
In charge of building white label platform for ICO of Security tokens on the Ethereum blockchain
- System architecture
- Acting as the intersection point between the technical, the product and the design
- Coordination and orchestration of the product development. From the most distant model to the most critical transaction executioner
Founder ( 2018 - 2022 )
@Beluga R&D Ltd., Germany / Israel / Earth
My personal (occasionally professional) playground
CO-Founder & CTO ( 2017 - 2021 )
@Minerva, Earth
Founder and technical lead of autonomous cryptocurrencies trading platform
- Fullstack development of the entire platform (Core, Backend, Frontend)
- Data engineering of the core metrics data points
- Business development and investors community management
Principal Staff Engineer ( 2017 - 2018 )
@Neon GmbH (rebranded to Trade Republic), Germany
Leading the development of a fintech application in the brokerage domain
- Design, architecture, and implementation of main backend systems
- Oversaw and participates in the development of critical internal systems, mid and back office functions
- System integrations with multiple partners and service providers in the financial domain
Senior software Engineer ( 2017 )
@Cliqz GmbH, Munich, Germany
Cliqz is developing a multi-platform web browser that emphasizes the privacy and protection of the user while maintaining standards and pushing the edges of technology regarding browsing speed and latency
- Member of the core browser team. Worked on the company's proprietary Firefox based browser and extension
- Focused mainly on low level client-side developments (low-level front end - C++ & vanilla JS)
- Implemented solutions to various problems from a wide range of domains (graphics rendering, communication protocols utilization optimization, security related concerns) using advanced modern standards
Freelance Senior software Engineer ( 2016 )
@Mapegy GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Mapegy GmbH is a business consulting agency that provides high tech and innovation consulting, derived from collecting massive data sources.
- The role was divided equally between full stack front end development and hardcore data engineering
- Working closely with the PM/sales/colleagues in fast pace, release oriented development cycles
- Integrating data sources and enriching/improving quality of data and data analysis techniques
- Supporting and mentoring junior developers
VP Engineering ( 2015 - 2016 )
@HALO Analytics, Israel
HALO Analytics is a cyber security company that develops an integrated HW-SW solution to protect end-point machinery in various industries
- Defined the product and executed its implementation from pre-planning to the POC and beta
- Planned and defined proccesses for the product wide scale phase
- Consulting and directing the company's technological aspects
- Successfully delivered multiple product's iterations in pressing time tables and demanding environments
Application Engineer ( 2013 - 2015 )
@Ayyeka Technologies Ltd., Jerusalem, Israel
Ayyeka develops low energy remote monitoring solutions for various industries. Ayyeka provides holistic autonomous data collection system that integrates with cloud services and enables comprehensive insights on the collected data
- Managed the company DevOps section. Acted as the mediator between the customers and the engineers. Facilitated enhancements and resolutions for various subjects
- Developed essential monitoring systems for the company products
- Served as the "quick & dirty development guy" for high demand quick solutions for any technological development problem
Freelancer Software Engineer ( 2013 - 2015 )
@Quickest Owl Ltd., Israel
Quickest Owl is a company centered around analyzing and implementing low & high technological solutions for 3rd party companies
- Developed frontend and backend for a massive active protection system
Web developer ( 2012 )
@Mapegy GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Mapegy GmbH is a business consulting agency that provides high tech and innovation consulting, derived from collection massive data sources
- Developed the company frontend and backend
- Created extensive platforms for data visualization
- Built tools for the company analysts
Education
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Electric Engineering, Major in Computer Engineering, Bachelors
2009 - 2014
- 67504 - Algorithms
- 67521 - Computational models, Computability and Complexity
- 67506 - Databases
- 67555 - Modern Internet Technologies
- 67609 - Computer Graphics
- 67829 - Image Processing
- 67808 - Operating Systems
- 67200 - Computer Architecture
- 67577 - Machine Learning
- Many other courses in various CS topics, Physics, Math and Electrical Engineering
Technical University Berlin
Technology Innovation Management, Exchange Student, M.B.A Program
2012
- Strategic lnnovation Management
- Technologv Management
Skills
Python JavaScript Java C++ Frontend Backend Full stack Security Blockchain Relatonal Databases In-Memory (noSQL) Databases Big Data Machine Learning Cloud Infrastructure Scripting & utilities IoT Development Boards Git Data visualization Agile
Volunteering
@V15
Took part in the biggest (to date) non partisan related political
campaign.
2015
Digital campaign team member
- Co-created and maintained front app that served millions of users and more then 100K
unique users per day
- Co-created and maintained advanced internal CRM that supported the whole organization
- Assisted the research team by creating advanced analytical tools
@Media Noche Salsa
Board member and instructor in a free-of-charge dance club /
organization
2009 - 2013
VP & Dance Instructor
@V15
Took part in the biggest (to date) non partisan related political campaign.
2015
Digital campaign team member
- Co-created and maintained front app that served millions of users and more then 100K unique users per day
- Co-created and maintained advanced internal CRM that supported the whole organization
- Assisted the research team by creating advanced analytical tools
@Media Noche Salsa
Board member and instructor in a free-of-charge dance club / organization
2009 - 2013
VP & Dance Instructor
Languages
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Hebrew - Native or bilingual proficiency
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English - Full professional proficiency
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German - Limited working proficiency