Almanak

Founder and CEO. 7 years in crypto. Worked in fintech venture capital before becoming a tokenomics and product designer for projects such as Bancor, Qredo, Stargate, Layer Zero, and StarAtlas.

He holds a MS in applied mathematics in economics.

Co-founder & COO. Securities lawyer turned tech execution guy with 7+ years of leadership experience within high-growth tech companies. Worked as a product manager at Uber Technologies and ran programs at The Founder Institute.

He was the Head of Growth for one of the biggest affiliate exchanges in Eastern Europe, where he increased profitability by 3x. “Reforge” programs alumni, Crypto investor since 2017. For personal growth, he trained to become a Navy SEAL.

Co-founder and CTO. Responsible for leading the entire engineering and technical research efforts.

He has vast experience in designing, planning, building & scaling data-centric applications in the crypto space for tier-one crypto firms.

Prior to working in crypto, he was focused on building AI applications. Most notably, he built a Machine Learning Operations software, empowering Data Scientists to deploy their ML models at scale.

Software Engineer with 2+ years of professional experience in full-stack development, MLOps, data analytics, and robotics simulations.

Versatile problem solver who enjoys learning good software engineering practices and tech trends in his free time.

Prior to the crypto space, Ren Xiang worked for a software consultancy. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Senior Data Scientist. With over 10 years of experience in neurotechnology, Yannick is no stranger to working in a novel and disruptive field. He co-founded both NeuroTechX, the largest international neurotech community, and NeuroTechX Services, a consulting and recruiting company.

Yannick holds a PhD in Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) from the University of Montreal which focused o machine learning and deep learning to classify brain activity in real time. He’s now pivoting from the neurotech field to bring his data science and research expertise into the blockchain and crypto space.

Business Analyst. She keeps track of all things DeFi, drawing on her two years of experience in credit risk at Morgan Stanley. Prior to crypto, Agnes also took on business and product analyst roles within space tech and AI & was also actively involved in the German startup ecosystem. She holds a MS in operations research. After hours, she unwinds by playing turn-based strategy games.

Senior software engineer. He has an extensive background in fintech and decentralized finance (DeFi) and over a decade of experience in developing innovative technology solutions. He was a founding lead engineer of a Singapore fintech startup recognized in Forbes Asia’s 30 Under 30 in 2021. As a backend lead at Subbera Protocol, Marcia played a crucial role in the development of a DeFi EVM-compatible payment system.

Marcia also serves as an adjunct lecturer at Temasek Polytechnic, guiding and inspiring the next generation of engineers. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science, a machine learning patent US11681946B2, and is the author of two Cambridge O Level Computer Science textbooks.

Senior Data Scientist. Ciaran has over 10 years of experience in engineering and research, combined with over 5 years in crypto across various blockchains. His career has involved working at a technical level within paradigm-changing frameworks, from quantum computing to the blockchain. He has a PhD in Computational Physics.

Senior Software Developer. He is passionate about enhancing product viability and is proficient in various front-end and back-end technologies. His career spans roles in both corporate and startup environments, highlighting a versatile skill set that extends beyond software development to include leading significant projects from 0 to public releases for numerous products across sectors like web3, banking, EV, real estate, health management, and social.

Senior Data Engineer. Before Almanak, he was a Principal Data Architect at #1 Malaysian unicorn. With wide expertise in DataOps and Infra, as well as 17 years of experience in various RDBMS, he excelled across various industries such as logistics, eCommerce, and healthcare. He builds his own tools to help migrate to cloud data at the lowest cost. An open-source enthusiast and a big advocate of performance-based delivery.

Senior Software Engineer. Ari has a rich background spanning several industries, including e-commerce, software development, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and eventually crypto.
Previously, she worked at a crypto bank, where she focused on integrating protocols that enabled clients to perform a wide range of operations. She has particular expertise in Cosmos-SDK chains and Aptos. She likes to get her hands dirty, both professionally as well as personally, so in her spare time she enjoys working on Do it Yourself (DYI) projects.