Meet the team
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Saurabh GoyalChief Product StrategistSaurabh, our Chief Product Strategist, has 15 years of experience in conceptualizing, designing and developing trading systems. One of the earliest bitcoin & blockchain backer, Saurabh is passionate about emerging technologies such as Blockchain, IoT and AI for the fintech industry.
He spends most of his free time with his boys (aged 5 and 8) teaching them chess and programming.
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Mugurel IonitaHead of Marketing & SalesMugur is our Marketing & Sales Head. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Eindhoven University of Technology and a Master of Science from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. Mugur worked the last 10 years with all major Dutch banks in the commodities and trade finance space. Mugur is passionate about improving the way trade finance business is executed by means of new technologies.
In his free time, Mugur likes to travel, play sports and discover new places.
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Khai VualnamChief Operating OfficerKhai, our Chief Operating Officer, brings nearly 2 decades of leadership experience in commodity supply chain to Satoshi. After his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, Khai has worked in several locations across Africa, Asia and Europe. He is enthusiastic about applying the latest technologies to the commodity supply chain which he believes will bring a transformational change.
Whenever possible Khai is delving into the world of cryptocurrency and its unique opportunities.
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Anish MohammadAdvisor, Cryptosecurity & ArchitectureAnish has been working in the security and cryptography area for the past 15 years, as a researcher and as a consultant. He has spent half his career researching cryptographic algorithms and protocols. He has also worked as a strategy consultant for Accenture and Capgemini. He has been involved in the Blockchain ecosystem as one of the founding members of UKDCA. He is also on the advisory board for Adjoint, Arteia, Privacy Shell, Ripple Labs, Hyperloop Transport Technologies, EA Ventures, IEET and Chain of Things. These days he’s more focused on projects that involve security vs scalability vs consensus of Blockchain and using smart contracts for AI safety.
He is a regular speaker and contributor in the areas of AI safety, Robotics, cybersecurity and blockchain. He is currently the chief science officer for Blockchainsmokers.
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Razvan NineacaAgile Development ConsultantRazvan is our Agile development consultant. He brings 15 years of experience in software development using traditional technologies. He worked on various development projects for business including computer graphics/animation. Razvan recently joined the fintech industry, where he believes that blockchain technologies provide sustainable future solutions for collaborative business applications.
In his free time he loves to fly gliders for fun.
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Adam BouqdibSenior DeveloperAdam is our Lead DevOps Engineer and also a full-stack developer. He is responsible for maintaining the best of class software engineering and DevOps processes at Satoshi. An expert in GoLang he owns development and deployment of all the SmartContracts on Satoshi’s blockchain.
He’s also extremely passionate about coffee.
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Agash NavaranjanTech LeadAgash is the lead developer for the company as well as the core blockchain developer. With a web development background, Agash has transitioned to focus on blockchain development with past experiences in delivering production ready blockchain applications in both Ethereum and Hyperledger’s Fabric.
An active participant in the blockchain community, in his free time he explores profit making opportunities in the vast cryptocurrencies market.
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Agnieszka BogdanowiczFinance and Administrative AssistantAgnieszka is a graduate from Cass Business School, with an honours degree in Accounting and Finance. Agnieszka is the Finance and Admin Assistant and coordinates all finances of the company. She is also responsible to provide help in preparing year-end accounts. She is responsible for ensuring the accounts are reconciliated on a regular basis and that all the transactions are recorded correctly. She is planning to gain further education in the accountancy field by obtaining ACA qualification.
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Alyona MazurenkoInternAlyona has recently finished her MSc in Mathematical Trading and Finance from Cass Business School. As part of the MSc award, she wrote her dissertation on the subject of the European Emission Trading System where she disclosed the interaction of carbon prices with oil prices and stock prices of clean energy companies. At Satoshi, she is currently doing research on blockchain-based platforms for structured commodity finance as well as derivatives on digital currencies. Alyona is passionate about sports, and contemporary art.
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Ashutosh SinghFull Stack DeveloperAshutosh brings in 8 years corporate and freelancing exeprience. He was responsible for tech side of various e-commerce start-ups in India. A graduate and pursuing Masters of Engineering from University of Pune, has a keen interest in IoT and Blockchain.
Passionate about cars and bikes and when not involved in tech, this party animal can be found either cooking or playing table-tennis/cricket.
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Ben WardenCommodity & Energy Trading OperationsBen is our in-house commodity & energy trading operations expert, with previous middle office experience at commodity trading companies. He works closely with Satoshi’s customers & users in resolving their day to day issues. With a keen eye for software systems, he also is our critical link between users and development team in order to develop a better product.
Ben studied Environmental Science at university and has a passion for sustainability in society.
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Francesco ProdomoSenior Product DesignerFrancesco is our Senior Product Designer, with a successful background in delivering high quality solutions for leading companies across the retail, public and private sector. He leads design research & strategy, UI/UX and is responsible for developing the best possible product.
Francesco holds a degree in Product Design from University of Florence and likes to create revolutionary new concepts and products.
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Margarita KarakhanianInternMargarita is our Marketing Intern. She has just completed her Masters in Media and Communications from the City University London, Studied International Relations at Moscow State University in Russia and Paris Lodron University in Austria. She can speak four languages and is passionate about cryptocurrencies.
A healthy lifestyle enthusiast, she is specialising in yoga & pilates and healthy cooking.
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Sean SullivanAnalystSean is responsible for working closely with Satoshi’s customers & users in resolving there day to day issues. He has both front and middle office experience within the commodities trading industry, holding a BSc in Economics with Accountancy and an MSc in Banking and Finance. In his spare time he is passionate about travelling, sports and coffee.
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Sumit JhajhariaFull Stack DeveloperSumit is responsible for adding various functionalities. He is a Software Engineer with three years of development experience in RTB & WebRTC platforms.
Graduated from the University of Pune, he loves traveling to new places and discussing the world’s history. He believes that four wheels drive the body but two ride the soul.
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Thomas GrantJunior DeveloperTom is responsible for developing and maintaining the functionality of Minerva’s inventory management; alongside assisting senior members of the development team. He comes from a mathematical background so takes interest in solving problems requiring logical thinking and optimisation.
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Zian YusufCore DeveloperZian is a core developer at Satoshi systems. A graduate from Kings College, London - he has been actively coding for the last 6 years, of which 2 years were purely on Blockchain related projects. He is responsible for developing the functionalities of Minerva; Satoshi Systems’ flagship product. Zian enjoys coding up-and-down the stack, with a keen interest in the blockchain space - he has set up ether mining rigs and works alongside Agash on the blockchain aspects for Minerva.
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