Stefan Crnojević

As tech employee #1, built a 30-person team from scratch, achieving €20M+ TVL for the EURØP stablecoin and a €150M+ company valuation. Architected and implemented crypto and traditional payment systems supporting €10M transaction throughput per minute for clients with AUMs over €10B.

Provided CTO and solutions architecture consulting for various blockchain and fintech projects, including a Swiss banking provider, an NFT marketplace, and early-stage crypto ventures. Served as Solutions Architect for one of the first ICOs raising $90M and for a government-commissioned CBDC project.

Led the 20-person Alloy team to an 8-figure exit acquisition by Samara Asset Group. Built a quantitative analytics platform for DeFi and TradFi serving major financial institutions.

Led a 9-person technical team to develop a venture-funded blockchain data application. Managed a profitable services department serving major crypto industry projects.

Led the research team to create a decentralized layer above the Internet, aiming to make it faster and more secure.

Designed, led, and implemented production ETL financial analytics pipelines, saving the company $1M+ annually in subscriptions and manhours while handling $200B+ in client portfolios.

Designed low-level cryptographic protocols for a new general-purpose industrial hardware module.

Master's Degree covering computer science, quantitative finance, machine learning, and data science. Exceptional marks; offered Assistant Professorship on completion.