The People Behind the Protocol

A multidisciplinary team of blockchain engineers, cryptographers, designers, and strategists united by a shared conviction: Canada will shape the future of decentralized finance.

Executive Team

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Marcus Holloway

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Former fintech lead at Shopify. 10+ years in distributed systems and financial infrastructure. MSc Computer Science, University of Waterloo. Led the company from a 3-person garage operation to a 12+ person firm serving global DeFi protocols.

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Priya Nakamura

Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

Cryptography researcher turned protocol architect. PhD in Applied Cryptography from McGill University. Published 14 peer-reviewed papers on zero-knowledge proofs. Previously built Ethereum L2 infrastructure at a major Canadian bank's innovation lab.

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Daniel Whitfield

Chief Operating Officer

Operations veteran with 12 years scaling tech startups across Canada. MBA from Ivey Business School. Previously VP of Operations at a Series B blockchain analytics startup in Toronto. Expert in regulatory compliance and cross-border operations.

The Builders & Architects

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Sophie Bergeron

Lead Protocol Engineer

Solidity and Rust expert specializing in DeFi protocol architecture. 7 years of smart contract development. Contributed to OpenZeppelin's security library. Built lending protocols with over $90M TVL. BSc Mathematics, UniversitΓ© de MontrΓ©al.

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James Kowalski

Senior Blockchain Engineer

Full-stack blockchain developer with deep expertise in Solana programs and EVM tooling. 6 years in production blockchain systems. Former engineer at Consensys. Built cross-chain bridge infrastructure processing 50K+ daily transactions. BEng, University of Alberta.

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Amara Liu

Lead Smart Contract Auditor

Security-first engineer who has audited over 60 smart contracts across Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Polygon. Discovered 12 critical vulnerabilities before mainnet deployment. OSCP certified. MSc Information Security, University of British Columbia.

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Ryan Grenier

Infrastructure & DevOps Lead

Cloud-native architect managing our RPC node clusters, indexing pipelines, and CI/CD systems. 8 years in distributed infrastructure. AWS and GCP certified. Previously ran infrastructure at a Canadian crypto exchange serving 200K+ users. BCS, Carleton University.

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Elena Fischer

Senior Frontend & dApp Developer

React, Next.js, and Web3 frontend specialist. Builds the interfaces that connect users to our protocols. 5 years crafting high-performance dApps. Expert in WalletConnect, wagmi, and RainbowKit integrations. BDes, OCAD University.

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Tariq Mbeki

Data & Analytics Engineer

On-chain data specialist who builds our analytics dashboards and DeFi monitoring tools. Expert in The Graph, Dune Analytics, and custom indexers. 4 years in blockchain data engineering. MSc Data Science, University of Toronto.

Thinkers & Strategists

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Natasha Petrov

Head of Tokenomics & Economic Design

Economist turned crypto mechanism designer. Models incentive structures, token distributions, and game-theoretic protocol behaviors. PhD Economics, Queen's University. Previously led tokenomics at a top-20 DeFi protocol by TVL.

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Liam Chen

Blockchain Research Lead

Focuses on ZK-rollup optimization, cross-chain messaging protocols, and MEV mitigation strategies. 9 peer-reviewed publications in IEEE and ACM. MSc Computer Science, University of Manitoba. Active contributor to Ethereum research forums.

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Kira Rousseau

Head of Product & UX Design

Designs the user experiences that make complex DeFi protocols feel intuitive. 8 years in product design across fintech and Web3. Led UX for crypto wallet apps with 500K+ downloads. BDes, Emily Carr University. Believes great design is the bridge between powerful protocols and mainstream adoption.

Want to Join Our Team?

We're always looking for exceptional engineers, researchers, and builders who are passionate about decentralized technology. If that's you, reach out.