Meet the crew behind TangleSwap
Today we are very excited to introduce the IOTA community to the squad operating the TangleSwap (TS) spacecraft. In the 6 months that we’ve been venturing the tangleverse for VOID and other technological breakthroughs, we have had several space dwellers onboard the ship — either as full-time Pilots, part-time collaborators, or occasional contributors. Let’s meet them!
Pilot Sevane
Executive/Operational Officer
- Background in Engineering, Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Business and Software Development. 6+ years of experience, encompassing: 2 software startups, 2 multinationals including a Fortune 10 company, 1 world-renowned research lab.
- 3x startup founder, including Seed (Angel / VC) funding rounds for Deep Tech. Extensive network of contacts both in academia & industry across the SF Bay Area, UK, Berlin and Singapore.
- Now at TangleSwap, Sevane is responsible for overall strategy, brand direction, social presence, team integration, recruiting, scheduling, setting up infrastructure, public & private outreach…
Strength: laser focus, clear vision
Weakness: occasionally sends too much info
Earth Base: Europe
Handle: twitter.com/PilotSevane
Pilot Tanglestrong
Business/Financial Officer
- Background in Business Development and Administration, including 3+ years at a Fortune Global 100 Financial Services company.
- With a heavy involvement in crypto since 2014 and IOTA since 2017, he brings deep expertise combined with a strong network of contacts across numerous successful DeFi projects.
- Tanglestrong is in charge of business strategy, financial plans, finding leads & opportunities, securing partnerships, attracting funding, marketing, innovation, disruptive initiatives, public & private outreach…
Strength: sharpened intuition, fine-tuned navigation
Weakness: compares shampoo for 15min, pays $180 gas with no hesitation
Earth Base: Europe
Handle: twitter.com/Tanglestrong
Pilot Hercules
Technology Officer & Lead Backend Developer
- 8+ years of Blockchain Development experience, including:
DEX, DAO, DeFi tokenization, stablecoin, smart contracts, Go, Rust, C, C++, Solidity, Substrate, Polkadot, Ethereum (ERC20, ERC721), Solana, Binance Smart Chain, security audits contractor (including customers in Solana and Ethereum Foundation), DAG DLT, PoW, PoS, ZK-SNARKS, Hyperledger Fabric, BFT consensus protocols, quantum resistant cryptographic signatures, multiple USPTO software patents… - Hercules leads the development of the entire TS DEX Smart Contracts codebase in native Go language.
Strength: industry-wide expertise, white hat skills
Weakness: overactive ‘multitask’ module
Earth Base: America
Handle: JellerH#2097
