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Tomas Agrimbau
CTO
Tomas founded a software development agency 10 years ago and managed an 80-person team, where he covered almost every possible role in the company, but mostly worked as the CTO. Two years ago, he started a product startup called Bleap, a no-code tool that helps entrepreneurs validate their ideas without any code or technical skills. Tomas is passionate about software development because he loves solving problems.

Yashveer Rana
CTO
Yashveer boasts over a decade of experience crafting and optimizing software for dynamic startups and large established enterprises, with a sharp focus on scalability. As a co-founder and CTO of an AI-driven fintech company, he designed a product that supports 400,000 users monthly. Skilled in Java and Node.js, Yashveer relies on these tools for development, while music fuels his energy during intense coding sessions.

Ben Carey
CTO
With over 20 years’ development experience and a decade of high-level consulting across fintech, proptech, and AI, Ben is a senior engineer, Laravel specialist, and product strategist with a rare blend of deep technical expertise and strategic insight. He's led platform rebuilds, scaled startups into high-revenue ventures, and architected AI-driven systems used by startups and enterprise clients. Ben brings a product-led approach to building software that is scalable, resilient, and unrivalled.

Ethan Drower
CTO
Ethan is a highly skilled specialist with extensive experience in both electronic trading and healthcare data industries. Having held roles in management and engineering, he thrives on tackling challenges that allow him to collaborate directly with engineers while engaging with sales teams and executives. Ethan excels at communicating with end users—whether enterprises or startups—transforming their feedback and challenges into effective software solutions.

Wouter Steenbergen
CTO
Wouter is a highly motivated, versatile, and skilled software engineer with demonstrated software design and delivery expertise. He focuses on integrating machine learning, mobile apps, performance, and cloud services. He has the ability to identify and drive strategic programs from inception to launch and thrives in collaborative, team-oriented, and ambiguous environments. Wouter has excellent interpersonal skills and is a passionate, creative, and dedicated professional.

Piotr Poznanski
CTO
Piotr is a software developer, architect, and technical lead with 23+ years of experience working with CERN, Motorola Solutions, universities, and startups. He has led projects, served as CTO, a scrum master, and developed and delivered complex web and mobile solutions, including business and technical requirements, architecture, 3rd-party API integrations, data acquisition, and processing for BI. Piotr co-developed the pan configuration language and has a PhD in computer science.

David Xu
CTO
David has taken several mobile apps from ideation to millions of users worldwide as the CTO of WhereTo, Chief Architect of Castle Global, Inc., and technical lead in other companies. He has been programming since he was nine and has won medals in various competitive programming competitions, from the Australian Informatics Olympiad to ACM-ICPC. David has invaluable experience in all technical areas, from architecture and design to engineering and DevOps.

Ryan Felton
CTO
Ryan is a Facebook Innovation Award-winning leader and a highly technical software developer specializing in 0-1 product launches, AI integration, software-as-a-service, and eCommerce. Ryan is also a veteran, an MBA graduate, a private pilot, and a passionate software entrepreneur who has led the software engineering of three businesses from concept to acquisition.

Rob Brown
CTO
Robert is a highly motivated professional with enterprise-level experience. With a combination of excellent communication skills and a laser-like focus, Robert is capable of moving big ideas from design stage to implementation. As a full-stack developer, Robert utilizes a wide breadth of skills and knowledge to tackle the specific problem at hand.

Eric Vergnaud
CTO
Eric is a highly productive developer, architect, and CTO with 30 years of experience in banking, digital media, advertisement, healthcare, and programming tools. He has experience with global companies such as DevFactory, Sage, Credit Suisse, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, and Veolia. He's also worked with governments, SMBs (Cegedim, DEKRA, 4D, Hachette), and startups (Penbase, Poster Conseil, eRoket). An OSS contributor, Eric was born Agile and likes taking on multiple roles in teams of up to 100 members.

Mike Davis
CTO
Mike is an executive management consulting partner with vast experience delivering complex transformation programs. With over 35 years of industry expertise, he has held executive leadership, global SAP CTO, and S/4HANA program director positions. Mike is focused on advising, leading, supporting, directing, and delivering change and transformation programs.

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