Co-Founder & Finance/Web3 Professional
📍 Berlin, Germany
Finance and fintech professional with 8+ years of experience in digital banking, web3, compliance, risk management, and financial product innovation. Skilled in blockchain, financial modeling, fundraising, transaction monitoring, and investment analysis, with proven expertise bridging traditional finance and emerging fintech solutions.
Parifi
Feb 2023 — Jul 2025
Developed a decentralized protocol offering perpetual contracts for Web2 and Web3 users. Built partnerships with liquidity protocols and oracles (e.g., Synthetix, Pyth, Web3 Auth, Sablier). The protocol had 6k active users, $418M in trading volume, and earned $3.3M in trading fees. Oversaw DAO governance, token incentives, and growth strategy.
ETHA Lend
Jul 2020 — Feb 2023
Developed a yield optimizer protocol that allowed users to deposit their digital assets strategically; overall TVL of the protocol was $39M. Built partnerships with oracles and other projects (e.g., Chainlink, Gelato, DoDo & Quickswap). Fundraised $2.7M, managed a team of 20, oversaw DAO governance, token incentives, and growth strategy.
Prohyp
Mar 2020 — Jun 2021
Structured and tailored mortgage financing solutions, supporting clients with €28M in loans. Built long-term relationships with intermediaries and business partners, improving client retention by 50%.
N26 Bank
Feb 2019 — Feb 2020
Conducted compliance/AML monitoring and transaction analysis across German & UK markets. Supported automation in AML workflows, improving fraud detection efficiency by 38%. Worked cross-functionally to enhance regulatory reporting and risk management processes.
BSc · International Business Management
2014 – 2017