Piotr is a leading, world-recognized voice in the blockchain sector as an academic, programmer, advisor, and thought leader. He boasts an extensive programming and software architecture background with a specialty in blockchain and financial technology.

Piotr received the first Bitcoin Foundation grant in 2013 and published a paper on smart contracts in the first blockchain Ledger Journal.

A high-achieving technical university graduate, Piotr holds both a double Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Informatics, along with a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering from the Lodz University of Technology, completing his Master’s thesis on Bitcoin.

Known as “The Piachu” in online circles, he currently moderates several online discussion forums related to Bitcoin and blockchain, as well as the /r/Bitcoin subreddit online forum.

Previous career roles have included Senior Developer at Factom and Chief Scientist at Provable. He prides himself on being an enthusiast of programming and plays both board games and video games in his spare time.

Matthias is an entrepreneurial business strategist with over 10 years of consulting and project management experience and joins iComply as Systems Architect.

He has worked with blue chip companies around the world and has a proven track record of successful project implementations across the banking, automotive, insurance, manufacturing, maintenance, aviation, and cybersecurity—including leading the cybersecurity implementation for the Israeli Military.

With his extensive programming and software architecture background in blockchain and financial technology sectors, Matthias has developed the architecture and programming for cryptocurrency exchanges and has consulted internationally on the subject. Currently, Matthias manages a multinational team of up to 50 developers, involving development programs of nearly a thousand users.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Information Science from the University of Applied Science in Ansbach, Germany, and has co-authored the SAP Press book, “Business Rules Management mit ABAP”.

Matt is a seasoned technical leader that is passionate about building dynamic teams and innovative products. He previously served as Web Team Lead at Plenty of Fish Media, where he was responsible for a number of large-scale technical initiatives. Matt led a team of developers serving a website with billions of daily page views and transactions. He was responsible for crafting a long-term strategy to improve team velocity and reduce bottlenecks in development and Continuous Integration (CI) processes. His current focus is on leveraging machine vision, machine learning and blockchain technology to create cutting edge compliance solutions.

A pioneer of web technology for almost two decades, he started his first company Aoulous Inc. in 1999.  The company went on to develop a number of products in the financial services space, including MorWEB, a web-based mortgage broker origination system, one of the first commercial applications to widely employ a dynamic JavaScript based end-user experience. Matt’s work has won numerous local and international web development awards, including the Webby Award, the Golden Web Award, and the W3 Award.

He has demonstrated expertise in architecting and implementing secure, high-performance, scalable applications. His background spans a unique combination of business strategy and technical realms aligning with his studies of a Double Major in Computer Science and History from the University of Toronto.

Matthew found early success in his career, becoming one of the youngest executive financial advisors in Investors Group Financial Services’ history at the age of 22. Featured in Canada’s leading financial industry publication Investment Executive, Matthew experienced award-winning success (Pillar Awards, President’s Club) by unpacking complex financial problems and providing simplified solutions.

Matthew has consulted for companies on their innovation management strategies, ranging from high-growth startups seeking to scale into enterprise markets to major global companies such as Virgin Group and Investors Group Financial Services.

Matthew has also provided consulting services to organizations such as the Canadian Centre for Cold Climate Innovation and First Nations Technology Council, among others; his focus being on helping companies leverage technology to identify opportunities, optimize workflows and scale business processes.

In 2015, Matthew co-founded a FinTech company with a product designed to automate and digitize all workflows and end-to-end task management for financial advisors; much of the product’s technical architecture and framework have since been incorporated into Planswell’s expanded FinTech platform. In 2016, Matthew led the technical management for a proof of concept to use Ethereum to automate the matching and fulfillment of interest rate swaps.

Matthew completed MIT Media Lab’s Fintech Innovation Management program with distinction and also holds a management certificate from MIT Sloan in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in Business Strategy. He is currently an advisor and shareholder in multiple B.C. tech ventures and is also a mentor through several startup and mentorship initiatives such as New Ventures BC.