Jaro Šatkevic

Blockchain payments consulting

Vilniaus, Lithuania

About

For the last 20 years I was managing IT projects, building products and running startup companies. I had experience in designing intranets, social networks and business management apps as well as experience in managing developers teams. From 2013 I'm actively looking over bitcoin and blockchain innovations. In 2017 together with partners we have founded blockchain consulting company Blockvis and are actively developing solutions for various blockchain startups and ICO projects. I'm also participating as technical blockchain advisor in a few projects and am creator of JaroCoin (http://jarocoin.com) - first Initial Time Offering. From April 2018 I have tokenised all of my time and I'm able for hire only by JaroCoin holders. Skills & Expertise: * Areas of interests: Bitcoin, Blockchain solutions, Programmable money, Smart contract development, Data­ driven product design, user experience (UX), Functional progamming; * Software development skills: Solidity, Python, JavaScript/NodeJS, React.js, Elixir; Passion: Martial Arts, Open Source, Crypto-currencies, Theology, Philosophy, Psychology. Social activity: From 2009 I'm organiser of Lithuanian BarCamp events and active member of Lithuanian startups community. In the past I was active OpenSource community member, one of Lithuanian OpenSource movement founders and president of association OpenSource for Lithuania (Atviras kodas Lietuvai). I'm also an instructor of WonHwaDo martial art.

Experience

  • CoinGate ()
    • Head of Blockchain
      Mar 2024 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Blockchain Consultant
      Feb 2023 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Mysterium Network (3 yrs 9 mos)
    • Blockchain Consultant
      Jan 2022 - Sep 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

    • Head of Product
      Jan 2020 - Dec 2021 · 2 yrs

      As a Head of Product of Mysterium Network I was responsible for all product engineering, marketing and strategy related questions. Mysterium is a global p2p network of exit nodes which provides VPN and proxy services. During my work in this position Mysterium stabilised its networking stack, released user friendly node installers as well as android, Windows, macOS and Linux client dVPN apps. I also lead research and development of unique nano payments solution (state channels based L3 solution on top of Polygon and Ethereum) which empowered p2p crypto currency payments in Mysterium Network. Noticeable achievements ------------------------- - I started with team of 15 people and we grew to 35 people in end of 2021. - Network users grew 100 times (to 120 000) and network traffic 1000 times (From 1 Tb in beginning of 2020 to ~1 Pb in end of 2021) - We started with zero income, in beginning of 2021 it become paid network with stably growing income (doubling each quarter). - Finally in November of 2021 we have released Mysterium Network MainNet.

  • Instructor at World WonHwaDo
    Sep 2012 - Dec 2022 · 10 yrs 4 mos

    WonHwaDo is a traditional Korean Martial art that utilises all circular, elliptical and rotatory movements. Its origin however, stems back into ancient Korean culture, traditional Korean dance and prayer. More: http://wonhwado.org/en/about

  • Blockchain developer and Board Member at Blockvis
    Dec 2017 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Blockvis is Blockchain solutions development company based in Baltic states and working with clients around the globe. - Bitcoin and Ethereum payments solutions (wallets integrations into various platforms, e.g. crypto exchanges or ICO/STO money collection dashboards). - Smart contracts development and audit. - Analysing blockchain data. - Digital identity solutions.

  • Executive at JaroCoin
    Apr 2018 - Mar 2019 · 1 yr

    JaroCoin (JARO) is a time token fully backed by my most precious asset – time. Owning JARO is the best way to get my attention, advice or services.