Leon Kowalski

Founder at The Cape Crypto Exchange

City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

About

Product developer with over 20 years in tech. Founder at Cape Crypto I love to create results that expand, disrupt, and enrich

Experience

  • Founder and CPO / CEO at Cape Crypto
    Jul 2020 - Present · 6 yrs

    Cape Crypto is a cryptocurrency exchange based in South Africa, targeting the South African market and providing an exchange platform, iOS, Android and web apps, along with Collateralised Loans, an OTC Desk and Rewards program. Team scaled form 1 to 13 contractors. Total volume transacted as of October 2022 > R770,000,000 Proudly the first South African exchange to offer BTC Lightning ⚡

  • Product Owner - Oversight Growth Fleet at Luno
    Oct 2018 - Jul 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Founded in 2013, Luno is a VC backed fintech startup, and one of the largest crypto currency exchanges globally, with presence in over 40 countries. Luno transacts over USD$6mil worth of daily trading, and has a global team of over 400. Growth Fleet oversight managing multiple cross functional teams. Team scaled from 100 to 350

  • Product Owner at AuctionsPlus
    Oct 2015 - Mar 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    AuctionsPlus is an online auction platform that enables customers to buy and sell livestock nationally across Australia. It is Australia's largest national livestock saleyard. Yearly transaction facilitation of ~AUD$850Million. Product and engineering team owner. Team scaled from 8 to 30

  • Product Owner at IceTV
    Sep 2014 - Oct 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos

    IceTV is an Australian startup with a national subscriber base of greater than 500,000 customers and growing. Product Owner for Windows App, Skippa countertop device, and customer support

  • Software Engineer at Independant
    Jun 2007 - Sep 2014 · 7 yrs 4 mos

    Freelance software engineer. Building solutions turnkey from inception to delivery, this involved winning new clients, defining and building solutions