Vilniaus, Lithuania
Visionary executive with 25+ years building, scaling and transforming technology, fintech and digital asset businesses in regulated markets. Founder of an enterprise fintech company successfully acquired for €440 million. Proven leader in digital payments, enterprise software, regulatory strategy, international expansion, M&A and organizational transformation. Trusted by investors and boards to drive measurable growth, strenthen governance and build high-performing global teams.
As a MICA licensed CASP in Denmark, Coinify enables seamless crypto transactions, fiat settlements, and enterprise-grade blockchain services across global markets.
Executive leadership of one of the world's leading crypto payment platforms, with responsibility for global operations, corporate strategy, regulatory affairs, financial performance, governance, business development, information security, risk management, and international expansion across multiple regulated jurisdictions. Key achievements: Led the international expansion and establishment of regulated VASP operations in Lithuania, Canada, Seychelles, and Panama, serving as CEO and board member across multiple group entities. Built enterprise-wide governance, compliance, risk, quality, and information security frameworks, achieving ISO certification and preparing the organization for MiCA regulatory requirements. Oversaw operations supporting 30,000+ merchants and $3B+ in annual cryptocurrency payment volume, ensuring operational resilience, regulatory compliance, and customer trust. Designed and implemented an international corporate and transfer pricing structure, reducing the Group's effective tax rate from 15% to 3.5% while strengthening regulatory alignment and governance. Preserved strong commercial performance throughout prolonged crypto market volatility, heightened regulatory scrutiny, and significant organizational transformation. Developed and executed strategic growth initiatives, including a Formula One global sponsorship, contributing to 20% year-over-year customer growth and increased international brand recognition. Established governance, financial controls, operational processes, and compliance capabilities supporting the organization's transition toward becoming a MiCA-regulated Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP). Led and developed a globally distributed organization of 80+ professionals across operations, engineering, compliance, finance, customer success, legal, and commercial functions spanning North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
Appointed by GlobeInvest, the family office of Teddy Sagi, to lead the post-acquisition transformation of Coinify, a regulated virtual asset service provider operating across Denmark, Italy, the United States and other international markets. Mandated to stabilize financial performance, restore operational discipline, strengthen governance, and position the business for sustainable, profitable growth: Key achievements: Led a comprehensive business transformation across finance, operations, commercial strategy and organizational structure, successfully returning the company to positive EBITDA within eight months of appointment. Implemented rigorous financial controls, cost optimization initiatives and performance management frameworks, significantly improving operational efficiency and cash flow visibility. Rebuilt executive governance, strategic planning and cross-functional accountability, enabling faster decision-making and stronger execution across the organization. Refocused the commercial organization on profitable growth, improving resource allocation and aligning investment with the company's highest-value opportunities. Worked closely with shareholders and the Board to execute the post-acquisition integration strategy, establishing a scalable operating model to support the company's next phase of growth.
Founded and led an enterprise financial technology company specializing in advanced software solutions for the global banking and financial services industry. Developed and commercialized innovative platforms for predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, liquidity management, transaction monitoring, customer behavior analytics, and branch optimization. Built the company from inception into a leading international fintech provider, culminating in its successful acquisition in a €440 million transaction in 2020. Key Achievements: Founded, scaled and successfully exited the company through a 440 million strategic acquisition, delivering exceptional shareholder value. Secured 10+ million in growth capital from a family office, accelerating product innovation, international expansion and commercial growth. Developed a portfolio of enterprise software solutions adopted by 100+ banking institutions across Europe, North America and Latin America through a highly successful land-and-expand go-to-market strategy. Built and led a global organization of 130+ professionals, establishing software engineering and support centers across Europe, Israel and India, supported by implementation, customer success and commercial teams throughout Europe, the United States and Panama. Successfully differentiated the company from global technology providers, including Microsoft and Oracle, through deep expertise in banking analytics, predictive intelligence and financial process automation. Grew the business to 880 million in cumulative revenue, creating a highly scalable enterprise software business with strong recurring revenues and long-term strategic customer relationships. Led all aspects of corporate strategy, product innovation, fundraising, international expansion, strategic partnerships and the end-to-end M&A process through to a successful exit.
Selected as an Independent Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Rise by Barclays, one of the world's leading fintech innovation ecosystems, providing strategic advisory services to early-stage and growth fintech companies. Partnered with founders, executive teams and investors to transform innovative concepts into commercially viable businesses by refining business models, validating product-market fit, developing go-to-market strategies, preparing investment cases and supporting fundraising initiatives. Key Achievements: Advised 20+ fintech startups across payments, banking, AI and financial technology, helping founders transform early-stage concepts into scalable businesses. Guided executive teams through product strategy, commercial validation, customer acquisition, pricing, go-to-market execution and international market expansion. Supported portfolio companies in achieving product-market fit, generating initial commercial traction and securing more than €10 million in combined pre-seed and seed funding. Developed investment strategies, business cases and investor presentations for private investors, venture capital firms and institutional stakeholders, contributing to the successful raising of more than €100 million in follow-on funding across 20+ high-growth ventures. Leveraged an extensive network across banking, fintech, venture capital and corporate innovation to connect founders with strategic partners, enterprise customers and investors. Advised entrepreneurs on commercialization, fundraising, regulatory strategy, scaling operations and enterprise sales within the global financial services industry.