Qubic is pioneering AI technology by integrating its Layer 1 Useful Proof of Work (uPoW) network with an open-source AI framework. This robust platform supports feeless transactions and features high-speed smart contracts, capable of processing up to 40 million transfers per second (TPS), underpinned by a quorum-based consensus mechanism. Our goal is to democratize access to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), redefining the role of AI in everyday technology.As the Lead Operations & Finance (COO) of Qubic, I oversee strategy, operations, and cross-functional coordination to drive innovation and growth. My role involves ensuring operational excellence, fostering collaboration across teams, and supporting the development of a decentralized ecosystem that aligns with our mission.Key Focus Areas:- Streamlining processes to enhance efficiency and scalability.- Leading strategic initiatives and roadmap execution.- Managing partnerships, financial planning, and organizational growth.- Bridging operations with technology to deliver impactful blockchain solutions.- Drive ecosystem growth.- Talent management.

ThePeopleLab specializes in developing and implementing Operations and People strategies for technology startups & scale ups in emerging tech and crypto. Founded on the principle that people are at the core of every business, we are committed to building work environments where talent thrives and can make measurable impact. We work with companies all over the globe, including:- Qubic, Dandelion, Orderly, Tensor Labs, Manta Network, Zerion, XAPO Bank, Linearity, Blink and sennder.

Workblocks (formerly Metaworks) aims to create a better and open talent market using the power of Web3. Our mission is to index how talent around the globe is thinking about career, company culture, compensation, jobs and skills in real-time. We use those insights to provide members with meaningful connections, opportunities and education. We offer a community on Discord for anyone that wants to help build Workblocks.

Xapo Bank is the Bitcoin bank by Bitcoiners. Founded by Wences Casares, Xapo is providing its members across the world access to Bitcoin. As of 2023, the company offers stock market trading to its clients in Europe but also other digital assets such as Ethereum.Lead the People & Talent department and C-level executive of a remote regulated fintech, reporting directly to the CEO. Responsible for the entire People & Culture lifecycle; from talent attraction, business partnering, development, performance management and org design. Actively supporting Operations with strategic planning and information flows.

Lead the People function (50FTE+) during a phase of business growth and expansion as well as hyper growth (scaled organisation from 250 > 1000 FTE’s) across several countries.Member of executive team

Building AR/VR organization in Zurich and London

- Interim Management- Consultancy- Project Management - Executive Recruitment

Working at Rocket means taking ownership from day one and giving everything for our projects to make a meaningful and sustainable impact. For our businesses to go from zero to launch, we remain focused while being confident. Our colleagues from more than 70 nationalities act as an interconnected team that exchanges across country borders to ensure maximum efficiency. The key to success in my role is in driving and executing a talent acquisition strategy that meets the recruiting demand of Rocket Internet and its network:• Leading and coaching a team of recruiters in order to raise the overall bar of Rocket’s success in attracting talents from around the world;• Driving co-founder recruitment and global venture development recruitment for Rocket Internet and its companies;• Focussing on ensuring an outstanding candidate experience, while exceeding the expectations of hiring managers across Rocket and its network;• Developing a continuous improvement culture that initiates state-of-the-art recruiting processes to promote Rocket as an employer of choice;• Applying strong technical expertise, such as strategic sourcing, stakeholder management, assessment tools and data analysis, in implementing the solutions to address talent acquisition challenges;• Continuously evaluate sourcing initiatives that bring the highest yields with reasonable costs and establish reports for various stakeholders.

• Building the graduate recruitment and program strategy for Cloudreach leading a team of recruiters.• Developing our "Cloudy Campus" and the Cloudreach Graduate Program;• High volume recruitment of STEM and business (under)graduates.• Manage full cycle recruiting processes for high volume graduate positions within system engineering, software development, business development• Determine and implement the appropriate sourcing strategy to attract top and super natural graduates to Cloudreach.• Partner with target universities and student societies to build and maintain strong relationships. In particular Europe, UK and USA. • Proposed expansion possibilities of target and non-target universities and associations• Partnered with business and campus teams to discuss campus strategy for the season, individualised to the target university and region• Travelled across the world to career fairs and campus events across the Spring and Autumn seasons, raising technology brand awareness through information sessions, Cloud Hacks, Summer of Cloud Computing, tech talks, etc.

• Leading graduate recruitment strategy world wide;• Developing and optimizing Booking.com Graduate Program;• High volume recruitment of business, computer science and STEM graduates for the Booking.com graduate program and permanent (graduate) positions. • Manage full cycle recruiting processes for high volume graduate positions within analytics, product, design and technology roles ensuring a smooth and positive candidate experience; • Determine and implement the appropriate sourcing strategy to attract top and super natural graduates to Booking.com; • Worked with target universities and student societies to build and maintain strong relationships worldwide• Proposed expansion possibilities of target and non-target universities and associations• Partnered with business and campus teams to discuss campus strategy for the season, individualized to the target university and region• Travelled across the world to career fairs and campus events across the Spring and Autumn seasons, raising technology brand awareness through information sessions, coding challenges, technical talks, etc. Developed novel ideas to evolve signature events• Responsible for sign-up for fairs and logistics of all materials including banners, swag, catering, booth equipment, and developing marketing materials.

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• Responsible for identifying, evaluating and employing candidates for young professionals and other professional positions within the consumer goods, finance and IT.• Generates qualified candidate pools through talent acquistion and cost-effective efforts - Internet, alternative sourcing, etc. • Develop the search strategy, including creating a target list of competitor companies, indentifying names of passive candidates and anticipated time frame of the search • Adheres to recruitment policies and processes by utilizing system for sourcing and tracking of candidates and activity • Meets established hiring targets, manage client relationships, and interact with hiring managers to discuss specific requirements • Participate in special projects/task forces as assigned • Represents company for recruiting purposes at identified networking and industry events, job fairs, conferences, etc.

• Responsible for identifying, evaluating and employing candidates for young professionals and other professional positions. • Generates qualified candidate pools through talent acquistion and cost-effective efforts - Internet, alternative sourcing, etc. • Develop the search strategy, including creating a target list of competitor companies, indentifying names of passive candidates and anticipated time frame of the search.

Full life cycle and full desk recruiting of marketing and finance professionals into direct hire/perm and contract positions. I have been successful at performing in high-performance teams, along with planning, organizing and coordinating a wide variety of recruitment programs and sourcing and staffing strategies. I'm succesfull through a variety of sourcing methods focused on cold calling, networking, referrals and internet-based efforts.