Rebecka Marriott Email & Phone Number

Cape Town, Wc, Za

Cape Town, Wc, Za

As Head of Operations and Product, I play a key role in pushing progress between the CEO, lead engineer & wider team. - Second-in-command after CEO, responsible for product execution.- Successfully completed 9-week CV Labs accelerator program alongside the CEO, which established the foundation of the company and secured the first round of funding.- Host Solidity Fridays episodes with industry giants, including Worldcoin, Fuel, UMA, Sablier & more.- Lead the product development of the EdTech platform- Successful beta launch, onboarding over 90 students onto the platform.- Responsible for the launch of 3 complete courses: Blockchain 101, Advanced Blockchain & Blockchain for Government

Right hand to the CEO in charge of cross departmental communication and ensured CEO's strategy and mission filtered through all departments.- Successfully built strong relationships and trust with all team members, ranging from leadership, leads to juniors on the team, allowing me to play a critical role in cross-company communication.- Third-in-command after CEO & CTO supporting the small C-suite with strategic decision making, balancing company financials as well as its impact on team morale.- Flagged resourcing & invoicing issues, working closely with high-profile clients to minimise a potential $90k loss & optimise team resources.- Work directly with CEO, Finance & HR to create a bear market plan that brought our expenses down by 40% while managing to avoid formal layoffs and maintaining a high team morale.

As the sole Operations Manager, I helped facilitate the growth of the company, wore several department hats throughout the scale up, and created systems and departments for a more sustainable team.- Played a key role in scaling the company from 12 to 50 team members, and worked with existing C-suite to create a functional management departments: Finance, HR, Operations, Business Development & Admin- Absorbed the product manager role for the first 6 months, managing the development teams and client relationships of 13 projects that generated a revenue of over a million dollars.- Additionally wore the hats of HR and Finance, responsible for client invoices, payments, crypto transactions, recruitment & team onboarding.- Created a capacity planning database which optimised project workload across team members, reduced developer context switching thereby lowering team burnout, improving retention by 30%.

Budapest, Hungary

Joining as copywriter/community manager as the 12th member of the team, I communicated complex ideas effectively and engaged with diverse audiences:- As a Copywriter, I wrote multiple articles for the South African government on digital credentialing & self-sovereign identity. - As a Community Manager, I acted primarily with the Swarm foundation, diving into the technical specifics of their protocol: peer-to-peer networks, data silos, bonding curves & decentralised storage technology.

Budapest, Hungary

Budapeste, Hungria

Budapest

International Relations, Political Science And Government, Excellent

Business Administration And Management, General