Our Team

Meet the people making Gauntlet tick.

Meet the people driving adoption and understanding of the  financial systems of the future.

Departments

Alex Szymanski
Software Engineer

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  • Columbia, University of Michigan
  • Quantitative trading, statistical analysis
  • Water connoisseur
Haotian Jiang
Data Scientist

Previously Quant at 4170 Trading, Software Engineer at Amazon

Horace Pan
Machine Learning Engineer

Previously ML at Instagram and Tower Research Capital

  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Amateur watchmaker
Jacob Rhode
Software Engineer

Previously Data at Foundry.ai and Alto Pharmacy

  • evm-based systems, on-chain governance, optimization
  • Maxed in OSRS
Jonathan Reem
Staff Software Engineer

Previously at Udacity (acq. 2024), and Terminal.com (acq. 2017), Rust Friend of The Tree (2015), OSS contributor

  • MIT
  • Data & blockchain engineering
  • Neovim maximalist
Marcin Jachymiak
Software Engineer

Previously Engineering at Flowcode and Nebulous (Siacoin)

  • University of Maryland
  • Data Science, Analytics, Statistics, Machine Learning
  • Founder-Member of worlds first womens DAO
Maria Shaikh
Data Scientist

Previously Data Scientist (R&D) at ZebPay

Mathieu Voisin
Senior Software Engineer

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  • Princeton University
  • Data engineering, statistical modeling
Michalis Alifierakis
Machine Learning Engineer

Previously ML at Bloomberg, PhD in chemical engineering

  • Florida State University
  • Life
  • Just join Degen Anonymous
Nicholas Del Zingaro
Data Science Manager

Previously Analytics & DS at Fundrise and Brigit

  • Washington State University
  • Cloud Engineering and Infrastructure
  • Fluent in Japanese
Roby Daquilante
Platform Engineer

Previously Software Engineer (EKS) at AWS, SRE at Motorola

  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • Quantitative research, trading strategies, statistics, ML
  • Stablecoin research co-author
Sai Srikar Nimmagadda
Data Scientist

Previously quantitative research at Brevan Howard Digital

Udai Parvathaneni
Senior Data Scientist

Previously Head of Engineering at Teller Finance, Data Scientist at Citi & TD Bank

William Zhang
Senior Software Engineer

Gauntlet

  • Université Paris-Dauphine
  • DeFi, Growth, GTM
  • Wreck diver
Simon Mathonnet
Product Marketing Lead

Previously Head of Growth Marketing at Bankless, WonderFi, Tendermint

  • University of Sydney
  • Financial Analysis, Alternative Asset Management, Payments, Tokenomics, Perps
  • Co-founder, Australia's first crowd funded music festival
Thomas Whitworth
Lead Product Manager

Previously HoProduct Bluefin, CPO at Finstro, COO at Oceana Funds Management

  • Trinity College
  • DeFi, Tokenization, GTM
  • Lived in Lisbon for 2 years
Aidan Bristow
Senior Business Development Manager

Previously Investment Team at Republic

  • Onchain asset management, onchain data
  • Can do a front flip
Carson Brown
Senior Product Manager

Previously product and onchain strategy at 21Shares, financial services at EY

  • Employee experience
Danica Espiritu
Office Manager, EA

Previously WX Associate Director at Kepler Group, Facilities Manager at BetterCloud

  • University of Texas, Austin
Jesse Kao
Chief Financial Officer

Previously Point72 Asset Management and Raymond James

  • University of Maine
  • Growth, Product Strategy, Onchain Data, Product design
  • Co-Founder, building protocol owned insurance, Early DeFi Degen, Early $YFI token acquirer
Jon Libby
Business Development

RToken Growth at Reserve, Data at Alchemix, Product at Spool

  • Avid degen
Matt Dobel
VP of Business Development

Previously partnerships and BD at OnDeck Capital, Brigit, and Square

  • Georgia Tech
  • DeFi Consultant, Lending Protocols, Yield Specialist
  • EDM Producer since 14 years old
Mike Muse
Senior Protocol Strategist, Earn Program

Previously Employee #1 at Talkable, BD at Unstoppable Domains

  • Queen's University
Mitchell Li
Strategic Finance, FP&A, Investor Relations

Strategic Finance at Chainalysis and Shopify

  • Growth, Ops, BD, CX
Nicholas Cannon
Chief Business Officer

Previously professional poker player and DeFi operations

  • University of Southern California
  • Tea startup cofounder
Tiffany Liu
Controller

Previously tax compliance at Forever 21, HNWI tax services at EY

  • Georgetown University
Trey Sadiq
General Counsel

Previously digital assets legal and regulatory counsel working across TradFi, fintech, and Fortune 100s

  • MIT
  • Quantitative trading, HFT, marketplace design, simulation
  • HS ski team captain
Rei Chiang
Chief Technology Officer

Previously HFT and PM at GETCO and 3Red, Uber ATG (autonomous vehicles)

  • Cornell University
  • Lots of Red Bull
Tarun Chitra
Chief Executive Officer

Previously quantitative R&D at Vatic HFT and D.E. Shaw

  • Trinity College
  • DeFi, Tokenization, GTM
  • Lived in Lisbon for 2 years
Aidan Bristow
Senior Business Development Manager

Previously Investment Team at Republic

Alex Szymanski
Software Engineer

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  • Onchain asset management, onchain data
  • Can do a front flip
Carson Brown
Senior Product Manager

Previously product and onchain strategy at 21Shares, financial services at EY

  • Employee experience
Danica Espiritu
Office Manager, EA

Previously WX Associate Director at Kepler Group, Facilities Manager at BetterCloud

  • Columbia, University of Michigan
  • Quantitative trading, statistical analysis
  • Water connoisseur
Haotian Jiang
Data Scientist

Previously Quant at 4170 Trading, Software Engineer at Amazon

Horace Pan
Machine Learning Engineer

Previously ML at Instagram and Tower Research Capital

  • Quantitative Research, Public Equities, Structured Credit
  • UCLA
Ian Mellen
Data Scientist, Aera

Previously Quant at Citigroup, CoinList, and Variant Perception

  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Amateur watchmaker
Jacob Rhode
Software Engineer

Previously Data at Foundry.ai and Alto Pharmacy

  • University of Texas, Austin
Jesse Kao
Chief Financial Officer

Previously Point72 Asset Management and Raymond James

  • evm-based systems, on-chain governance, optimization
  • Maxed in OSRS
Jonathan Reem
Staff Software Engineer

Previously at Udacity (acq. 2024), and Terminal.com (acq. 2017), Rust Friend of The Tree (2015), OSS contributor

  • University of Maine
  • Growth, Product Strategy, Onchain Data, Product design
  • Co-Founder, building protocol owned insurance, Early DeFi Degen, Early $YFI token acquirer
Jon Libby
Business Development

RToken Growth at Reserve, Data at Alchemix, Product at Spool

  • MIT
  • Data & blockchain engineering
  • Neovim maximalist
Marcin Jachymiak
Software Engineer

Previously Engineering at Flowcode and Nebulous (Siacoin)

  • University of Maryland
  • Data Science, Analytics, Statistics, Machine Learning
  • Founder-Member of worlds first womens DAO
Maria Shaikh
Data Scientist

Previously Data Scientist (R&D) at ZebPay

Mathieu Voisin
Senior Software Engineer

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  • Avid degen
Matt Dobel
VP of Business Development

Previously partnerships and BD at OnDeck Capital, Brigit, and Square

  • Princeton University
  • Data engineering, statistical modeling
Michalis Alifierakis
Machine Learning Engineer

Previously ML at Bloomberg, PhD in chemical engineering

  • Georgia Tech
  • DeFi Consultant, Lending Protocols, Yield Specialist
  • EDM Producer since 14 years old
Mike Muse
Senior Protocol Strategist, Earn Program

Previously Employee #1 at Talkable, BD at Unstoppable Domains

  • Queen's University
Mitchell Li
Strategic Finance, FP&A, Investor Relations

Strategic Finance at Chainalysis and Shopify

  • Growth, Ops, BD, CX
Nicholas Cannon
Chief Business Officer

Previously professional poker player and DeFi operations

  • Florida State University
  • Life
  • Just join Degen Anonymous
Nicholas Del Zingaro
Data Science Manager

Previously Analytics & DS at Fundrise and Brigit

  • MIT
  • Quantitative trading, HFT, marketplace design, simulation
  • HS ski team captain
Rei Chiang
Chief Technology Officer

Previously HFT and PM at GETCO and 3Red, Uber ATG (autonomous vehicles)

  • Washington State University
  • Cloud Engineering and Infrastructure
  • Fluent in Japanese
Roby Daquilante
Platform Engineer

Previously Software Engineer (EKS) at AWS, SRE at Motorola

  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • Quantitative research, trading strategies, statistics, ML
  • Stablecoin research co-author
Sai Srikar Nimmagadda
Data Scientist

Previously quantitative research at Brevan Howard Digital

  • Université Paris-Dauphine
  • DeFi, Growth, GTM
  • Wreck diver
Simon Mathonnet
Product Marketing Lead

Previously Head of Growth Marketing at Bankless, WonderFi, Tendermint

  • Cornell University
  • Lots of Red Bull
Tarun Chitra
Chief Executive Officer

Previously quantitative R&D at Vatic HFT and D.E. Shaw

  • University of Sydney
  • Financial Analysis, Alternative Asset Management, Payments, Tokenomics, Perps
  • Co-founder, Australia's first crowd funded music festival
Thomas Whitworth
Lead Product Manager

Previously HoProduct Bluefin, CPO at Finstro, COO at Oceana Funds Management

  • University of Southern California
  • Tea startup cofounder
Tiffany Liu
Controller

Previously tax compliance at Forever 21, HNWI tax services at EY

  • Georgetown University
Trey Sadiq
General Counsel

Previously digital assets legal and regulatory counsel working across TradFi, fintech, and Fortune 100s

Udai Parvathaneni
Senior Data Scientist

Previously Head of Engineering at Teller Finance, Data Scientist at Citi & TD Bank

William Zhang
Senior Software Engineer

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