Our mission
To connect organizations into Web3 through a fast, scalable, and intelligent platform.
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Our team
We are a collection of Web3 pioneers and builders. Validation Cloud is powered by an experienced team of blockchain experts across the globe - North America, Europe, and Asia.
Mo Husseini
Engineering
What sets us apart at Validation Cloud is the talent.We’re a team of distributed engineers coming from all around the globe taking a pragmatic approach to designing and building great products.
Pavel Rybinstev
Engineering
At Validation Cloud we’re building an easy-to-reach culture where everyone is encouraged to reach out to colleagues. Everyone on the team is friendly and willing to respond to any questions and help each other out.
Our values
Integrity
We empower our team to do the right thing, even when no one is watching. We encourage exuding and practicing trust so that our team members always ask for help when they need it and trust their team’s input.
Determination
We never ever give up. Our team isn’t deterred by short-term disappointments and we challenge ourselves to deliver customer results efficiently and effectively no matter what.
Commitment to Excellence
We’re constantly raising the bar to meet our standard of a “high-degree of execution.” We practice this standard daily in interactions with our team and customers to ensure excellence in everything we do.
Solutions Orientation
We’re a low ego team with an insatiable desire to find the right answer and fix the problem. No task is too small because we have a bias towards action and finding the solution for our customers.
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Executive Team
Michael Horowitz
CEO
Michael is a seasoned financial and capital markets professional. He previously held principal portfolio management and advisory roles with a $100mm family office venture debt fund. Michael also held senior executive positions at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and the Bank of Montreal (BMO). In 2017, Michael was the founder and general partner of Chaintech Digital, a blockchain-based digital asset fund.
Andrew McFarlane
CTO
Andrew brings deep blockchain engineering experience, having launched node and validator infrastructure on 20+ cryptonetworks since the inception of Proof of Stake. Previously, Andrew specialized in cybersecurity at Deloitte, and built network infrastructure for video streaming at Canada’s largest telecom.
Alex Altman
COO
Alex is an established leader in the blockchain and Web3 space with over six years of experience as an investor, consultant, and financial manager. Alex began his career working in private equity where he was directly involved with the diligence and underwriting of investment opportunities primarily in the real-estate space.
Alex Nwaka
CSO
Alex spent 7 years as an investor at Touchdown Ventures (TDV), where he was responsible for the firm's enterprise software strategy. Before TDV, Alex helped Estee Lauder Companies (NYSE: EL) transform its corporate development strategy, executing several acquisitions/integrations including Le Labo, Frederic Malle, Dr. Jart+.