The people of Peeke.io are carefully chosen based on their skill set, background and their passion to tackle a rapid growing counterfeit market. The founding team is based in Switzerland, North America and Korea as the team continues to grow internationally. We’d like you to get to know the strong team behind Peeke…
Peeke Role: CEO/CTO
Previous work experience: Ex-Google, Ex-Disney Engineer
A coder since was 5 years old, Alexander is an ex-Google developer turned entrepreneur and now founder of Peeke. In the last 9 years he was CEO/CTO, core member and advisor for a series of successful start-ups in different industries. His strong technical background makes him a great leader for Peeke, an app that is heavy from both a consumer app and blockchain perspective. He works closely with Fluvio (The lead full stack engineer at Peeke) to continually iterate and improve the product.
Peeke Role: Lead Full Stack engineer
Previous Work Experience: Ex-Softeco Sismat
Fulvio Gioia is an end-to-end product developer and full-stack developer. He is experienced in managing data-intensive projects and applications. His past work includes a variety of industrial developement: from railways creating real-time SCC engines for GE, RFI, and Ansaldo to avionic work on EH-101 Agusta Westland. He’s a blockchain enthusiast, and when not developing, he loves playing guitar and bass, soccer and sailing.
Peeke Role: Lead Sales and Import
Previous Work Experience: Serial Entrepreneur
As a serial entrepreneur, Stefano has created multiple successful companies in which global business development was a large part of it’s success. He will continue to build strong relationship with the brand partners at Peeke. So far, he has already on-boarded 10 brand partners (Such as Mont Blanc, North Face, Chianti) with over 100 in the pipeline.
Peeke Role: Digital Marketing Expert
Previous Work Experience: Ex-Disney, Ex-Blomming
She’s been an integral part of every team in order to create community and provide strategic social media direction at every company in her past. Her role is to ensure that the community behind Peeke is well educated.
In order to create a seamless brand and communication experience, Launch Pop has partnered with Peeke. Founded by 2 influential women from Forbes 30 under 30 and ex-Entrepreneur in Residence of Shopify, Launch Pop was created to help high potential founders who are backed by VC investors to launch their start-ups (including Morning Recovery, founded by ex-Tesla PM, now a CPG eCommerce start up backed by Slow Ventures). Within the past year, Launch Pop has helped over 25 companies launch with a bang. ICO Launch Pop is new vertical helping ethical Blockchain start-ups launch to market. Learn more about the founders: Jane Lee, Eva Chan and Bruce Song.
Advisors:
Advisors were invited based on their strategic roles pertaining to the growth of Peeke.
1. Richard Kastelein
Blockchain Thought Leader
Founder of industry publication Blockchain News (acquired in 2017) , partner at ICO services collective CryptoAssets Design Group, director of education company Blockchain Partners (Oracle Partner) — Richard Kastelein is an award-winning publisher & entrepreneur. He sits on the advisory boards of a dozen Blockchain startups (ICOs) & has written over 1500 articles on Blockchain technology at Blockchain News & has also published on ICOs in Harvard Business Review & Venturebeat.
Kastelein holds and honourary Ph.D. and is Chair Professor at Jiangxi Ahead Institute of Software & Technology (Blockchain Faculty) in China.
2. Claudio Gianascio
Tech Investor
Investor and co-founder of YOUSTART.ME, a Swiss startup that has developed an innovative platform to connect entrepreneurs with seed capital through an online cryptoequity-based wallet made of tradable units.
Past Experiences — Owner and director of Green Park Corporation LLP, a London based financial advisory firm, until October 2013. Formerly, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Givigest Fiduciaria S.A., a Swiss financial services company. Previously employed within the banking and financial industries by Union Bank of Switzerland, Manufacturers Hanover (Suisse) S.A., and Chemical Bank (Suisse) S.A. — Education: Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
3. Thomas Zwahlen
Tech Strategist
Thomas is the CEO of Das Digital Economic Forum, where top digital leaders gather to discuss forward thinking marketing technology. He is also the managing partner of Indema AG an innovative tools and methods enable the rapid and reliable delivery of high-quality solutions to the benefit of physicians, nurses, faculty, researchers, patients, administrators and the public.
4. Alessandro Giua
Art Director/ Branding
Founder of Crebs, the first creative & tech Italian job board
Alessandro has spent the last 10 years working at creative agencies and design companies across Italy and UK on big accounts including Apple, Chanel, Ferrero, HSBC, ING, Skoda, Sky, TOD’s. Ferrero. He is specialized on art direction, product design, strategy, innovation, mobile and communication.
We are continuing to build the team at Peeke. If you are a high performer and would like to help us solve this problem please contact us at info@peeke.io
