Core Team
David Carvalho
Founder, CEO & Chief Scientist
20+ years as Ethical-Hacker and C-Level roles in regulated & critical areas. Advisor to multi $billion business & nation-state projects in cyber espionage, cyber war & cyber terrorism mitigation
Monica Oravcova
Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer
15+ years IT & Cybersecurity in various industries. led operations for FTSE100 clients AT&T, IBM, Apple and managed budgets of $100M+
Sumit Chauhan
Chief Technology Officer
CTO & Advisor with 20+ years building/developing enterprise level solutions using blockchain & AI for cybersecurity, IoT, and Fintech businesses
Guy Davies
Chief Marketing Officer
19+ years commercial sales and business development for technology & innovation brands. 7+ years Blockchain, marketing & growth specialist
David Holtzman
Chief Strategy Officer
CTO Network Solutions, Chief Scientist IBM, CTO & Cybersecurity advisor to White House under 3 x presidential campaigns now advising web3/blockchain
Scott MacAndrew
Chief of Finance
25 Years Global Finance Portfolio & Hedge Fund Manager, Trader, Market-Maker, Investor. Focus : banking, capital markets, crypto, tokenomics, blockchain
Youssef El Maddarsi
Global Head of Business Development
CEO Naoris Consulting. +10 years as an entrepreneur in strategic development. Graduated in Business Administration from Regent’s University. FinTech & AI from Wharton, blockchain from INSEAD, tech from Duke. Certified by Yale and École Polytechnique.
Saurabh Jain
Head of Technology R&D
18+ years experience in Software Development and Project Execution, 3+ years in Blockchain enabled Enterprise Solutions across Hyperledger, Fabric, Ethereum, Algorand, EOS, WAX, in areas of Scale Design, Resilience and Fault Tolerance and User Experience.
Lucas Bonnard
Head of Partnerships
Experienced business developer and marketing manager involved in the blockchain space since 2016. working with start-ups and traditional finance clients.
João Ferreira Santos
Head of Compliance
João is an experienced Regulatory / AML / KYC / IP Advisor. He has previously worked in Banco BPI, BNP Paribas and various startups at Managing Director level in Hong Kong. Holds a Law degree from the Faculty of Law of Lisbon University and is a licensed Lawyer.
Vijayant Verma
Head of Data Science and Open Source
Technologist with 18+ years experience in BI, Blockchain, AI and ETL Development for business applications. Expertise in deployment of custom open source tools to fit business requirements. Fluent in Golang, Python, Nodejs, Java, and Spring.
Constantinos Antoniou
Social Media Analyst
Constantinos is an experienced Crypto Analyst and Marketeer. He previously worked as Head of Community at Panther Protocol and as Head of Research at D-Core.net managing a team of researchers and the development of the platform.
Puneet Nayal
Blockchain Developer
Expertise in Ethereum, Hyperledger, WAX, Solana, Tokens, DeFi Applications and Cryptocurrencies, with experience in both permissioned and permissionless blockchains.
David Carvalho
Founder, CEO & Chief Scientist
20+ years as Ethical-Hacker and C-Level roles in regulated & critical areas. Advisor to multi $billion business & nation-state projects in cyber espionage, cyber war & cyber terrorism mitigation
Monica Oravcova
Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer
15+ years IT & Cybersecurity in various industries. led operations for FTSE100 clients AT&T, IBM, Apple and managed budgets of $100M+
Sumit Chauhan
Chief Technology Officer
CTO & Advisor with 20+ years building/developing enterprise level solutions using blockchain & AI for cybersecurity, IoT, and Fintech businesses
Guy Davies
Chief Marketing Officer
19+ years commercial sales and bus development for technology & innovation brands. 7+ years Blockchain, marketing & growth specialist
David Holtzman
Chief Strategy Officer
CTO Network Solutions, Chief Scientist IBM, CTO & Cybersecurity advisor to White House under 3 x presidential campaigns now advising web3/blockchain
Scott MacAndrew
Chief of Finance
25 Years Global Finance Portfolio & Hedge Fund Manager, Trader, Market-Maker, Investor. Focus : banking, capital markets, crypto, tokenomics, blockchain
Saurabh Jain
Head of Technology R&D
18+ years experience in Software Development and Project Execution, 3+ years in Blockchain enabled Enterprise Solutions across Hyperledger, Fabric, Ethereum, Algorand, EOS, WAX, in areas of Scale Design, Resilience and Fault Tolerance and User Experience.
Youssef El Maddarsi
Global Head of Business Development
CEO Naoris Consulting. +10 years as a results-oriented entrepreneur, specialist in strategic development. Graduated in Business Administration from Regent’s University. Specializations FinTech & AI from Wharton, blockchain from INSEAD, and technology from Duke. Certified by Yale and École Polytechnique.
Lucas Bonnard
Head of Partnerships
Experienced business developer and marketing manager involved in the blockchain space since 2016. working with start-ups and traditional finance clients.
João Ferreira Santos
Head of Compliance
João is an experienced Regulatory / AML / KYC / IP Advisor. He has previously worked in Banco BPI, BNP Paribas and various startups at Managing Director level in Hong Kong. Holds a Law degree from the Faculty of Law of Lisbon University and is a licensed Lawyer.
Hugo Cavaleiro
Lead Project Manager
Experienced Project Manager in IT for 15+ years, contributing to the launch of worldwide products and services. Passionate about building and managing digital projects that are both innovative and challenging.
Vijayant Verma
Head of Data Science and Open Source
Technologist with 18+ years experience in BI, Blockchain, AI and ETL Development for business applications. Expertise in deployment of custom open source tools to fit business requirements. Fluent in Golang, Python, Nodejs, Java, and Spring.
Constantinos Antoniou
Social Media Analyst
Technologist with 18+ years experience in BI, Blockchain, AI and ETL Development for business applications. Expertise in deployment of custom open source tools to fit business requirements. Fluent in Golang, Python, Nodejs, Java, and Spring.
Puneet Nayal
Blockchain Developer
Technologist with 18+ years experience in BI, Blockchain, AI and ETL Development for business applications. Expertise in deployment of custom open source tools to fit business requirements. Fluent in Golang, Python, Nodejs, Java, and Spring.
Kjell GrandHagen
Former Chairman NATO
Intelligence Committee
Inspiration to create Naoris Protocol came through a meeting with the former Head of NATO / OTAN Intelligence Committee Kjell Grandhagen, who stated that “We don’t need to play a better game against cyber-criminals, we need to play a different game”.
His motivation led to the creation of Decentralized Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture (dCSMA), utilising Blockchain and AI to remove the single points of failure that exist in current centralised solutions.
Advisors
Visionary Guidance from Tech and Business Luminaries
Naoris Protocol gains immense strategic direction from cyber industry stalwarts and strategic military expertise to accelerate real-world DePIN adoption across industries like banking, fintech, and healthcare.
With battle-hardened security advisory from military veterans who have established offensive and defensive cyber capabilities to protect national critical infrastructure in high-threat environments. Their guidance enables adherence to exacting security standards demanded by global defense forces.
Ahmed Réda Chami
Ambassador for Morocco to the EU. Former CEO Microsoft North Africa & Microsoft President of South East Asia, & Former Minister for New Technologies for Morocco
Inge Kampenes
Former Chief of Norwegian Armed Forces Cyber Defence
Mick Mulvaney
Former White House Chief of Staff, also served in the U.S. House of Representatives & director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Brigadier-General Carlos Ribeiro
Former Chief of Portuguese Armed Forces Communications and Information Systems, and CyberDefence
Knut Grandhagen
Head of Comms,Norwegian Armed Forces Cyber Defence
H.E. Sheikh Thamer Said Ahmed al-Shanfari
Chairman of Shanfari & Partners Company
James Diorio
Award winning author, CEO Tradecraft Capital, Blockchain/Crypto asset manager, 30+years tech experience
Brendan Holt Dunn
CEO of Holdun Family Office
Jack Melnick
Head of DeFi @ Polygon Labs
Salaheddine Mezzouar
President COP22: Former Minister of Industry & Commerce, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Former President of the CGEM for Morocco
Steven Sprague
Pioneering Trusted Computing Visionary
Elena Gaudette
Chief of Staff at Cisco Cloud Security
Predrag Puharic
Mayor of Sarajevo
CEO Cyber Security Excellence Centre
Jayson E. Street
Hacker, Helper & Human
Peter Ince
Blockchain Security Researcher at Monash University
Sean Burke
Expert Blockchain, IoT, AI, Cyber Security
Nuno Almeida, PhD
University Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico
Miguel Oliveira, PhD
Director at University of Aveiro
Dr. Magda Lilia Chelly, PhD
Award-winning global cybersecurity leader
Richard Baylie
CIO at OCS Group
Svein-Erik Nilsen
Cyber and Decentralization Ambassador
CJ
CyberSecurity Consultant, Crypto Trader and Investor
Fabrizio Lorini
Compliance Advisor,
Co-Chairman ACAMS
Ahmed Réda Chami
President of CESE, Minister of Industry, Trading/new Technologies Ambassador of Morocco to the EU
Inge Kampenes
Former Chief of Norwegian Armed Forces Cyber Defence
Mick Mulvaney
Former White House Chief of Staff, also served in the U.S. House of Representatives& director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Brigadier-General Carlos Ribeiro
Former Chief of Portuguese Armed Forces Communications and Information Systems, and CyberDefence
Knut Grandhagen
Head of Comms,Norwegian Armed Forces Cyber Defence
James Diorio
Award winning author, CEO Tradecraft Capital, Blockchain/Crypto asset manager, 30+ years tech experience
Brendan Holt Dunn
CEO of Holdun Family Office
Jack Melnick
Head of DeFi @ Polygon Labs
Steven Sprague
Pioneering Trusted Computing Visionary
Elena Gaudette
Chief of Staff at Cisco Cloud Security
Predrag Puharic
Cyber Security Advisor
Jayson E. Street
Hacker, Helper & Human
Peter Ince
Blockchain Security Researcher at Monash University
Sean Burke
Expert Blockchain, IoT, AI, Cyber Security
Nuno Almeida, PhD
University Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico
Miguel Oliveira, PhD
Director at University of Aveiro
Dr. Magda Lilia Chelly, PhD
Award-winning global cybersecurity leader
Jane Frankland
Cybersecurity Executive
Richard Baylie
CIO at OCS Group
Svein-Erik Nilsen
Cyber and Decentralization Ambassador
CJ
CyberSecurity Consultant, Crypto Trader and Investor
Fabrizio Lorini
Compliance Advisor,
Co-Chairman ACAMS
Multi-disciplinary Academic Excellence
As a leader in peer-reviewed research at the intersection of blockchain, security, and privacy, Naoris Protocol collaborates with professors, researchers, and PhDs globally. This underscores our focus to enable cross-disciplinary academic impact to drive mainstream adoption.
Thought leaders like Miguel Oliveira, Director at the University of Aveiro specializing in cybersecurity, wireless communications, and data analytics, and Professor Nuno Almeida from Instituto Superior Técnico, innovating in cyber-physical asset management lending crucial and invaluable perspectives.
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Nuno Almeida, PhD
University Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico
Miguel Oliveira, PhD
University Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico
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