CTO & Founder · FinTech & Payments
15+ years building payment infrastructure, processing centers, and POS ecosystems across Europe and the Middle East. Currently co-founding WhateverPay — white-label fintech platform for European markets.
Building payment infrastructure across Europe, Middle East, and beyond
Co-Founder & CTO
Building a white-label fintech platform for European markets.
CTO
Led technology for a payment platform serving the Middle East and Africa via Network International (50+ countries). Navigated $20M Series A due diligence.
CTO
Scaled the company from 50 to 500+ people and the engineering team from 15 to 150+ engineers. Delivered 12 product lines from zero. White-label platform adopted by 8 of top 10 banks in the market. 1M+ merchants, 800K+ daily transactions.
CTO
Built a full banking processing center from scratch. Established the core payment and settlement infrastructure powering the bank's operations.
Where I add the most value
End-to-end payment stack: POS terminals, card processing, EMV, card schemes (Visa/MC), acquiring, settlement, and regulatory compliance across EU and MEA markets.
Designing high-throughput, fault-tolerant financial platforms at scale. 800K+ transactions/day, multi-tenant SaaS, microservices, and event-driven systems.
Hiring and developing engineering organizations from first engineer to 150+. Building culture, processes, and leadership pipelines that scale without losing velocity.
Technology due diligence for FinTech investments and Series A+ rounds. Proven track record preparing companies for investor scrutiny and $20M+ fundraises.
Always happy to connect
