Sam Wellalage , BSC, MA

WIC Search

Your on-demand in-house recruitment team at 80% less cost.

Chief Economist and Recruiter

WorkInCrypto.Global

Scaling Blockchain, Crypto and Web3 Teams Since 2019: Csuit to $100K salaries

Recent appointments: 
Director of Operations: Sport and Blockchain Tech
Head of Business Development: Cloud Startup
Head of Web3 and Metaverse for PSG Football club: one of the most well-known sports brands in the world: £600 Million revenue last year
Web3 Advisor to the board: beIn Media Group: £1 Billion in revenue last year
COO to a payment application: 12 Billion Dollars under management
CEO to a brand new crypto exchange
Head of Product 
CTO
Chief Operating Officer: Crypto exchange: £400 Million in Revenue

Founder and executive search recruiter

ScalingCrypto teams since 2019. Our business has two functions: executive search and 2. Crypto recruitment for mid and junior level roles

Founder

Untapped Future

"untapped Future" is a charity I set up to address my lifelong dream to support underprivileged children. Coming from an underprivileged background, I know how life-changing it is to have equal opportunities for children growing up in underdeveloped countries in Asia. 10% of the business profit from WorkInCrypto.Global goes towards this charity to help identify children with sporting and education talent.

Chief Executive Officer

Scaling Unicorns

Hiring Ops Leaders and Sr Tech for Tech, AI and FinTech industry. Salary ranges from $120K to $400K.

Cloud Computing, Machine Learning and AI, Python Engineers, Data Engineer, Cloud Security, Director, CEO, Full Stack Engineers, Backend Engineer

Founder and Principal Recruiter

5iveTech Recruitment

What makes us different from the rest? It is in the questions we ask and the process we follow! We go beyond checklists and explore what it is actually driving people in their work.  

Track record to date:
Our last 100 placements have a 99% retention rate. 98% of the candidates we've placed in the last 2 years are still in their jobs today. Most of them got promoted

Examples of our placement in the past 12 months (contract and permanents):
Tech Leadership: CTO, Engineering Manager, Head of Development, Tech Architects and Lead Devs 
C-Suit: CEO, Chief Operations Officer, Director of Ops, Head of Client Services
Compliance: Head of Compliance, Director of compliance, AML/KYC/ Crypto specific compliance
Marketing: CMO, Marketing Manager, UX/UI Designer
Sofware Engineering: Blockchain, C#, Java, C++, Ruby on Rails, Elixir, Golang, Javascript, React, Gatsby, SOLIDITY, Smart Contracts,PHP

Industries: Fintech, Cryptocurrency, Asset Management, Banking, Capital Markets, Gaming, Gambling, 

We ask intuitive questions to determine your suitability and we make recommendations based on your skillset. Whether you are a CEO, recruitment head or a junior-level candidate, we provide expert advice which transforms your talent pipeline and careers.

Managing Director and Founder

rethink

I built the Ruby on Rails practice from scratch at Rethink.

Awards and recognitions: Rising Star at Rethink group (London, Birmingham, Manchester and Ireland).

Technology Recruiter

British Transport Police

Human Resource and Resource allocation for London Police

HR Resourcing Officer

Keele University

Recruitment Officer

Sri Lanka Badminton 

I first represented Sri Lanka when I was 12  years old. At the age of 19, I became the national number 1. I was able to travel the world and represent my country. I loved every minute of it. 

Starting out it was hard, financially as well as mentally.  But through hard work, sheer determination and self-belief I overcame every obstacle. I'm blessed to be able to play an individual sport at the highest level, and that experience still shapes me and reassures me that there is nothing you cannot achieve if you beleive!

Professional Athlete

Crypto Executive Search Recruiter | Ex -Pro Athlete | CEO

Separating the good from the great!

I have been scaling Crypto/Blockchain/ Web3 companies since 2019, hiring C-suit to Engineers.

Most roles ranges from $100,000 - $400,00K per year.

Here are some case studies of how I did exemplary work for exemplary people and companies: 

1. I am the exclusive and retained Blockchain recruiter for the PSG football club, one of the world's top 5 best football clubs owned by the government of Qatar. I successfully recruited their first Head of Blockchain to facilitate the club's transition into the Web3 space and help them earn millions of additional revenue streams.

2. I recruited the entire company (C suit, engineers, and ops) for the former chairman of Macquarie Bank Group, who now runs a 12 billion-dollar hedge fund. 

3. I helped another market leader, Chiliz and Socios, hire a Director of Operations for their newly set crypto team and several other roles.

How do I achieve these results?

I use a metric-driven, scientifically designed qualification process that hiring managers and candidates undergo. Thus, I have a 100% success rate over 500 positions filled and a 98% retention rate.  

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Executive Search Recruiter

Executive Search / C-suit Recruitment in  Crypto. Blockchain and Metaverse Sector

Recent appointments: 
Head of Business Development: Web3 startup
Head of Web3 and Metaverse for PSG Football club: one of the most well-known sports brands in the world: £600 Million revenue last year
Web3 Advisor to the board: beIn Media Group: £1 Billion in revenue last year
COO to a crypto payment application: 12 Billion Dollars under management
CEO to a brand new crypto exchange
Head of Product - crypto
CTO - crypto
Chief Operating Officer: Crypto exchange: £400 Million in Revenue last year

Jonathan Napolitano

Unicollege SSML

Visiting professor

REAL AGAIN 

Founder & CTO

Stealth Startup

Fractional CTO/ Machine Learning Specialist

Freelance (Self employed)

I have been involved in high-level technological and strategic consultancy and technological development with different customers (Gucci, Technogym, Diageo etc..), specifically:

- Defining Multi-Physics simulation asset for various B2B customer (AI implementation)
- Defining integration of LLMs model system with different customer
- Web3 and Blockchain Innovation Specialism 
- Web 3 Project Development
- Developing technologies insights and tech stretegical audit to measure, analyze and drive customer acquisition , retention and reactivation
- Creation and management of Web3 Promotion Activities
- Management, development of dAPP and mobile communication activities
- Redesign client business model (Business Model Innovation) and effectively
manage the implied changes from a cultural and behavioral perspective using Web3 and blockchain technologies
-XR and Digital Twin/ Simulative application

Fractional CTO / Extended Reality and AI Expert

The Coca-Cola Company

As a leader of the digital transformation, I have three main goals:

1. Help Coca Cola customers to take advantage of digital and technology to redesign their business model (Business Model Innovation) and effectively manage the implicit changes from a cultural and behavioral point of view introducing new collaborations and highly disruptive technological applications.
2. Reshaping Coca Cola's positioning (as perceived by the ecosystem) by acting on how the brand establishes mutually profitable and trusted relationships with partner customers and ambassadors, through levers linked to highly scalable and profitable innovation structures using AI, Computer Vision, Augmented Reality and Blockchain.
3. Creation of the Metaverse and Augmented Reality business unit and development of the blockchain application for the immutable and end - to - end management and tracking of the corporate Supply Chain

Innovative Transformation Lead ( Extended Reality and AI) 

I design the strategy and to effectively execute it in term of Business Development (consulting, projects delivered and products sold or consumed) both on current Coca Cola's customers and new ones. We designed and organized the multidisciplinary Team considering a multidimensional approach like Tiering & Customer potential, Industry, Specific Solutions or Domain of expertise and also creating new cross-functional and cross-industry core competence like Platform Business, Business Model Innovation, Leading Change & Organizational Renewal, Future of Work and Augmented Intelligence.

Head of Digital Transformation/ AI and Blockchain Specialist 

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

>Management of WEB2 and WEB3 platforms and portals: B2C/B2B
>Blockchain Development strategies
>Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Application
>Implementation of Business Models for Innovation Management,
>System Integration: Project Manager in a wide variety of innovative applications including VR and Digital Twins system
> Development of infrastructures of heterogeneous systems Projects Firewall
> Provision of solutions for Customer & Commercial data & Analytics through AI
> Approved date and solutions:

- Data warehousing and ETL
- Analysis and simulation with Digital Twins model
- Providing customer solutions
- Trade Execution through AI
- Management of business revenue growth innovation(RGM)
- Alternative of innovative development channels and routeto-market (RTM)
Development of collaborative tools in Virtual Reality & AI

XR and Blockchain Department Specialist/ Machine Learning Engineer

Textron Aviation

> Construction and implementation of new innovative communication lines based on lead optimization to new prospects channel and new partnerships on innovation and disruptive topics
> Development and creation of collaborative environments in -Web3
> Development of Virtual Reality applications for prototyping, work and collaborative design
> Development and analysis of key performance metrics
> Management of the innovation team.
> Data analysis of market trends, consumer attitudes, competitors and the effectiveness of the innovation development strategy using digital twins and AI
> Development KPI monitoring on Web3, AI and blockchain projects

Head of XR and Blockchain Department/ Machine Learning Specialist

Thales Alenia Space

> Risk management plan of the AMSR_E development program, identifying the risk and create mitigation actions
> Coordination of internal communication to the launchers' management and to the analysis board for the AMSR-E development program for Earth Observation
> Coordination of the preparation and execution of the main NASA revisions at Launcher System level and the interface with AMSR-E Exploitation Department for Earth Observation
> Blockchain infrastucture for satellite deploy/ AI application within a multi-sensor satellite architecture
Computer vision Application
> VR system for satellite and safety simulation
> Ensure technical coherence between VECEP activities and their gradual implementation with respect to exploitation activities
> Execution of cross-checks and independent technical evaluation and analysis on critical topics

 Machine Learning Application Specialist / XR Expert

> Definition of the assembly configuration (phases), guaranteeing "Design Intent"

> Analysis of flows and assembly operations, integration and test (AIT) in Europe and at the Launch Range in French Guiana;

> Management of system tests and subsystems that prepare and issue AIT Plans, test specifications, general program, responsible for coordination of the activities of ELV and subcontractors, 
ESA / ESTEC, EADS / CASA, Sabca, Avio, Contraves, Pyro Alliance, Dutch Space

> Consistency check of assembly configuration (phases) and relevant mechanical and electrical interfaces through approval of the Industrial Definition File, Purchase and logistics of materials, equipment and equipment necessary for system testing.

> Support to program management during planning e the control of AIT

HEAD OF ASSEMBLY, INTEGRATION & TEST DEPARTMENT / HEAD OF VR APPLICATION

Avio Aero - a GE Aviation Business

> Technical coordination of the product life cycle

> Conceptual design

> Preliminary and detailed design, development, verification and demonstration, qualification up to production follow-on

> Coordination of activities carried out by engineering, technology,production, quality departments and program reports Management

> Design and development of static cooking test benches for solid engine missiles

> Research and development program in the field of Solid Rocket

Main Products:
- Ariane 5 MPS: CPP, CPC ignitor;
- Vega SRM: P80 FW, Zefiro 23, Zefiro 9, RetroRocket;
- Aster 30 Booster, Sustainer, Wings;
- IRIS-T motor section, wings, ignitor, MAD;
- Ariane 4 SRB, Arisep.

Main customers: ESA, ASI, CNES, MBDA, Europropulsion, EADS / Astrium, BGT

CHIEF ENGINEER OF SPACE SOLID PROPULSION, HEAD OF PRODUCT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

ArianeGroup

Management of electrical system activities
Preparation of procedures, analysis of the specific requirements of
launching
Operations planning, technical team guide,
updating / testing of new software, supervision of systems
electrical devices during launches).
Qualifications:
- ATEX
- H0V- H0- B0
- Pyrotechnics II

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

I believe in an ethic future. Digital Pioneer. AR | VR | METAVERSE, Blockchain and immersive applications expert

Estremamente motivato a sviluppare costantemente le mie capacità e crescere professionalmente. 
Sono fiducioso nella mia capacità di inventare idee interessanti per campagne di marketing indimenticabili attraverso pluriennale esperienza in settori diametralmente opposti.
Dopo un' esperienza di svariati anni nel settore Aerospace ho splittato la mia attenzione e la mia professionalità sul Digital Strategism, Digital Innovation, Web Strategism, Seo Development, Copywriting, Innovation Specialism, Social Media Management, Business Management e sviluppo di Architetture Web, mie passioni da sempre; ottenendo una serie di risultati estremamente soddisfacenti.

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