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

Julien Paredes 🐸

Blockchain, Metaverse, DeFi, NFT, Gaming Consultant - Partnerships & Strategy

MEMECON

MEMECON brings together frens from across Web3. Whether you're a seasoned s**tcoiner or nocoiner, this is the event you've all been waiting for!

We invite you to connect, collaborate, and revel in the sheer lunacy of memes like never before. In a place where creativity knows no bounds, in a space to let our inner degens out, go ape and take over!

At MEMECON, we embrace the degenerate spirit that fuels meme culture. This is your safe space to push boundaries, challenge norms, and explore the dark side of the moon. There are no limits!!! Get ready to RAID, BTFD and shill your way to Valhalla. No JEETS welcome.

#LFGTOMEMECON #LETSGETREKT

Co-Founder

APE IN VERSE

Merging worlds 🌐x🌏 with 🍌 & ❤️

- Identify relevant innovation opportunities and initiatives;
- Identify technological requirements for future innovative projects;
- Develop innovative ideas, concepts, strategies, and GTM; 
- Consultation, contribute knowledge and experience on markets trends;
- Provide leadership for partner’s teams;
- Alculturation & Education for corporate brands, schools and consulting agencies;
- Project and Account management;
- Product management;
- Web3 Marketing consulting;
- Develop and manage key partnerships with businesses and stakeholders in the DeFi ecosystem;
- Develop and own strategy process and framework for DeFi strategy long-term
- Stay up-to-date on industry trends, competitive landscape, and partnership opportunities
- Provide a strategic perspective to product and engineering teams, delivering critical business insights and launching initiatives that impact the market (DeFi, Metaverse, NFT, Blockchain & Gaming).

Founder - Web3, Metaverse & Gaming Consulting

Wikiverse

By APE IN VERSE.
Wikiverse is a web3 community managed directory. It is the place to easily find Blockchain slang and definitions, creators, communities, builders, designers, brands, marketplace, events and more!

Missions:
- Contribute to knowledge;
- Empower Blockchain and web3 adoption.

PHYGICODE

PHYGICODE is a consortium of industry leaders involved in various aspects of Metaverse development, transitioning brands, products and experiences to a dual identity where physical and digital values coexist and enhance each other.

Missions:
- Contribute knowledge and experience of gaming, web3, metaverse, blockchain, and NFT ecosystems;
- Consultation on partners web3 and gaming activations;
- Strategise on phygital business activations.

Consortium member

Another-1

My mission on the advisory board will be to push the boundaries of the phygital revolution. Build a tokenized, dynamic ecosystem and shape the future of Another-1 platform.

Advisor

Tropee

Tropee is the leading NFT utility-as-a-service platform. We focus on helping NFT collections to create powerful utilities that delight their NFT holders.

Missions:
- Drive the end-to-end partnership business development strategy and execution, with the expected outcome of driving revenue growth.
- Design, evaluate, and pursue new agency and referral partnerships with various industry players.
- Build relationships with media, award shows, key partners, organizations and conferences to help drive awareness about our tech, our team and capabilities.
- Continually identify sales opportunities for existing and new partners, finding innovative ways to grow revenue and secure new accounts.
- Secure new and innovative integrations, distribution models, and co-marketing initiatives that drive revenue.
- Collaborate with internal teams (Marketing, Customer Success, Product) to drive more partner sourced revenue.

Head of Partnerships at Tropee

LandVault (formerly Admix)

Ambassador

Metis Mind

Metis Mind develops pioneer business strategies in Blockchain and eSport for industry leaders, private investors, governments, and web3 projects.

Missions:
- Identify relevant innovation opportunities and initiatives;
- Identify technological requirements for future innovative projects;
- Develop innovative ideas, concepts, strategies, business and roadmap; 
- Consultation, contribute knowledge and experience on markets trends;
- Provide leadership for partner’s teams;
- Project and Account management;
- Product management;
- Web3 Marketing consulting;
- Industry introductions.

Project cycle management - Team management - Negotiation process - Public & press relations - Technical and financial management - Brainstorming - Design thinking - Problem solving - Digital strategy & innovation

Project manager I Grant officer I Fundraiser I Citizen Empowerment

Boson Protocol

Boson Protocol vision is to enable a Blockchain decentralized commerce ecosystem by funding and enabling the development of a stack of applications to disrupt, demonopolize and democratize commerce.
We have built PORTAL in Decentraland to enable decentralized phygital commerce and the world first Fashion Week in the Metaverse - $4 millions worth of phygital products (clients: Tommy Hilfiger, Cider, Hogan, IKKS, NGRAVE, DragonPass, ANREALAGE, Deadfellaz, 8sian,...).

Missions:
- Contribute knowledge and experience of web3, metaverse, blockchain and crypto ecosystems;
- Strategise on project trajectory and desired partners;
- Create a sustainable sales pipeline and report KPIs;
- Outreach and account management of partners;
- Outreach and onboarding of Key Opinion Leaders;
- Consultation, guidance and strategy building on partner projects;
- Managing partnership to the point of signing;
- Contribute to new potential Metaverse business and event activations;
- Represent the company and speak on conferences.

Metaverse, Web3 & NFT Partnerships

Alias Project

ALIAS is an innovative privacy-focused cryptocurrency, featuring two energy-efficient proof-of-stake algorithms, anonymous staking rewards, rapid transactions, ring signatures, and stealth addresses for privacy and anonymity, and a fully integrated Tor + OBFS4 layer for IP obfuscation.

Missions:
- Creation and implementation of the global listing strategy with cryptocurrency exchanges;
- Research and analysis on market trends and competitors;
- Organization of promotions and events;
- Contribute to spread privacy-focused cryptocurrency adoption.

Project Manager & Ambassador

I'm Julien Paredes, a seasoned Blockchain & Metaverse Consultant and Strategic Advisor, deeply immersed in the digital transformation of today's business landscape. My journey in the metaverse reached a pinnacle as the Partnerships Manager at Boson Protocol, where we pioneered the world's first Metaverse Fashion Week, collaborating with iconic brands like Tommy Hilfiger, adidas, Lacoste, IKKS and more.

Before diving into the digital realm, I dedicated over a decade to empowering civil societies through NGOs, touching on education, governance, agriculture, healthcare, and the economy. My advocacy extended to the halls of the EU Parliament and the French Assembly, where I lobbied for citizen-centric policies.

As an entrepreneur, I co-founded a start-up that revolutionized fundraising for NGOs by harnessing the power of video games & eSports, leading to significant partnerships with industry giants like RIOT Games.

Since 2013, my blockchain odyssey has seen me don multiple hats as a Project Manager, Advisor, and Consultant, honing a robust understanding of blockchain mechanics and adoption strategies.

I launched Wikiverse, a community-led web3 educational directory, further cementing my commitment to making blockchain technology accessible and comprehensible to all.

During my time at Boson Protocol, I spearheaded partnerships in the Metaverse & Web3 spaces, leading to the groundbreaking launch of PORTAL in Decentraland and the inception of the first-ever Fashion Week in the Metaverse.

Most recently, I've led strategic partnerships at Tropee, empowering creators to engage with their communities through NFTs and driving forward the notion that every digital interaction should be as rewarding as it is engaging.

Now, with APE IN VERSE, I've steered strategies that champion user privacy and deliver exceptional experiences, navigating the complexities of Web3 to bring our clients' ambitious visions to life. From ideation to fruition, I ensure that every project resonates with our clients' goals and exceeds their expectations.

In every role, I bring a wealth of experience and a passion for innovation, always looking to the horizon for the next breakthrough that will shape our digital future.

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