Our TEAM

Our diverse backgrounds and engineering experiences give us an edge in creating unique solutions that strive to push the boundaries of what’s possible with blockchain as well as other disruptive Web3 technologies.

Leadership

Michael Yagi

Chief Executive Officer

Excels at bringing out the best in others and seeing opportunity where others don’t. With experience at a big data company, Tableau, as a senior software engineer as well as shipping three game titles as a game developer at 2K Interactive, Michael has experience as a strong engineer, creating engrossing user experiences and driving new initiatives.

Christopher Chung

Chief Operating Officer

Chris is an experienced business executive and serial entrepreneur with experience growing companies and turning them profitable in short time frames. Chris was recognized as one of Washington’s Top 30 under 30 by 425 Magazine by helping grow Coding Dojo from 4 employees to an over 200MM valued coding bootcamp.

Dmitri Safine

Director of Data Science

Tech and Data visionary. Veteran in data engineering with years at Amazon and Unverisal Music Group across all data stacks, Dmitri has a keen ability to build solutions to problems before industry hits them.

Allan Deutsch

Head of Product and Engineering

Allan has a pragmatic approach to delivering features that drive the product forward to improve customer experience and product success. Allan has honed his skills with degrees in engineering and MBA leveraging his experience in product at Microsoft.

Philip DiSarro

Head of Blockchain

Philip is very passionate about open-source work (especially as it relates to smart contracts) and improving the developer experience & ecosystem. Leveraging his experience at Anastasia Labs, Emurgo, and previously WingRiders. Phil has been a driving force for Ikigai’s products, smart contracts, and blockchain partnerships.