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.
Team

Mark Smith
SVP of Partnerships

Alejandro Hitti
Technical Project Lead

Aleksei Seleznev
Pixel Artist

Anh Do
Executive Producer

Betty Behrens
HR Manager

Brian Park
Lead Designer

Cliff Garvis
Senior Solution Architect

Dylan Auerbach
Community Manager

Eric Phan
Senior Software Engineer

Heather Skeels
Adminstrative & Onboarding

Hiago Desena
Senior Software Engineer

Jason Dempsey
Senior Software Engineer

Jeff Uong
DevOps Engineer

Jiwon Kim
Senior UI/UX Designer

Jonathan Rodriguez
Smart Contract Developer

Kim Petry
Financial Analyst

Krzysztof Szymański
Senior Software Engineer

Mike Morency
Senior Devops Engineer

Norio Kitamura
Senior Backend Engineer

Owen Meyers
Senior Audio Engineer

Pedro Reis
Pixel Animator

Sharon Huntington
Business Development Manager

Sam Delaney
Smart Contract Developer

Scott Gibson
Controller

Stan Hayes
Aesthetic Engineer

Steven George
Senior Engine Developer

Zander Jensen
Senior Gameplay Engineer

Zina Vazquez
Compliance Officer