Alex Svanevik
Chief Executive Officer at Nansen
Singapore, Singapore
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Top SchoolAlex Svanevik is the CEO of Nansen and a data-driven crypto entrepreneur with 11 years of experience building analytics and infrastructure that make on-chain data actionable for investors and teams. He blends hands-on engineering—contributing backend code and data pipelines to notable open-source projects like 0x-monorepo and ethereum-etl-airflow—with strategic leadership, having founded data science ventures and served on boards including WalletConnect. His technical pedigree (MSc in Artificial Intelligence) and background in cognitive science inform a pragmatic approach to productizing complex blockchain signals, including work parsing smart contract logs and implementing slippage calculations across DEXs. Based in Singapore, he advises NFT and crypto projects while scaling Nansen’s labelled-wallet graph of 300M+ entities, combining academic rigor with startup execution.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Artificial Intelligence, MSc, Artificial Intelligence at The University of EdinburghExchange semester, Informatics, Mathematics, Exchange semester, Informatics, Mathematics at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di BolognaBSc, Cognitive Science, BSc, Cognitive Science at University of Bergen (UiB)
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Github Skills (26)
hex10
apache-airflow10
google-cloud-platform10
bigquery10
data-pipelines10
back-end-development10
python10
data-engineering10
etl10
ethereum10
backend10
data-pipeline10
data-analytics9
data-parsing9
typescript9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
blockchain-etl/ethereum-etl-airflow
Sep 2019 - May 2021
Airflow DAGs for exporting, loading, and parsing the Ethereum blockchain data. How to get any Ethereum smart contract into BigQuery https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-get-any-ethereum-smart-contract-into-bigquery-in-8-mins-bab5db1fdeee
Role in this project:
Data Engineer
Data EngineerContributions:142 commits, 56 PRs, 75 pushes in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to building and maintaining data pipelines for the Ethereum blockchain data, specifically focusing on parsing smart contract logs and events. They developed Airflow DAGs for extracting, transforming, and loading Ethereum data into BigQuery. The user implemented features to create tables, define schemas, and handle dependencies on other data loading processes. The user also made improvements to the codebase with logging, and code cleanup.
bigqueryblockchainethereumparsingsmart-contracts
0xProject/0x-monorepo
Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
0x protocol monorepo - includes our smart contracts and many developer tools
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:36 commits, 10 PRs, 23 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Alex's contributions primarily revolve around the implementation of a slippage calculation feature within the monorepo's pipeline. They developed data sources and parsers to obtain and process pricing data from external DEX services. The user also established a database integration to store the calculated slippage records, demonstrating proficiency in backend data handling and integration within the 0x protocol ecosystem. The commits also show tests for this new functionality.
monoreposmart-contractsethereumerc20erc721
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