Summary
Alexandre Nicastro is a founder and CEO with nine years of experience building cross-industry digital platforms, open innovation programs, and developer communities from Paraná, Brazil. He combines hands-on software engineering and cybersecurity know-how with strategic product and business model design to launch platform ecosystems, hackathons, and incentive-driven contributor programs. At Nikas he implemented org-wide roadmap and OKR tooling across 25 teams, built on-chain/off-chain tracking and governance leaderboards, and integrated community portals with CRM to boost engagement and monetization. As an independent consultant he has rescued high-value contracts, designed intelligence pipelines for threat and OSINT workflows, and shipped developer-facing tools and extensions. Passionate about web3 primitives (Ethereum, IPFS, Filecoin) and knowledge graphs, he frequently partners with open-source organizations to improve governance and contributor growth. Notably, his background blends enterprise architecture and UX-focused product craft, enabling him to translate complex technical ecosystems into actionable collaboration strategies.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Strategy and Innovation, Strategy and Innovation at MIT Sloan Executive Education
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations at MIT Sloan School of Management
Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies at Harvard Business School
Portuguese, English, Spanish