Summary
Ali Habbabeh is a Swiss-based entrepreneur and technology leader with nine years of experience building blockchain and Web3 initiatives across startups and enterprise environments. As Co-Founder & CEO of XO Market and former Head of Web3 and Blockchain Acceleration Lead at Roche, he blends product strategy, growth leadership, and technical know-how to take decentralized solutions from research to market. Previously leading SpicyFi and serving as Chief Growth Officer at Kaskade Finance, he has a track record of founding and scaling crypto-native ventures while driving adoption inside large organizations. With academic grounding in business information systems and computer science and early roots in English literature, he combines analytical rigor with strong communication skills to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders. An unconventional detail: he has repeatedly moved between research, corporate innovation, and startup execution, demonstrating both academic curiosity and hands-on commercial grit.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Business Information Systems, Master of Science - MS Business Information Systems at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW
Bachelor's degree English literature, Bachelor's degree English literature at Damascus University
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of Camerino
English, German, Arabic