Cristobal Griffero
CEO & Co-Founder at PGB
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
Summary
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Top SchoolCristobal Griffero is a Chilean engineer and serial founder with a decade of hands-on software and payments experience, currently CEO and Co-Founder of Fintoc where he’s building a new standard for digital payments. He combines deep technical roots—from early university assistantships and software roles to leading engineering at startups—with entrepreneurial execution in fintech and crypto across Latin America (including PGB’s regional crypto arbitrage efforts). A Y Combinator W21 alum and Universidad de los Andes graduate with highest distinction, he operates at the intersection of product, platform engineering, and regulation-facing fintech. Active on the Chilean FinTech board, he brings founder-level strategic vision while still shipping and iterating on core infrastructure—an uncommon blend of operator and engineer in the region.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree, Computer Science, Highest distinction, Engineer's degree, Computer Science, Highest distinction at Universidad de los Andes (CL)W21, W21 at Y CombinatorColegio Padre Hurtado y Juanita de los Andes
English, Spanish
Github Skills (26)
lightning10
daemon10
lightning-network9
peer-to-peer9
bitcoin9
wallet9
cryptography9
blockchain9
cryptocurrency9
rails7
confirm7
ruby-on-rails6
activeadmin6
ruby6
administration5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fintoc-com/slach-rails
Nov 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:20 reviews, 70 commits, 17 PRs in 1 year 1 month
griffero/lnd
Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
Contributions:10 pushes in 4 days
daemonlightningblockchainwalletcryptocurrency
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