Summary
Rafa Jiménez is a blockchain-focused technology leader with nine years of experience building products and teams across startups and enterprise environments. He co-founded and served as CTO of HandCash for six years and briefly stepped into the CEO role, demonstrating both deep technical ownership and product-first leadership. Now based in Zug, Switzerland, he leads blockchain engineering at Teranode Group, applying his background in AI and software architecture to decentralized systems. His career blends hands-on engineering early on with strategic roles that scale teams and products, from fintech wallets to infrastructure. Rafa’s mix of founder grit and architecture experience makes him comfortable moving between shipping production code and setting long-term technical direction. An uncommon strength is his pattern of transitioning from developer to executive and back into technical leadership, keeping him closely tied to both implementation and strategy.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachillerato Científico - tecnológico, Bachillerato Científico - tecnológico at Instituto Veles e Vents
Grado en ingeniería informática Ingeniería de software, Grado en ingeniería informática Ingeniería de software at Universitat
Spanish, English, Catalan