Rafael Ugolini
Chief Executive Officer at Origin Protocol
Ixelles - Elsene, Belgium
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Top SchoolRafael Ugolini is a seasoned engineering leader with 11 years of experience now serving as VP of Engineering at Origin Protocol in Brussels. He has progressed through hands-on technical and managerial roles across fintech and blockchain-focused companies, including senior leadership at mStable and Collibra, consistently moving teams from prototype to production. Rafael pairs a strong backend engineering pedigree—demonstrated by contributions to an open-source EVM data analysis tool adding robust event timestamping—with product-minded leadership that prioritizes shipping data-rich, reliable systems. His background spans full-stack development, cloud and embedded network systems, and building OTA device management platforms, reflecting a rare comfort with both low-level infrastructure and high-level product strategy. Educated in innovation and entrepreneurship at Esade, he brings an operator’s mindset to scaling engineering organizations and integrating analytics into product roadmaps. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic builder who blends technical depth with business acumen to accelerate complex blockchain and data-driven projects.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Master of Science (MSc), Innovation and Entrepreneurship at EsadeBachelor's degree, Information Systems, Bachelor's degree, Information Systems at FAAP - Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado
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Github Skills (10)
eventing10
python10
ethereum10
blockchain10
data-analysis10
pytest9
testing9
cli9
command-line9
command-line-interface9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
checkthechain/checkthechain
Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
ctc is a tool for collecting and analyzing historical data of Ethereum and other EVM chains
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 21 commits, 3 PRs in 21 days
Contributions summary:Rafael primarily contributed to adding and enhancing event timestamp functionality within the project. They implemented helper functions for retrieving timestamps and integrated them into various modules, including those related to Uniswap V2, Aave V2, ERC20 transfers, and Balancer pools. The user also added command-line interface options to include timestamps when querying data, and wrote tests to ensure the timestamp functionality works correctly. Their work focused on expanding the data analysis capabilities of the tool.
ethereumevm
rafaelugolini/media-center
Jan 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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