Salton Massally
Founder & CTO at MiKashBoks
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSalton Massally is a founder and technologist with 12 years of experience building fintech and identity systems that scale across low-connectivity markets. As Founder & CTO of MiKashBoks he architected core banking, KYC, and lending engines used by 100,000+ users across Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Ethiopia and raised $1M in seed funding. He previously led global deployments for Kiva Protocol, launching Africa’s first blockchain-backed government ID in Sierra Leone and integrating biometrics with financial services. He founded OpenG2P—now a recognized digital public good—that helped governments and humanitarian agencies deliver G2P payments during health crises. Comfortable toggling between hands-on backend work (e.g., improving SaaS platform robustness and SSL handling in open-source projects) and high-level stakeholder engagement, he excels at delivering pragmatic technical solutions in regulated, low-literacy environments. Based in New York, he combines product-first engineering with government relations to drive measurable financial inclusion impact.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Incomplete Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Incomplete Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at University at Buffalo
English
Github Skills (9)
http10
odo10
odoo10
python10
http-request10
postgresql9
saas9
error-handling9
database-management9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
it-projects-llc/odoo-saas-tools
Aug 2015 - May 2016
Odoo SaaS Tools — tools for SaaS Businesses. Sale and manage Odoo databases.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:45 commits, 33 PRs, 76 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Salton primarily contributed to the `saas_portal` module, focusing on features related to SaaS database management and server interactions. They addressed issues with SSL verification in HTTPS requests, adding functionality to handle self-signed certificates. Furthermore, they implemented error handling for requests and made subsequent fixes. These contributions indicate a focus on improving the reliability and robustness of the core SaaS platform's back-end functionality.
pythonodoosaas-toolserpsale
saltonmassally/Odoo-Fleet-Xtension
Sep 2015 - May 2020
Fleet management Extension for odoo Fleet
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 6 pushes in 4 years 9 months
pythonodooerpfleet-managementsolidworks
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