Xavier Hendrickx
Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolXavier Hendrickx is a founder and technologist with nine years of experience specializing in applied cryptography and hardware security, best known for co-founding NGRAVE and architecting the NGRAVE ZERO ultra-secure, EAL7-aligned hardware wallet. He has led product development from zero-to-one, translating advanced cryptographic primitives and certified hardware roots of trust into a fully air-gapped, consumer-friendly custody ecosystem used across 90+ countries. Xavier brings rare operational depth, having moved between CTO and interim-CEO roles to stabilize organizations and prepare them for global scale. His technical leadership spans hardware-software integrations, partnerships with research institutions like IMEC, and working alongside world-class cryptographers. Now building at a stealth startup in Greater Vancouver, he combines hands-on security architecture (CISSP) with a forensic understanding of what it takes to commercialize deep-tech securely. Notably, his career reflects a consistent focus on making high-assurance security usable for mainstream investors and products.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Information Technology, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Information Technology at Karel de Grote-Hogeschool
English, French, Dutch
Stackoverflow
550reputation
41kreached
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Github Skills (54)
bsc10
browser-extension10
opera10
polygon10
plug10
brave10
browser10
fantom10
chrome-extension10
metamask10
firefox10
tailwindcss10
chrome10
ethereum10
android10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ngraveio/metamask-extension
Dec 2023 - Jul 2024
:globe_with_meridians: :electric_plug: The MetaMask browser extension enables browsing Ethereum blockchain enabled websites
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 40 pushes in 7 months
swarmcity/SwarmCityDapp
Nov 2017 - Jan 2019
Swarm City dApp FrontEnd
Contributions:1468 commits, 306 PRs, 1067 pushes in 1 year 2 months
reacttailwindcssswarmdappethereum
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