Yotam Katznelson
Chief Technology Officer at Backed Finance AG
Cyprus
Summary
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Top SchoolYotam Katznelson is a seasoned technology executive with 11 years of experience scaling fintech and crypto-enabled businesses from founder-stage startups to regulated enterprises. Currently CTO at Backed Finance AG and Chief Innovation Officer at Freename, he combines hands-on engineering roots with a track record of creating high-performing teams and pragmatic decision cultures across Zurich and Cyprus operations. He has repeatedly navigated quality and regulatory complexity—moving between CTO, COO and founder roles—to deliver market-ready platforms in fast-moving financial and blockchain domains. An electrical and computer engineering graduate who also studied technology innovation management in Berlin, he blends technical depth with strategic product insight. Notably, his career includes founding R&D ventures and leading engineering at tokenization and ETF firms, reflecting both entrepreneurial grit and operational discipline.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Electric Engineering major in Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Electric Engineering major in Computer Engineering at The Hebrew University of JerusalemExchange Student Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Technology Innovation Management, Exchange Student Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Technology Innovation Management at Technische Universität Berlin
English, Hebrew, German
Github Skills (150)
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
hemulin/resume
Jan 2016 - Oct 2024
Contributions:65 pushes, 2 branches in 8 years 9 months
hemulin/dotfiles
Jul 2016 - Oct 2022
Contributions:35 commits, 3 PRs, 33 pushes in 6 years 4 months
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