Juan Suarez

Juan Suarez

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ABOUT ME
Creative Developer + Blockchain Solutions Architect
Creative Developer + Blockchain Solutions Architect

Technology executive with 24+ years of global experience leading frontier innovation across AI, Web3, and fintech. Proven success scaling startups to high-growth ventures, architecting resilient cloud-native infrastructure, and delivering transformative digital platforms. A builder-founder hybrid with hands-on technical depth, a bias for action, and a sharp instinct for market alignment.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
- Built BCB’s crypto payment rails from zero to $1B+ volume; platform now processes $100B annually.
- Delivered regulated DeFi and RWA tokenization stack at MANTRA from ground-up to launch.
- Led tech strategy and raised 9M AUD during CanYa’s successful ICO as CTPO.
- Built real-time AI avatar framework integrating LLMs, STT, TTS, and 3D expressiveness.
- Selected by Antler VC for elite Entrepreneur in Residence program.
- Advised Coworker.ai through early ups and downs, hiring, ideation, and collaborations. They’ve now raised $13M to scale enterprise AI agents.

Portuguese, Spanish, English
London (+01:00)
Joined August 2015
EXPERTISE
3 years experience
The power of Ionic to create hybrid apps!
The power of Ionic to create hybrid apps!
4 years experience
The Realtime Everything!
The Realtime Everything!
6 years experience
iOS Native Apps using Objective-C
iOS Native Apps using Objective-C
1 year experience
Let's talk?
Let's talk?
16 years experience
It's pretty much a must have, don't you think?
It's pretty much a must have, don't you think?
10 years experience
The evolution of JavaScript..., arguably one of the most important languages of today, and tomorrow.
The evolution of JavaScript..., arguably one of the most important languages of today, and tomorrow.
8 years experience
And now Typescript...
And now Typescript...

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SOCIAL PRESENCE
GitHub
DynamicFormsExample
Dynamic Forms in Angular 2 RC.1 - http://playcode.org
TypeScript
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cacheimagesexample
How to cache images in Ionic 2 RC0
TypeScript
7
5
EMPLOYMENTS
Chief Technology Officer
AI Digital Workers Platform
2024-01-01-Present

Led the development of an AI-native platform for real-time digital workers, integrating open-source LLMs, voice synthesis and 3D inter...

Led the development of an AI-native platform for real-time digital workers, integrating open-source LLMs, voice synthesis and 3D interaction.

  • Led end-to-end design and execution of a modular platform for autonomous AI agents with real-time voice, emotion, and tool-calling capabilities.
  • Shipped production-ready APIs for deploying digital workers across creative, fintech, and automation use cases.
  • Explored AI-agent UX for DeFi primitives, unlocking programmable on-chain workflows powered by agents.
API
3D
Tools
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API
3D
Tools
Speech synthesis
DeFi
AI
Voice AI
LLM
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Entrepreneur in Residence
Antler VC
2023-10-01-2023-12-01

Selected to join Antler’s elite EIR program. Collaborated with world-class founders on venture ideation, business model validation, an...

Selected to join Antler’s elite EIR program. Collaborated with world-class founders on venture ideation, business model validation, and early-stage product-market fit exploration.

  • Co-created multiple zero-to-one product pitches with top-tier founders.
  • Tested founder-market fit hypotheses through structured experiments and investor validation. Conducted deep dives on emerging sectors including RWAs, AI interfaces, and agentic systems.
Ideation
Product-market fit
AI
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Ideation
Product-market fit
AI
Agentic frameworks
Rwe
Business models
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Chief Technology Officer
MANTRA DAO / SOMA Finance
2021-12-01-2023-09-01

Steered the end-to-end technology vision and execution for a leading regulated DeFi and tokenization platform, from inception through ...

Steered the end-to-end technology vision and execution for a leading regulated DeFi and tokenization platform, from inception through to architecture, MVP delivery, and market entry.

  • Led cross-functional teams across engineering, product, and compliance.
  • Architected multi-chain, modular systems for staking, governance, and RWA tokenization, ensuring DeFi composability and upgradability across EVM chains. [https://docs.mantrachain.io/introduction/chain-features]
  • Championed Web3 adoption by aligning user needs with technical scalability and compliance.
Web3
Cross-functional collaboration
Tokenization
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Web3
Cross-functional collaboration
Tokenization
Governance
DeFi
Staking platforms
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