OUR TEAM
BEN CESSA
CTO
Ben’s main areas of expertise include distributed systems architecture, software development, interface design and user experience.
Before AID:Tech, he worked as Lead Technical Architect at the Fiscal Management and Municipalities division at the Inter-American Development Bank and as a Senior Technical consultant for the World Bank’s Domestic Resource Mobilization group.
Dr. SASHA VICENTE GRABOVETSKY
AI Technical Advisor
Trained as a cognitive neuroscientist, Sasha received his BA and PhD from Cambridge. His unique academic background has enabled him to develop the blockchain and cognitive computing architecture at AID:Tech.
Here he has also created numerous libraries for Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) – currently deployed in production environments.
PIETRO MARCHIONNI
Director of Engineering
With a career that spans nearly twenty-five years of management, implementation and development of leading-edge technologies in the private and public sectors, Pietro's key expertise is linked to the ability to successfully lead digital transformation of complex organizations linking technology and strategic goals.
HUBERT SZYPERSKI
Head of Design (UI/UX)
Hubert is an experienced and passionate UX designer with a great track record of delivering user-focused products and applications. He has over 20 years’ industry experience and has worked with a wide range of sectors.
At AID:Tech, he is building and leading the design team, as well as guiding the vision and design strategy for identity-focused solutions that enable people to own, control and manage their own data.
DANIEL SABAL
Product Designer
Daniel is a full stack designer, a problem solver by nature and a branding consultant. He has over 15 years of experience working on visual communication for several leading brands.
He is being specialized in User Interface and Interaction, Brand Creation, Digital Illustration and Motion Graphics.
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SHANE MULLIGAN
Director of Solution Architecture
Shane is the Director of Solution Architecture at AID:Tech where he is responsible for supporting systems architecture design and delivery, ensuring we maximise business value for our customers.
Shane brings approximately 21 years of software development experience to his role at AID:Tech, including 8 years of enterprise and solution architecture experience across educational, fintech and aviation industries.
CIARAN CURRAN
Full Stack Developer
With a specialization in Data Science, Ciaran works across the stack to help deliver AID:Tech's key products.
His focus is on working to deliver solutions that affect meaningful change while applying cutting-edge tech to socially responsible use-cases.
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NIALL MCDERMOTT
Product Owner
Niall brings a background in product management, SaaS, and strategy to his perspectives on product management. He's been working in the product space for over 10 years.
Prior to working with AID:Tech, he helped launch successful products to the education sector and was responsible for a hospital healthcare product in the US, Australian and Middle East markets.
CONOR COOKE
Operations Manager
Conor has a background in the Insurance Industry. With over a decade of experience in relation to commercial and general insurance and a Certified
Insurance Practitioner from the Irish Insurance Institute.
An experienced quality driven Back Office and Micro Finance loans specialist.
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LUCA DEBIASI
Senior Software Engineer
Luca has 26 years of experience as engineer for multinational software
houses. He wrote software for the fintech, insurtech, logistic and
telecom industries where he contributed in the development of AI,
Blockchain and Computing Fabric products.
He brings his experience in AID:Tech to develop the company's portfolio
of products.
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