Meet our team...
Core Team
Theo Koumis
CEO
Theo is the CEO of Gainr Analytics and has been involved in the technology sector for more than 20 years with successful exits. He has spent over 5 years as an Advanced Analytics consultant for Microsoft X-Box and Microsoft Consultancy Services.
Vitalii Shmakov
Chief Technology Officer
Vitalli brings over two decades of senior technology leadership across Forex, Crypto and iGaming, with a track record driving large-scale transformation, modernization and architecture initiatives. His expertise spans enterprise architecture and solution design.
Dr Stelios Kampakis
Chief Web3 Officer
Stelios is a mathematician and data science expert with a long career in the space of AI and data science. He is also a published author on the topic of Tokenomics and Web3 and has also published and presented his work in top ranked journals and conferences.
Alan Young
Chief Product Officer
Alan is an Ex-IBM Senior Managing Consultant and holds a BEng in Software Engineering from McMaster University. Alan is an innovation strategist with a track record in leveraging AI, blockchain, and emerging technologies to drive transformative solutions.
Valter Sahakyan
Head of Engineering
Valter is a tech entrepreneur and full-stack software engineer with over 10 years of experience delivering modern digital transformative DeFi and iGaming solutions. Valter also holds a BSc in Actuarial & Financial Mathematics.
Dr Alun Owen
head OF QUANT RESEARCH
Alun was a professor of Applied Statistics at the University of Coventry in the United Kingdom. His specialism is sports analytics and is a regular contributor to journals and blogs in the space as well as a regular speaker at the MathSport International conference.
Adam Shorten
Head of TRADING DESK
Adam brings 10 years of experience across leadership roles in the sports betting and real money gaming industry. His expertise spans roles including successful co-founder, senior consultant at Dafabet – India’s biggest sportsbook and Head of Trading.
Daniel Mark
COMMERCIAL CONSULTANT
Dan holds a MBA and Master of Laws and is the co-founder of Techbrokers.io a Web3 consultancy. He has over thirty years in technology and ten years in Blockchain as a consultant and public speaker. He has launched over 40 projects handling their Go-to-Market strategies.
Extended Team
David Kuss
TRADE EXECUTION
David has had an illustrious career as Head of Trading with some of the worlds top sports betting syndicates including Starlizard.
Gigi X Jin
MARTECH
Gigi is an experienced marketing technology executive that has consulted for the likes of VML MAP, Merkle and Cognizant Netcentric.
Yuxiao Liu
Finance
Xiao has over a decade of experience as senior auditor and financial control manger for several Hong Kong listed companies.
Professor Jose
ACADEMIC Research
Joemon is a professor of computing with a h-index of 45 and has 7699 citations with over 290 publications in prestigious journals.
Swetha Holla
Data Science
Swetha is a Data Scientist with a MSc in Deep Learning from the University of Glasgow with a track record in building scalable, distributed solutions.
Frank Akiba
Community Management
Frank has worked with brands such as Unbound, HoloNexa and WeaveDB and is responsible for growing and managing the Gainr online communities.
Greg Rooker
ENGINEERING
Greg is an Azure Certified applications developer and architect with over two decades of software development experience.
Sam Man
information technology
Sam is an experienced IT manager with a demonstrated history of working in the fast paced Hong Kong financial services industry.