Pronunciation: ee - vah

I was born in Canada and raised by Russians. As a child, I frequented art galleries, built LEGO kingdoms and camped in the great Canadian outdoors.

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Currently exploring where I want to dedicate my full-time focus next. If you can't find me, I'm probably playing onchain, painting or tasting olive oils.

Previously I served as a Board Member of the Optimism Foundation, where I supported scaling access to Ethereum. From 2020-2025 I served as Director of The Graph Foundation and was part of the original team that launched The Graph. I have also worked with the Ethereum Foundation, MolochDAO and OmiseGO.

In 2023 I was awarded Forbes 30 under 30. One time Elon stole my meme so I sold it as an NFT. Before defecting to crypto, I was a management consultant at Kearney, specializing in financial services.

I graduated from Ivey Business School/Western University, with a focus on Global Economics and Spanish. I'm passionate about languages; speaking English, Russian, Spanish and French - but my favorite tongue is comedy.