First Name- Mário 
Last Name- Alves
Role: CEO & Co-founder
I’ve an economics background, although I’ve always been passionate about emerging tech. I discovered crypto in 2016 and since then created local communities in Portugal around the subject and helped local companies as well as an advisor on tokenomics and fundraising since 2017. Before that, I worked as an Investment Banker and as a business consultant at PwC. In 2018, along with Helder, my co-founder, we created LayerX, a company focused on creating web3 products. Our first product was TAIKAI, a web3 hackathon platform that is one of the biggest references in the market and where most ETH events take place. I’m also one of the organizers of ETHPorto, a local event in my hometown, as a way to give back to the community and expand it even further.
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First Name- Henrique
Last Name- Silva
Role: CBO & Co-founder
As the Head of Business Development at LayerX, (TAIKAI and Bepro), I have leveraged my deep understanding of business operations and management, gained from early exposure to my family's businesses, that are applied in the web3 sector. At LayerX, I have developed my skills in web3 to drive the company's growth, leading the development of a platform that is redefining hackathons (TAIKAI) and a decentralized task-marketplace (Bepro). I’m currently their Head of BD and I currently manage a team of 6 people. Additionally, as a co-organizer of ETHPorto, Porto's first Ethereum-based event, I have demonstrated my capacity to manage large-scale, innovative events. I’ve also had the opportunity to be involved in trading, tokenomics and consultancy services in the web3 space since 2018.
My professional journey is complemented by my academic background in Business Management from IPL, which has provided a strong foundation in strategic planning and operations. This combination of hands-on experience and formal education has equipped me with a unique skillset ideal for driving business development, forging new partnerships, and effectively leading teams. My commitment to continuous learning and excellence is evident in my ability to strategically guide business growth and foster team collaboration. These experiences prove my capability to contribute significantly to innovative projects in the cryptocurrency and web3 domains, such as BakerFi.
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First Name- Hélder
Last Name- Vasconcelos
Role - CTO & co-founder
GitHub URL - https://github.com/hvasconcelos
With a Telecommunications Engineering background, I’ve worked at Portugal Telecom, the biggest telecom company in Portugal at the time, as a software engineer. After that I’ve worked in 2 Irish companies as a senior engineer and at Euronext, the largest european stock exchange, as a Tech Lead. I discovered crypto in 2017 and created his first start, a Portuguese crypto exchange. Due to lack of regulation, I was not able to move forward with the project and joined LayerX as a co-founder and CTO in 2018. I’ve successfully built a team of 10 engineers and built 3 different web3 products within the company.
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First Name- Henrique
Last Name- Macedo
Role - CPO & co-founder
GitHub URL- https://github.com/ickas
With a special love for Hackathons, I’ve already participated in many and was a champion in 10 of them. It's easy to say that I really love tech and to build new things. I’ve been in crypto from 2019, helping build LayerX from scratch, more specifically TAIKAI, which is our Hackathon Management platform. Of course, I ended up building a Hackathon platform, life is really a box full of surprises. Throughout these years I’ve developed an increasing interest for web3, I really think this will be the future of things and I’m so excited to be a part of it. As Design is one of my passions, it really drives me that Web3 must have a better UI/UX experience for the end-user, so that is one of my most important and personal missions. That’s why building BakerFi with this mantra is so appealing to me.