cryptonomad

Business Developer

6+ years in Blockchain and Web3.

With an MA (Hons) in Global Studies at LUISS and experience at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Alessandro has studied blockchain technology and its socioeconomic impact since 2019. He deepened his expertise through a self-paced MIT course and fully committed to Web3 after attending the Stanford DAO Symposium in May 2022.

Master thesis on the digital revolution (110L). Strategist, innovator and visionary mind. With 10+ years of work experiences in Sales, Public Relations, Operations, Events Organization, Growth and Business Development, he brings a unique mix of big-picture strategy and on-the-ground execution.

His last role as Chief of Growth and BD at Papaya.Finance (1Inch spinoff project) led the team to raise 400k in pre-seed. Prev. Atlas Workshops, alongside several entrepeneurial attempts, public speaking at web3 conferences, and contributor in multiple communities and DAOs.

Multi-language skillset (Eng, Ita, Spa, Por, Fra). Global trotter having lived, worked, studied, traveled and voluntereed in 30+ countries across 5 continents, hence his pseudonimous “Crypto Nomad”.

He’s currenlty the Web3 lead at Veracura and Vera3 Cofounder. 


Experience: 4 years

Yearly salary: $80,000

Hourly rate: $120

Nationality: 🇮🇹 Italy

Residency: 🇮🇹 Italy


Experience

Project Manager
Animal Social Club
2024 - 2025
Project lead of the Web3 pivot. Team Ops; Marketing strategy; Community Building; NFT Bootstrap Campaign; Other.
Co-founder
Vera3
2024 - 2025
Vera3 is the business unit of Veracura Trust Onlus that leverages web3 to foster a positive impact on the planet and people.
Web3 Lead (prev. BD)
Veracura.network
2023 - 2025
Currently serving as Web3 Lead. Prev. As Business Developer I've searched for opportunities around the world to expand the activities of Veracura: focus on environmental and social regeneration programs.
Chief of Growth & BD
Papaya.finance
2023 - 2024
BizDev; Strategic Partnerships; GTM Strategies; Fundraising (closed pre-seed at 400k$, raising seed 5M$); Team management; Community building; Social Media; Contents Creator; Blog Copywriter; Events Coordinator.
Co-founder & DAO Architect
Founderz DAO
2023 - 2023
Experimental Journey in the DAO Space. We've tried to build a Decentralized Startup Factory for Web3 founders. No budget. Failed.
Co-founder & COO
Libol.xyz
2022 - 2024
Done an MVP. Concept: Tamper-resistant Digital Certifications for personal knowledge and skills (Non Transferable NFTs).
Contents & Growth
AddZest (prev. Oasiis Insights)
2022 - 2023
Social Media Management; Community Building; Content Creator, Blog Copywriter; Events Coordinator; Business Development & Sales support.
Junior Analyst - Web3 Consultant
Efiko DLT
2022 - 2023
NFT & Privacy Research; Online Hackathon support. Copywriter; Business Development support.
DAO Lead & BD
333.Builders
2022 - 2022
Strategic Partnerships, Business Development support, DAO Lead Researcher, DAO Talks organizer & moderator, Community Manager (Discord).
Operations Specialist
Atlas Workshops
2021 - 2024
Hotel bookings, transportation, vendors relationships, and on-site needs for students groups coming to Italy.
Customer Service Intern
United States Embassy of Rome
2019 - 2019
Internship at the Customer Service Center: the main office which offers assistance to US diplomats and their families during their service in Rome, the Vatican and the FAO.

Skills

account-manager
co-founder
communications
community-manager
growth-marketing
marketing-communication
marketing-manager
marketing-strategist
operations
project-manager
social-media
sales
english
italian
portuguese
spanish