SIMON TELIAN

Employment & entrepreneurial activities

• METI2024 - present

  Special Advisor

  The project known as the ‘Pilot Project for Building Digital Public Goods Using Web 3.0 & Blockchain’ is jointly operated by the Nomura Research Institute (NRI) Ltd. and the JISSUI Social Implementation Centre (JISSUI). The aim is to promote pilot projects in the area of digital public goods and to develop guidelines data standards and platforms for data exchange.
  
  
  

  
  

• Advanced Blockchain2019 - present

  Chief Executive Officer

  Advanced Blockchain AG (DE000A0M93V6) is a leading publicly listed incubator and investor in the blockchain industry. We invest in early stage companies and help them grow by providing technical and operational resources to support them. We act as lead investor in these first financing rounds and accelerate these companies to their series introduction.

  
  

• CloudBackend 2019 - present

  Co-Founder / Advisor

  CloudBackend is the distributed Edge Database Platform as a Service (Edge dbPaaS) from the creators of iCloud. Our edge data management and development platform can be used together with AI/ML to harvest, filter, and distribute data while allowing frontend developers to become fullstack developers using our low-code service.

  
  

• SI Consulting2017 - present

  Founder

  Stelian Impact Consulting offers strategic management consulting & digital scouting services for small and medium-sized enterprises such as Sparkasse Bodensee, ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Hölzl & Partner GbR. We also focus on (hands-on) executive coaching for C-level managers as well as Corporate Venture Building.

  
  

• Bountly2016 - 2019

  Co-Founder & CEO

  Bountly is a South African peer-to-peer freelancer marketplace which specializes in connecting service seekers to service providers. Our mission is to tackle the unemployment crisis in South Africa by enabling entrepreneurs to establish a trustworthy authority for themselves. After a successful investor acquisition, Bountly is now operating in stealth mode under the name TaskDropper.

  
  

• Würth Group2014 - 2015

  Private Banking & CFO Advisor

  Internationales Bankhaus Bodensee AG is a company of the Würth-Group with focus on Business Clients (Corporate Banking), Individual Clients (Real Estate) and Wealth Management (UHNWI).

  
  

• Commerzbank AG2011 - 2014

  Traineeship / Executive Assistant

  Commerzbank AG is one of Germany’s largest banks with numerous offshore branch offices and representations in more than 50 countries.

  
  

Education

• Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

  Finance

  Frankfurt School of Finance and Management is ranked as the fourth best Business School in Germany.

  
  

• Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen

  Economics (M.Sc.)

  Zeppelin University is a small and highly selective private research university located at the Lake Constance with campuses in Friedrichshafen and Berlin.