Decentralized Shipyard Software is creating a fleet of exchanges to suit every crypto trader.

OUR MISSION

We are building specialized, elegant DEXs for every type of trade, trader, and instrument. We’re levelling the playfield of global exchange by creating free and fair markets, because it’s the world we want to see.

OUR team

Drew Tozer

Lead Designer and Product Manager

Drew Tozer is an interdisciplinary digital designer and the Design Lead at Shipyard Software. Having spent the past seven years building interfaces, brands and illustrations that nurture positive disruption, Drew now focuses on managing digital products and leading collaborative design teams. Her work in UI/UX and Systems Design focuses on reducing the digital carbon footprint by designing low-carbon digital products, and it’s been recognized internationally in Italy, Japan, Germany, and Canada. Drew was also welcomed as a speaker at Devcon 2022.

Prior to Shipyard, Drew founded DLT-CMD, a design collective committed to reinterpreting the relationship between design, its users, and consumable resources. Drew holds a Bachelor of Design Degree from NSCAD University and studied Interaction Design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd. Offline, Drew is a dedicated printmaker and regenerative farmer stewarding 25 beautiful acres in Nova Scotia.

Expertise
- Ethical UI/UX design
- DeFi Product Design
- User research (qualitative & quantitative)
- Usability testing & prototyping

Accomplishments
- Founder of DLT-CMD Design
- A’ Design Award — Safepath App (2021)
- A’ Design Award — Pal App (2020)
- Exhibited at "Next-Eco Design Tokyo Style", Big Site Tokyo, with the Japanese Industrial Designer's Association, Tokyo/Japan, 2019

In the Press
- Web3 Needs a UX Revolution Before We Start the Party (Beincrypto)
- Data + Empathy: How to Approach UX Decisions in Web3 (Devcon 2022 presentation)
- How Design Works in Crypto (WTF, Crypto Podcast)

Temo Ramirez

CTO

Temo Ramirez is the Chief Technology Officer at Shipyard Software. With more than a decade of experience, Temo is passionate about building impactful products and services that are used by millions of people. He’s worked with companies all throughout Latin America as a Software Architect and multidisciplinary team lead, and also serves as a Technology Consultant for multiple partners.

Currently, Temo is leading the development of Clipper DEX, a decentralized exchange (DEX) built to give self-made crypto traders the best possible prices on small trades (< $50k), as well as other DEXes within the Shipyard ecosystem. Temo holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Systems Engineering, and is currently getting his Master’s Degree in Artificial Intelligence.

Expertise
- DApp architecture
- Web3 Integration Infrastructure
- Account Abstraction
- Web3 development cycles

Accomplishments
- Hackathon winner (2022 ETHGlobal)

Ben Klein

Head of Community

Ben joined Shipyard Software as Head of Community in 2022, leveraging a diverse background that enables him to connect meaningfully with a broad range of community members and web3 audiences.

Ben’s experience as a former Manhattan public defender and Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho have shaped his commitment to equitable access to financial services and empowering individuals from all walks of life. By leveraging technology and community building, he strives to create an inclusive network where members can learn, grow, and contribute to the advancement of decentralized finance. And as a former community manager for the W3Champions online platform, Ben brings a sense of enthusiasm and adventure to every activation he runs, proving that DeFi is not only built for everyone, but can be fun for everyone as well.

Expertise
- Community engagement & event management
- Advocacy and ambassador programs
- Community growth strategies
- Education and resource development

Accomplishments
- 30,000 signups for Clipper Adventure 3: Constructing Clippertopia

In the Press
- Times Square Assault (press case) won by Ben Klein during his time as a public defender

Ariana Fariab

Content & Research, Biz Dev

Ariana is responsible for written content, research, and business development at Shipyard. She has worked in the crypto space since 2018 and has an academic background in Economics.

Ariana has a myriad of experience working with startups on writing, marketing, and business development initiatives and conducting market and investment research in the crypto space. Prior to joining Shipyard, Ariana was an early team member at a venture studio focused on building, funding, and supporting DeFi projects. She was also employee number one at Autonomous Partners, a crypto hedge/VC fund founded by Arianna Simpson (a16z crypto).

Expertise
- Editorial content creation
- Product research & analysis
- Competitive benchmarking
- Business development & outreach

Accomplishments
- EIV x Lemma: The Basis Trading DeFi Protocol
- Lead Author: Clipper’s Data Dashboard Now Shows Comparable LP Returns!
- Co-Author: Where Clipper’s LP Returns Come From
- Co-Author: What is Clipper? ‍Decentralized Prediction Markets Platform Hedgehog Markets Raises $3.5M in Seed Funding

Mark Lurie

CEO and Co-founder

Mark Lurie is the CEO & Co-Founder of Shipyard Software. He is a serial entrepreneur and investor who previously founded two venture-backed startups. Codex is a blockchain-based title registry for art & collectibles used in the offline auction world with 500,000 NFT titles created (ICO 2018). Prior to Codex, Mark founded an online marketplace for art & collectibles, which was acquired in 2016.

Previously, Mark was an investor at Bessemer Venture Partners, where his investments included Twilio (TWLO). He is currently a Venture Partner at FJLabs and a board member of GMO Trust (issuer of GYEN, the first Yen-backed stablecoin) and the Foundation for Art & Blockchain (a 501c3 nonprofit). Mark is also the host of the WTF, Crypto Podcast, where he chats with industry experts about how the biggest developments in crypto affect traders. Mark has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Harvard College.

Expertise
- Regulatory compliance & DeFi
- Next-gen automated market makers
- Stablecoins and hybrid economies
- DAO design and cross-organizational collaboration

Accomplishments
- Venture Partner at FJLabs
- Board Member of GMO Trust
- Board Member of the Foundation for Art & Blockchain
- Host of the WTF, Crypto Podcast‍The Evolution of DAOs (Keynote at DAODenver 2022)

Mark Lurie

CEO + Operations

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Temo

CTO

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Angie Malltezi

Chief Strategy Officer

Angie is senior executive and the Chief Strategy Officer at Shipyard Software, a Web3 startup building a fleet of specialized DEXs to suit every crypto trader. Prior to Shipyard, Angie was a management consultant at Accenture Strategy, where she worked with C-suite executives of Fortune 500 companies from industries such as Financial Services, Consumer Packaged Goods, and Pharmaceuticals to identify new revenue streams and drive business growth.

Angie has served as a startup advisor to early-stage companies in the deep tech space. She has a breadth of experience working with both public companies and early-stage startups. Angie holds a B.Sc degree in Neuroscience from the University of British Columbia.

Expertise
- Strategic Partnerships & Investor Relations
- Growth Strategy Development
- Responsible Artificial Intelligence Business Model Innovation
- Competitive Intelligence and Benchmarking
- Capital Allocation & Investment Strategy
- Digital Transformation in Financial Services

- Market Expansion and Market Entry Strategy
- Merger and Acquisition Strategy
- Governance Design
- Performance Metrics and Evaluation
- Corporate Development & Strategic Planning
- Operating Model Strategy
- Marketing and Product Strategy
- Human-centered Design

Accomplishments
- Diving into DEXs (Beyond the Blocks Podcast)
- Intentions, Incentives, Crypto & Death (The Kerman Kohli Podcast)
- Public Companies vs. Crypto Companies (WTF, Crypto Podcast)
- What Traders Need to Know about DEXs (WTF, Crypto Podcast)
- Designing Effective Systems (Avalanche Summit)

In the Press
- Impact of Crypto Catastrophes on Trader Psychology (NASDAQ)
- Crypto Addiction is a Growing Problem (Beincrypto)
- Transitioning from Web 2 to Web 3 (CoinTelegraph)

Angie Malltezi

Strategy & Operations

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Abe Othman

Chief Scientist

Abe Othman's 2012 PhD thesis, Automated Market Making: Theory and Practice, provided foundational insights into the discipline of decentralized exchanges. He created the first liquidity-sensitive homogeneous market maker, a key theoretical innovation of current market maker design. As an original advisor to the Augur project --alongside Vitalik Buterin --Abe published op-eds in the Financial Times and TechCrunch on the design of decentralized systems.

Abe has started two companies with successful exits and has invested in thirty early-stage startups. He has received his AB in Applied Math for Harvard and a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon, where his research was supported by the Google PhD Fellowship.

Abe Othman

Chief Scientist

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Michael Muehl

Head of Product R&D

Edo Pacheco

Development

Drew Tozer

Head of Design

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Alexey Malashkevich

Development

Rodna Marrufo

Development

Daniel Reinoso

Development

Ben Klein

Community

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Ariana Fariab

Content & Research, Biz Dev

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Jeremy Coffey

Marketing & Biz Ops

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Our team is made up of forward-thinking dreamers who want to diversify DeFi. You’re invited to take part.

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OUR services

We design and build powerful apps and tools for DeFi. We’re also keen on collaborating with other visionary WEB3 builders to grow the ecosystem through consultation and audits. Our partnership selection process is limited, please write us to inquire further.

Decentralized Shipyard Software is creating a fleet of exchanges to suit every crypto trader.

OUR MISSION

We are building specialized, elegant DEXs for every type of trade, trader, and instrument. We’re levelling the playfield of global exchange by creating free and fair markets, because it’s the world we want to see.

OUR team

Mark Lurie

Temo

Angie Malltezi

Abe Othman

Michael Muehl

Edo Pacheco

Drew Tozer

Alexey Malashkevich

Rodna Marrufo

Daniel Reinoso

Ben Klein

Ariana Fariab

Jeremy Coffey

Join us in the pursuit of free and fair global markets

Our team is made up of forward-thinking dreamers who want to diversify DeFi. You’re invited to take part.

OUR services

We design and build powerful apps and tools for DeFi. We’re also keen on collaborating with other visionary WEB3 builders to grow the ecosystem through consultation and audits. Our partnership selection process is limited, please write us to inquire further.

Creating novel DEXs & tools

Consultation

Audits

Catch up on our podcast Making Sense of Crypto

CEO Mark Lurie sits down every other week with industry players to chat about how the biggest news in crypto affects real traders.

Decentralized Shipyard Software is creating a fleet of exchanges to suit every crypto trader.

OUR MISSION

We are building specialized, elegant DEXs for every type of trade, trader, and instrument. We’re levelling the playfield of global exchange by creating free and fair markets, because it’s the world we want to see.

OUR team

Drew Tozer

Lead Designer and Product Manager

Temo Ramirez

CTO

Ben Klein

Head of Community

Ariana Fariab

Content & Research, Biz Dev

Mark Lurie

CEO and Co-founder

Mark Lurie

Temo

Angie Malltezi

Chief Strategy Officer

Angie Malltezi

Abe Othman

Chief Scientist

Abe Othman

Michael Muehl

Edo Pacheco

Drew Tozer

Alexey Malashkevich

Rodna Marrufo

Daniel Reinoso

Ben Klein

Ariana Fariab

Jeremy Coffey

Join us in the pursuit of free and fair global markets

Our team is made up of forward-thinking dreamers who want to diversify DeFi. You’re invited to take part.

OUR services

We design and build powerful apps and tools for DeFi. We’re also keen on collaborating with other visionary WEB3 builders to grow the ecosystem through consultation and audits. Our partnership selection process is limited, please write us to inquire further.

Creating novel DEXs & tools

Consultation

Audits

Catch up on our podcast Making Sense of Crypto

CEO Mark Lurie sits down every other week with industry players to chat about how the biggest news in crypto affects real traders.

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