Leadership
Meet the Symphony leadership – visionaries driving innovation, precision, and progress in every move.
Vik (Vivaldi), Chief Executive Officer
Former ConsenSys / MetaMask Engineering Lead, Vik architected multi–hundred-million-dollar DeFi products and brings nearly a decade of blockchain and data science expertise. As CEO, Vik leads Symphony’s vision for global agentic finance building the orchestration layer where AI and crypto converge to power autonomous financial systems.
Ben (Mozart), Chief Technology Officer
Former Kraken Engineering Lead, Ben is a veteran backend engineer specializing in secure, high-performance blockchain infrastructure and cross-chain execution systems. Ben leads Symphony’s technical development across DevOps, backend systems, and core protocol integrations.
James (Chopin), Chief Business Officer
Former Autonomous Spacecraft Engineer from Northrop Grumman and Hermeus, James combines aerospace precision with startup execution. James leads Symphony’s global growth, strategic partnerships, and ecosystem bridging advanced engineering with business scale.
Dean (Beethoven), Chief Scientist
Former Axelar and Kraken Smart Contract Lead, Dean is a cross-chain systems architect known for security-first design and pioneering interoperability execution frameworks. Dean drives Symphony’s chain-agnostic architecture, ensuring speed, composability, and resilience across all protocols.
Core Team
Symphony’s team brings together seasoned engineers, researchers, and product specialists with deep expertise in AI, blockchain security, financial systems, and distributed infrastructure. Their collective experience spans leading organizations including Kava, Celsius, Ackee Blockchain Security, Ankr, Sei, Pumpfun, and Accenture, with several members holding advanced degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science.
This diverse blend of experience enables Symphony to deliver production-grade, high-performance infrastructure capable of powering the next generation of agentic finance, where AI systems can autonomously execute, manage risk, and interact across global markets with trust, speed, and precision.