Christopher-John Cassar, PhD
Product & Engineering Leader
Profile Summary
7 years building and leading product & engineering teams across crypto, SaaS, and XR. Proven founder and operator with two successful exits. I ship fast, communicate clearly, and help startups win.
Skills & Expertise
Technical Skills
Languages
Frameworks & Tools
Cloud & Database
Product Skills
Management & Strategy
Research & Development
Tools
Work Experience
TokenOps
January 2025 - PresentProduct & Engineering
NativeVision - [Acquired by Morrow Digital Ltd.]
Jan 2024 - Oct 2024Founder
Bootstrapped startup. Now called ReactVision
KORIS - [Acquired by Metis L2 Foundation]
Nov 2022 - Oct 2024CPTO - [Co-Founder]
Venture backed startup. Raised $1.5M in seed funding.
Versadex Ltd.
Feb 2022 - Aug 2022Product Engineer [Co-Founder & CTO]
Venture backed startup – Raised a pre-seed round from 7percent Ventures
Obi Vision Ltd.
April 2020 - Oct 2021Software Engineer [Co-founder & CTO]
XR Venture backed startup – Entrepreneur First
BMT Defense & Security UK
May 2017 - May 2020R&D XR Engineer
Education
PhD
Human Factors Design & Software Engineering
University College London
MSc
Sustainable Engineering
Strathclyde University
Double BEng (Hons)
Engineering
Strathclyde University
Extracurriculars
Author of "How to Combat Weaponized Lies" (2018)
Advisor to early-stage founders at Entrepreneur First
Guest Lecturer of MECH0107 - Data-Driven Methods for Engineers at UCL
Awards
Sir Peter Gadsden Britain Australia Award
On Deck Membership
Entrepreneur First Funding & Membership
Founding member of District Founders & VCs Community