Serafima Semkina

Executive-level operations and strategy professional in tech, fintech and blockchain 

COO
Spin | Dubai

02/2022 - Current

Decentralized derivatives trading platform

• Data analysis and budgeting for strategic planning
• Designed, implemented, and oversaw operational
• processes to ensure efficiency across teams (OKRs, task
• tracking etc)
• Built a team from scratch, growing it to 75 members to
• deliver the product within the required timeframe
• Handled all financial, legal and HR capabilities
• Maintained productive relationships and communication
• channels across organization
• Participated in BD activities, fundraising, strategic
• partnerships

Senior Project Manager (4 Projects) PointPay.io

11/2021 - 02/2022

Crypto banking ecosystem

• Senior Project Manager overseeing four separate projects, including the development of three new products and maintaining the frontend of the entire banking ecosystem
• Technical project management from start to delivery
• Translating product vision into actionable tasks
• Organizing tasks, roadmap, and other project details in
• Jira
• Tracking developer KPIs and ensuring efficiency
• Providing weekly progress reports to the founder
•  

Vice President of Operations Ztudium | London

10/2018 - 10/2021 

Digital Transformation consultancy and software development agency

• Fully organized operations for selling and building blockchain white-label app solutions and maintained client relationships
• Managed a team to drive growth in marketing metrics and sales growth in digital media
• Coordinated work across departments to keep teams on track with company goals.
• Managed outsourced development teams
• Communicated with clients and networked with industry
• partners
• Fundraising: created pitch decks, and built relationships with VCs, pitched the project

Chief Administrative Officer at Humaniq  | London

02/2017 - 09/2018 Blockchain start-up, fintech 

Project Manager Assistant at Killik&co  | London

04/2014 - 02/2015 Investment management firm

08/2014 Masters - Oil and Gas Management

Greenwich School of Management

05/2012  Bachelor of Economics

Lomonosov Moscow State University