Team
Dr. Alexandra Mikityuk
Founder & CEO
Alexandra is a passionate technology professional focused on decentralized systems, blockchain and security technologies. In 2013, she joined the Security in Telecommunication research group at TU Berlin, where she received her doctorate (PhD) in embedded security for remote processing. Since 2017 she was heading the Blockchain Group, a unit of Deutsche Telekom Innovation Labs (T-Labs). In 2021 she became a co-founder and CEO of Staex, a company that redefines connectivity and management for IoT with the power of blockchain.
Personality: Assertive debater ENTP-A, Campaigner ENFP-A.
Paksy Plackis-Cheng
Chief Strategy Officer
Entrepreneur, as founder of impactmania, has been awarded grants from both the US State Department and EU for her work in community building and AI. Paksy brings 15+ years of success in executive management for growth (tech) companies working in 20+ countries across 5 continents. She started her career at a software communications company for FORTUNE 1000 companies. Followed by a startup (messaging solution) that merged with the pioneer of the Wireless Application Protocol (Mobile Internet) that was used by 74% of the world's telcos. She was a member of the EMEA executive team, responsible for marketing, business development, and strategic partnerships, supporting $200M in sales. The startup exited with an IPO of $6.9B.
Personality: Protagonist.
Elvina Kulinicenko
Customer Success & Project Manager
Elvina, the project manager at Staex, draws on a decade of translation expertise and a diverse IT and retail management background. Beyond her role, she also oversees events and tackles marketing responsibilities. Her content creation skills come through her side gig as a photographer. Outside work, she seeks thrills through challenging activities like windsurfing and Thai boxing.
Personality: Protagonist.
Max Sukhotin
Network Developer
I graduated from South Ural State University. Then I was constantly developing as a software engineer during more than 10 years, working in various projects and stacks from online e-shops to national state projects. Now I'm happy to share my experience with the Staex team and develop a next generation communication protocol for IoT devices.
Personality: Defender (ISFJ-T).
Sergei Lavrentev
Decentralized Systems Developer
Lead Web3 Engineer. M.Sc. in Computer Science and 8 years of experience in software development in different areas.
Personality: Defender (ISFJ-T).
Mr. Capyvara
Chief Happiness Officer
Capyvara is a spiritual animal of our team that guides us with its inner voices, kindness and natural friendliness.
