Our team

Our genesis team has decades of fincancial services, user experience and software development experience, and have all been directly involved with Internet Computer projects since its launch in 2021.

David Browne
Founder

David developed the Daemoney concept, and will lead the project.

He has financial services and investment banking experience with Citibank and Barclays Capital, as well as 16 years' management and technology consulting experience with PwC and PA Consulting, specialised in IT-enabled business change and information security.

David has extensive software engineering experience with Dragginz, Philips Research Laboratories, Neopets and others. He has been a technical and business consultant to crypto projects in the Ethereum space since 2017, and has been involved with DFINITY and the Internet Computer since its inception.

David is an experienced entrepreneur, having founded and run an award-winning product design, manufactuting and online retail business for the past 12 years.

Matt Sherwood
Co-founder

Matt will lead all aspects of Daemoney's user experience and UI development.

Matt has worked with David on the Dragginz Internet Computer project since 2018. He has 25 years' experience working in entertainment and since 2010 has run his own business as a Creative Director, Ux / UI designer and Art Consultant.

He has worked with some of the world's largest and best-known entertainment organisations such as Disney, Warner Bros., Scopely, Jam City, JibJab, SONY, Atari and Meteor Games.

Matt is a keynote speaker, workshop trainer and coach, and has conducted seminars across four continents including a TEDx talk in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Gabriel Nicola
Advisor

Gabriel is the Senior Software Engineer at Dragginz, and has been working with the Internet Computer since its launch. He will support and advise Daemoney on Rust development and canister architecture strategies, and on the search and selection of Internet Computer developers.

Gabriel has over 10 years' software development experience, incuding Rust and Motoko. He works closely with several of the DFINITY Foundation's core teams, and is a key member of the DFINITY community.