# Alex Alaniz > Founding Engineer | Backed by God | Building Technology, Community & Operations. Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/alexalaniz Working along side the most talented, smart & outstanding people in this globe. " At our core; we believe our soul is our people" ## Work Experience ### Founder & CEO/CTO @ Stealth FinTech Startup Jan 2025 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area Building a stealth FinTech startup focused on modern payment infrastructure and financial tooling. Early-stage, product-driven, and operating quietly while we validate core systems and partnerships. Live on Apple  Beta Testflight ### Founder & Software Engineer @ BearifiedCo Jan 2023 – Present | New York, NY Founder / Software Engineer — BearifiedCo Bearified.Co (https://www.bearified.co) is a forward-thinking agency building at the intersection of AI and blockchain technology. Core Areas: • Smart Contract Engineering — EVM, Solidity and RUST, Solana Thirdweb, ApeChain, cross-chain deployments • AI-Driven Development — OpenAI integration, agentic workflows, predictive analytics • Full-Stack Engineering — React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, MongoDB, web3.js/ethers.js • NFT & Token Systems — staking, royalties, dynamic metadata, marketplace architecture ⸻ Recent Highlights: •Awarded a 15K $APE Grant to build Primape, a decentralized prediction market platform on ApeChain • Join Primape TestFlight Beta • Primape App • Backend Smart Contract • Frontend Repository • Launched Chimpanion App — an AI Blockchain Companion Wallet built with Coinbase CDP, Privy, and Thirdweb SDK, designed for wallet abstraction and intelligent portfolio insights. • Currently developing ParentPal — a baby care management app inspired by fatherhood, leveraging AI and secure backend architecture to simplify parenthood. • ParentPal Repository ⸻ Launched Chimpanion App | AI Blockchain Companion Wallet https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chimpanion-app/id6749240995 ### Founding Engineer (Contract) @ Comp AI Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | New York City Metropolitan Area Embedded as an early engineer to assess and address high‑leverage gaps across product, infrastructure and documentation. Led a deep dive into OSS self‑hosting challenges: identified undocumented environment variables, inconsistent Docker configurations and hard‑to‑follow docs; produced a comprehensive investigation report used to guide remediation. Co‑authored and shipped a production fix to the cloud‑tests module that cleaned up error messaging from cloud providers and clarified scan‑delay feedback, improving user experience. Built a “magic one‑command” development environment script (dev.sh) and supporting Docker‑Compose/Makefile tooling, reducing local setup time from 30–45 minutes to < 5 minutes. ### Information Technology Operations Engineer @ Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | New York City Metropolitan Area •File Server Management: Administered and optimized file servers to ensure secure and efficient access to critical data. •Network Infrastructure: Designed and maintained network infrastructure across four floors, including switches, wireless access points, and workstations, ensuring reliable connectivity and performance. •Exchange Server & Active Directory: Managed Exchange Server environments and Active Directory, overseeing user accounts, permissions, and group policies to maintain security and accessibility. •O365 Tools & Mimecast: Implemented and supported O365 applications, enhancing collaboration and managing Mimecast for email security and archiving. •Document Management Systems: Provided support for iManage, facilitating user training and troubleshooting for effective document management. •Help Desk & Technical Support: Served as a primary contact for IT support, resolving complex technical issues and ensuring high levels of user satisfaction. • Phone Systems: Integrated Avaya Cloud Office for telephony solutions, ensuring seamless communication across teams. • Audio-Visual Solutions: Configured Zoom Rooms Tablets and Logitech equipment for effective collaboration, supporting integrations with Teams and Webex. ### Blockchain Engineer (Advisor) @ OBYC Labs Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States Lead Developer Okay Bears Yacht Club Date: May 2022– Acquisition Date: September 2023 • Developed smart contracts and web applications for a decentralized finance ecosystem (DeFi). • Created a proof of concept roadmap with gamified tokenomics. • Managed Gnosis Safe Community Treasury wallet. • Led the development of a 7,777 NFT collection on Ethereum, granting holders full IP rights and serving as digital collectibles and membership cards. • Collaborated with a community-driven core team to drive innovation and utility for holders. ### Co-Founder | Advisor @ OBYC Labs Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, United States OBYC was acquired by David Taylor and Robert Lail Owners of NoRugStudio (Advisor) ### Support Engineer @ All Covered Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | New York, New York, United States Support Engineering for several clients in the Legal, finance, healthcare and private sector. ### Social Media Manager @ Candoo Tech Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Greater New York City Area -Oversee company’s social media pages including Facebook and Instagram. -Work closely with CEO and other marketing consultants to develop online ad campaigns. -Develop, plan and execute Content Strategy for all primary brand social channels - Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter. -Define KPIs, measure efficacy of ad campaigns, engagement and funnel. -Post and monitor social community, and engage with core consumer. -Drive audience growth through effective engagements, and cultivate audiences across social platforms. -Monitor and apply learnings for continuous development of global platforms. -Develop strategies to support product launches and to increase conversions around editorial calendar/brand stories ### Tech Concierge Management & Training @ Candoo Tech Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Greater New York City Area Assist the CEO with developing training and provide training and mentoring to other Tech Concierges. • Manage teams of Tech Concierges • Provide Level II support for Tech Concierges in the field as needed. • Set up and on-board new Tech Concierges. ### Information Technology Administrator @ Candoo Tech Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area IT Administrator • Work closely with peers to implement and administer customer service and support software including potentially Zendesk and Teamviewer. • Oversee all of Candoo’s Tech software and hardware including, but not limited to, Google Suite, Grasshopper phone system, etc. ### Sr. Tech Concierge @ Candoo Tech Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area Customer Support • Provide in person and remote and phone support to Candoo Tech customers including one-on-one and group learning sessions. • Provide follow-up reports and Candoo “How To” information to customers and any third party adult children or caregivers. • Perform customer service and administrative duties as needed. ### Technical Service Delivery @ SquareTrade Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | New York, New York, United States Technical Service Delivery Support for GoTech: Apple Authorized Service Provider. ### Apple Authorized Service Provider @ SquareTrade Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area ### Information Technology Analyst @ Techmate Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | New York, NY, United States Enterprise Tech Support. ### Information Technology Analyst @ DBI Consulting Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area ### IS Analyst @ Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area • Support 1000+ staff members via telephone, both in office & remotely for Windows & MacOS & iPadOS • Helped users with any and all questions related to commonly used software applications including the Microsoft Office Suite • Responsible for assisting Systems Administrators with the following technologies throughout the environment: Service now & other SSO applications. • Helped deploy and manage the tools and technologies across our offices in the US and abroad, as well as escalating those issues which could not be resolved. • Experience with imaging solutions (restoration for both Windows and Mac OS) • Experience managing Windows endpoints in an enterprise environment • Ability to manage user accounts, groups, and OUs through Microsoft Active Directory. • Experience with common network connectivity (LAN, DNS, TCP/IP, Wi-Fi) and remote access/Citrix issues • Ability to repair printing issues on clients and servers • Ability to resolve common issues with mobile devices (e.g. iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Android) • Experience with ShoreTel IP desk phones and execute move, add, and change requests. • Possess customer service and interpersonal skills. • Possess excellent time management skills. ### Information Technology @ Lyft Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area -Performed acquisition of Motivate to Lyft -Deployed Hardware and software to all Lyft -Performed all OnBoarding and OffBoarding - Systems Administrator (Dialpad, G-Suite, Jira, Dropbox, Jive, LDAP, MS 365, OpenVPN, Salesforce, SEPM, Slack, UserVoice, Zendesk, Adobe Suite, & more.)

- Supported 200+ staff members in office & remote for Windows, MacOS, & Linux.

- Composed technical support articles for staff - Part of Lyft’s IPO ### IT Support Technician at Lyft @ Milestone Technologies, Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area ### Genius @ Apple Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area Certified Technician ### Technical Specialist @ Apple Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | Orlando, Florida ### Cashier @ IKEA Group Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 ### Athlete @ Nike Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 ### Cashier @ Tommy Hilfiger Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 | Orlando, Florida Area ## Education ### Associate of Arts (A.A.) in Computer Science Valencia College ### Intro to iOS Development in Computer Engineering BloomTech ### High school dipolma in High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates Dr Phillips high school ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alex-alaniz-4981578a - Portfolio: https://www.alexalaniz.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/alexalaniz JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/alexalaniz/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13