👥Team
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Our team puts their deep experience and absolute passion into creating innovative solutions designed to support merchants in their journey to success. We truly believe in the potential of the NBCgate platform and how it can turn the perception of payment solutions for merchants upside down. With our unique approach and extensive experience in FinTech projects, we will ensure that the NBCgate platform is designed to be a robust tool to realize your ambitious goals.
Core team
Experience
Vladimir Ruppel Chief Executive Officer
”At present, many entrepreneurs and people all over the world have a firmly established opinion that cryptocurrencies are for the chosen few and are primarily a speculative tool. That's why the NBCgate platform and its solutions are designed to demonstrate the advantages and safety of cryptocurrency transactions in trade operations”.
More than 17 years of experience in creating, developing and managing FinTech projects.
Founder and CEO of Kassa24 group of FinTech companies, which includes:
Transaction processing center - kassa24.kz;
electronic purse - Plus24;
Platform for entrepreneurs (acquiring + fiscalization of commodity transactions) - business.kassa24.kz;
last mile operator - mypost.kz.
Kassa24 group operated in Kazakhstan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Philippines. The valuation of the group for the year 2021 was 100 million USD.
Registered copyrights:
E-money system "Personal Cash Desk" for mobile applications on iOS and Android platforms;
Software to manage the network of POS terminals;
E-money system "Personal Cash Desk" (software);
The computer system (software complex) "Avangard-Plat Retail Payment Processing System";
The computer system (software complex) "Astana-Plat Retail Payment Processing System".
Mikhail Grankin Legal Director "NBCGate is a forge of modern tools and services allowing entrepreneurs and their clients to make secure and instant transactions in cryptocurrency and the benefits of blockchain technology."
Legal support experience for businesses since 2003. Legal support/provision of fintech companies since 2008. Managing fintech projects since 2014:
Involvement in the development, legal support and development of the payment processing system "Astana-Plat" (tm. Kassa24);
Involvement in the development, legal support and development of the electronic money system "Личная касса" (Plus24);
Legal expertise of payment processing projects in Turkey (vezne24.tr and v24.tr), India and the Philippines (kassa24.ph);
Registration of trademarks, inclusion of computer systems in government and other registries, certification of products/services, including security requirements according to the PCI DSS standard;
Initiator and Chairman of the Board of two associations in the Republic of Kazakhstan (Association of manufacturers of fiscal hardware-software complexes and Association of electronic money operators).
There are certificates for taxation of transactions with non-residents, countering money laundering of income obtained through criminal means, and countering financing of terrorism.
Aida Baimenova Managing Partner “At the heart of every business is a chain of transactions that enables its function and success. In today's dynamic world, as a company must evolve to thrive, so too must its means of handling payments.”
8 years of international experience in product development, digital transformation and strategic partnerships across various industries including SaaS, e-commerce, data science, aeronautics, real estate and consulting. Proven track record in the U.S. and global markets:
Spearheaded the integration and onboarding of strategic partners for Lessen | SMS Assist, enhancing accounting, billing and pricing operational efficiencies and customer satisfaction on a property management SaaS platform.
Managed the operational framework for customer success teams at iAdvize, driving engagement and optimizing the customer experience for major brands.
Researched, analyzed and published findings based on interpersonal astronaut relationships at NASA, optimizing cross-functional collaboration at space stations.
Led business development initiatives at Colliers, focusing on real estate investment strategies, and expanding the company's footprint in emerging markets.
Additionally, received a global education at United World College Southeast Asia Singapore followed by a STEM bachelor’s degree at Northwestern University in the United States.
Stanislav Li Chief Product Officer
"Following the concept of continuous improvement, each member of the NBCGate team daily works towards personal growth. These changes help us stay flexible, avoid stagnation, regularly improve our business processes, enhance our digital products, and raise the quality of services we provide. Consistency and discipline are not just words for us!”
Higher education in Computer Science and Software.
Co-founder of the Ecommerce project in the FMCG sector
Was the head of the digital-marketing department of the advertising agency. Promoted both local and international companies on the internet
Worked as a marketing director in a financial organization
Entered the top 5 marketing directors of Ecommerce companies in Kazakhstan in 2019
Was a member of expert jury in Kazakhstan Contextual Advertising Agencies Rating 2019
Worked as CPO for CRM, ERP systems development company
Since 2019 In CPO position was engaged in development of B2B and B2C products in FinTech company Kassa24:
Managed product development: internet acquiring, payment fiscalization system
Managed the development of Plus24 e-wallet for B2C segment: ranked among the top 3 financial apps in Kazakhstan. Downloaded from App Store and Google Play >500,000 times. Peaked at 100,000 MAUs
Successfully launched several B2B projects, including: payroll, mass payouts, Instagram storefront and the Kassa24 Business mobile app for small and medium-sized businesses
Dmytry Bykov Chief Technology Officer "As Arthur C. Clarke once siad: «Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic». And you will never be bored having magic."
Working in FinTech since 2006:
Involvement in the development and growth of the payment processing system «Astana-Plat» (t.m. «Kassa24»)
Development and implementation of the payment fiscalization system, one of the first in the Republic of Kazakhstan, inclusion of the system in the state registry of control-cash registers of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Development and growth of the electronic money system («Plus24»)
Development and implementation of AML systems
Expertise in payment processing projects in Turkey (vezne24.tr and v24.tr), India, and the Philippines (kassa24.ph)
Extensive experience in deploying and maintaining network and server infrastructure for high-load systems (WMware, Proxmox and other virtualization systems)
Extensive experience with cloud technologies (Azure, Amazon, Kubernetes, Mesos, Nomad) and code versioning and CI/CD systems (GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, etc.). Hashicorp system line (Terraform, Consul, Vault, Boundary, etc.)