Team

Founded KORE after more than a decade of building, breaking, and investing in technology. With deep roots in coding and a sharp sense of humor, he brings clarity and calm to complex problems while keeping teams grounded and motivated. His background across engineering and investing gives him a strong instinct for what lasts and what doesn’t. At KORE, he sets the direction, culture, and long-term vision while staying close to the work that matters.

Aey Elahi is the driving force behind its DeFi vision. He leads protocol strategy and ecosystem design, focusing on scalable and sustainable decentralized finance. At KORE, he works to bridge innovation with real-world DeFi adoption.

After spending nearly a decade in DeFi building teams, breaking ideas, and rebuilding only what’s worth keeping, he’s now known as both a team-maker and an idea-scrapper. His work sits at the intersection of strategy and infrastructure, shaped by years of watching what survives real markets and what doesn’t. At KORE, he focuses on aligning people and systems so what gets built actually works in production.

The person teams rely on when things need to work. She leads engineering at KORE with a steady, hands-on approach, turning complex requirements into systems that are clear, resilient, and maintainable. She’s known for setting high standards without creating noise, helping teams ship with confidence while planning for scale and failure from the start. At KORE, she focuses on building technology people trust to run in production.

Ignismeow leads the technical architecture and execution at KORE, overseeing core infrastructure, tooling, and system scalability. He is responsible for building secure, high-performance blockchain systems and ensuring KORE’s platforms operate reliably at production scale.

A core builder operating at the intersection of speed, systems, and security. He thinks natively in blockchain primitives, moves fast without breaking things, and consistently finds solutions where others hit walls. Known for out-of-the-box problem-solving and calm execution under pressure, he turns complex infrastructure challenges into clean, production-ready systems.

Leads ecosystem partnerships and serves as the go-to point of contact at KORE. He connects builders, communities, and partners, making sure problems get solved and things move forward. From partnerships to community strategy and growth, he keeps the ecosystem aligned and progressing.