Team Info

The AANN.ai Team brings together a diverse set of professional multidisciplinary skills and experiences. Led by a seasoned executive with a strong background in economics, computer sciences and a clear computer vision. The team's collective expertise spans may of years of advisory roles, senior executive level roles, senior technology roles, senior science roles and senior research roles.

Sandor Miklos - Chief Executive Officer & Director

Sandor Miklos, boasts a dynamic background in economics, computer sciences, and received a prestigious CIMA designation from Wharton School. His history includes Advisor and Partner roles at ScotiaMcLeod and Refco Futures respectively, overseeing significant portfolios including the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation’s (OSSTF) and over billion dollars transacted in various currencies derivatives. He’s held executive positions in startups and had numerous successful investments exits.

Simon Smith - Director of AI & Innovation

Simon Smith, leverages his M.Sc. in Physics, 20+ years in tech development, programming and diverse technology management experience across various industries, plays a crucial role in AANN.ai leadership as head of AI and blockchain technologies.

Grant Mackenzie - Director & Advisor

Grant Mackenzie, over 40 years of executive and financial management experience, serves as the Director, President, and CEO of Peoples Group, Peoples Trust Company, and Peoples Bank of Canada, overseeing an institution founded in 1985, based in Vancouver with over 300 employees and managing more than $19 billion in assets.

Peter Traynor - Capital Markets Advisor

Peter Traynor, 30 years in Canada’s capital markets, brings his experience from the Toronto Stock Exchange, Ontario Securities Commission, and as a co-founder of a consultancy firm, where he evaluates startups and contributes his extensive knowledge in public listings.

Salman Khayer - Product Manager

Senior Product Manager with proven experience in Web3, and 10 years of experience in legacy technologies. Across the last decade directly contributed to over $750M in generated revenue. Expert in aligning technological innovation with business goals, committed to driving growth and excellence in emerging technologies.

Andrew Kalita - Senior Data Scientist AI Systems

Andrew Kalita, M.Sc. in Computer Science with honors, 6 years of intensive experience in Machine Learning and Data Science. Developed high-loaded products from idea to production in such fields as Fin-Tech, Banking, and Telecommunications. Focused not only on classic ML algorithms but also on state-of-the-art technologies such as NLP and Neural Networks.

Vasilii Vorochaev - Chief Technology Officer

Experienced CTO with over a decade of senior level expertise, specializing in frontend and backend development. Possesses extensive knowledge in design & build of scalable network architecture for high security automated environments and high-performance systems. Led development teams to successfully launch and support innovative enterprise solutions and applications.

Maxim Krasnov - Web3 Economics Advisor

Max has developed Token Economies for MarsBase (+$450M in published deals), InnMind.com ($60M raised by Startups) and consulted projects such as Nomis (Linea, zkSync, Layer Zero partner), 0xScore (+250k users) , Pictographs and Qoomon Quests (with a team from Goldman Sachs and Tencent).