Andrew Smekhov

CEO at SwapSpace

Serbia

CEO at SwapSpace. Was building web3 space when meme coins were still a joke.

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Expertise areas

Blockchain & Crypto‑trading expertise
Fintech & E‑commerce operations
Technical stack understanding
Product Development & Strategy

Education

State Pedagogical University named after A.I. Herzen
Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Philosophical Urban Studies

Projects

CEO at SwapSpace
Product Manager at Flowwow
• Designed and prepared to patent deep personalization system, which saves $6.5M-$11M annually on taxes though government innovation tech grant. • Launched 30+ partner API integrations: banks, telecoms, delivery services, loyalty programs, dating apps, streaming services, etc. It generated ~$600k in revenue and >6000 users in 2 years. • Led the B2B department. In 1 year, 60% of users were reactivated, the total increase of clients is >200%, growth of avg. check by 140%, orders by 90%. • Led SERM (Search Engine Reputation Marketing). Raised rating in app stores by 0.2 in AppStore and by 0.6 in Play Market in 4 months. • 50+ tested hypotheses, dozens of fixed bugs, hundreds of SQL queries (until hired the analyst), Investor Relations, helped to implement ERP system, partially led the document flow, backlog prioritization, conducting A/B tests. • Implemented, configured and maintained Confluence for 30+ developers, QAs and analysts. • Launched 4 new products, each now a separate department with its own team.
Product Manager at Alium.Finance
• Led integration of a full-fledged cross-chain on 4 networks • Launched a referral bot (telegram community growth from 10k to 27k members in 2 weeks) • Re-launched SHP (hybrid staking pools) as B2B product with new built-in mechanics: Airdrops, Farming, Staking and Custom. Resulted in TVL growth and APR stabilization • Curated development of hybrid liquidity and integration of more than 10 DEXs (liquidity lack problem solved) • Led redesign and development of a mobile application. One of the first full-fledged DeFi applications in the app stores • Initiated integration of 6 new blockchains into DEX • Redesigned entire website (>20 pages) • Pitched to >100 VCs • Implemented public on-chain analytics • Curated token pages on CMC and CoinGecko
Product Manager at Konsta Network
• Led Concept and website development • Led Tokenomics creation with the same team that developed it for NEAR • Released both Whitepaper and Lightpaper • Launched and curated Private Testnet • Participated in root concept creation of protected transactions marking methods • Сreated and maintained vision, strategy and roadmap • Сreated a Secure-to-Earn concept with reputational verification system • Pitched VCs for pre-seed round and handled Investor Relations

About_author

Andrei Smekhov
Andrei Smekhov – CEO at SwapSpace, a Web3 / DeFi / CeFi aggregator platform founded in 2019 in the Marshall Islands. SwapSpace enables instant crypto swaps without registration, supports over 1,750 tokens, and partners with dozens of exchange providers . Andrei brings over five years of experience in fintech, e‑commerce, and SaaS. He’s skilled in mobile development, API integrations, AI/Computer Vision, marketing, and research . The team includes CTO Yitzhak Ioffe and CMO Eva Sever — together they are scaling “no‑custody” exchange services in Web3 style