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Itamar Lesuisse

Itamar Lesuisse

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Itamar
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Itamar Lesuisse is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Argent, the world's most simple and secure smart wallet for Ethereum. Under his leadership, Argent is building the gateway to the decentralized web, enabling users to buy, hold, trade, stake and earn on cryptocurrencies, in a fully non-custodial wallet. Itamar has extensive experience in developing blockchain, eCommerce, web and mobile services. Prior to launching Argent, he was the Co-founder and CEO at Peak Labs, the leading mobile cognitive training service with over 60 million users, acquired by Lagardere in 2016. He worked on European ePayments at VISA, launched new product lines in the UK and developed France pricing strategy and operations for Amazon, and worked at The Boston Consulting Group. He also founded Scoville and Kukunu which he sold in 2013. Today, Itamar also serves as a Guest Lecturer at Imperial College London.

Professional Experience


Academic History

EARLY CAREER

  • At Peak Labs, Itamar directed the company's strategy, with a specific focus on product, marketing, and data and business intelligence.

  • At Scoville, he opened the London office where he ran product development and marketing, and acquired 100,000 users in less than 3 months.

  • At Visa, Itamar authored four payment-related patents and managed the development of V.me, Visa's new ePayment solution.

  • He worked on a broad range of topics and across various industries in Paris, Lyon, Munich, and Brussels while working as a consultant at BCG.


MEDIA & APPEARANCES

  • He appeared as a speaker at the 2023 CogX Open Web Forum in London and Building Blocks 23.

  • He has also appeared as a guest on Real Vision.