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Hi, i'm Alexander 👋

Product designer, developer, founder.

I help innovative startups in AI, Web3, and Finance craft exceptional user experiences, translating complex technologies into intuitive interfaces that resonate with humans.

About

Throughout my journey from coding to design, I've been guided by a simple belief: technology should feel natural and intuitive. At the crossroads of AI, Web3, and Finance, I focus on creating user experiences that make complex ideas accessible.

Currently, I'm leading product design at a stealth AI startup that's rethinking how we interact with money. I'm also steering the design team at Vela Exchange, a decentralized platform for perpetual trading. As a co-founder, designer, and developer at Swoop Exchange, I've helped build a meta-aggregation engine used daily by thousands of users.

Across all the applications I've been involved with, I've had the privilege to contribute in facilitating billions in transaction volume. I believe in making technology feel human—designing applications and experiences that are seamless extensions of ourselves, serving real needs with simplicity and clarity.

Experience

Aug 2024 — Present

Founding Designer & Head of Product Design • Stealth AI Startup

Establishing and leading the design team for a Stealth AI Startup set to bring the New Era of Money. My role involves founding and leading the design team, setting the vision and standards for design excellence, direct branding and actively contributing to hands-on product design for going to market.

Brand Identity
Product Design
UI/UX Design
Design Systems
Design Strategy
Team Leadership

Mar 2024 — Present

Head of Product Design • Vela Exchange

Designer and Front-end Developer

Leading the design team for Vela Exchange, a community-first, decentralized perpetuals trading platform. My role involves setting the vision and standards for design excellence, and actively contributing to hands-on product design.

Product Design
UI/UX Design
Design Systems
Design Strategy
Team Leadership

Feb 2022 — Presents

Co-founder, Designer & Developer • Swoop Exchange

Co-founded, designed, and developed a Next-Gen Decentralized Exchange from MVP to launch, scaling from zero to over $10M in trading volume. Swoop Exchange is powered by a novel Meta-Aggregation Engine that leverages sophisticated routing algorithms and APIs to automatically route trades from the most profitable liquidity sources, vastly improving swap efficiency and user experience.

Typescript
JavaScript
CSS
Tailwind CSS
MUI
HTML
Figma
UI/UX Design
Blockchain tech
Project Management
Planning
Leadership
Testing & QA

Aug 2016 — Mar 2024

Head of QA • Lykomitros Steel

Quality Assurance Engineer

QA/QC Administrative Support

Lead the QA department, focusing on renewable energy components in steel manufacturing. Maintained industry and client standards, ensuring product integrity for renewable energy.

ISO Compliance
Quality Assurance
Engineering Management
ISO 9001
ISO 45001
ISO 14001
Requirement Assessment
Auditing

Nov 2013 - May 2014

Digital Systems Admin - Internship • OTE Group (HTO)

Gained valuable experience in digital systems administration, focusing on the management of contractors and capital.

SQL
Administration
Problem-Solving
Computer Systems
System documentation
Networking
Cloud Computing
Automation
Scripting

Projects

Screenshot of Vela Exchange - Product Design

Vela Exchange - Product Design

Led a team of 4 designers, implementing design systems and processes to launch flagship features like Duels, Accounts, Loyalty Tiers, and Notification Tray and System.

Product Design
UI/UX Design
Design System
Design Strategy
Vercel
Figma
Screenshot of L3X Network - Founding Product Design

L3X Network - Founding Product Design

L3X Network is a Layer 3 interoperability blockchain designed to provide institutions, developers, and users with secure, compliant, and efficient access to decentralized finance (DeFi) markets. My role involved founding and leading the design team, mapping UX, and designing the protocol's Landing Page and Interfaces for the Bridge, Trading, Swap, and Staking platforms.

Product Design
UI/UX Design
Design System
Design Strategy
Vercel
Figma
Screenshot of Swoop Exchange - Landing Page

Swoop Exchange - Landing Page

Swoop's landing page highlights the platform's use cases and solutions. Swoop Exchange is a Meta-DEX Aggregator that automatically sources, ranks and routes quotes from the best DEX Aggregators and Bridges, ensuring the best prices for on-chain and cross-chain swaps. Swoop Exchange has achieved millions in USD volume and currently has around 4000 monthly users with 0 paid marketing.

Next.js
Framer
Shadcn/ui
Typescript
JavaScript
Vercel
Figma
Screenshot of Swoop Exchange - Application Design

Swoop Exchange - Application Design

Swoop Exchange is a next generation Meta Decentralized Exchange and Bridge Aggregator. By Aggregating the Aggregators, Bridges, and Liquidity across chains, and off-chain it solves protocol and liquidity fragmentation, significantly improving UX. Provides access to: 450,000+ Tokens, 7+ Aggregators, 13+ Bridges, 50+ DEXs, 280+ Liquidity Sources and 16+ Blockchains.

Next.js
Typescript
JavaScript
MUI
Tailwind CSS
Vercel
Figma
Screenshot of meikopoulos.com

meikopoulos.com

The portfolio webpage you are looking at right now. Based on Brittany Chiang's website (they awesome). Coded in Visual Studio Code.

Typescript
JavaScript
Tailwind CSS
Vercel

Get In Touch

If you're considering my contribution, have a question, or just want to say hi, you can count on hearing back from me!

Based on Brittany Chiang's website (they awesome). Coded in Visual Studio Code. Built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS and Shadcn/ui, deployed with Vercel.