Whalesburg Founder and CEO John Kitkin Brings Technical Know-How, Professional Connections and Experienced Leadership Whalesburg Follow Apr 16, 2018 · 2 min read

Dear Whalesburg Community,

Today we’d like to introduce you to the Founder and CEO of Whalesburg, John Kitkin.

John’s unique combination of technical know-how and leadership experience makes him the perfect person to lead an ambitious project like Whalesburg.

Educated in Prague, Czech Republic, John started his career in IT as a web developer working on projects like eCommerce systems and services, CMS plugins, HTML5 games, and support marketing campaigns. Starting off freelance, he quickly assembled a team that, in conjunction with Zurich-based global media agencies, was able to offer IT solutions for large corporations like Heineken and Swarovski.

It wasn’t long before he began to take on higher-level managerial positions, working as IT project manager for freelance network Diebuendner and COO at tech startup Booking Analytics.

His professional network expanding, John founded Talent-Guild in Moscow in 2016 with the aim of bringing top Eastern European IT talent to hungry global clients. Meanwhile, having discovered cryptocurrencies, John began trading on Poloniex and consulting for private mining investors and traders.

The logical next step for John was to merge his connections of the best IT talents in Eastern Europe with the rapidly evolving world of cryptocurrency mining. Seeing the inefficiently run setups of newly established mining farms, as well as the lack of technical know-how that newcomers to crypto-mining had, John founded Whalesburg as an all-in-one solution to the challenges faced by miners — big and small — in a rapidly evolving and increasingly competitive environment.

In his role as CEO of Whalesburg, John manages a quickly growing team of top developers making sure they complete the goals laid out in Whalesburg’s ambitious roadmap.

“We have the talent and we have the supportive and active community. I’m confident that Whalesburg will quickly achieve its goal of being the go-to solution for crypto-miners. In the process we hope to make crypto-mining easier and more profitable for everyone involved.”

Stay tuned!