Iryo is a Slovenian blockchain startup focused on improving the state of technology in healthcare. A while ago we presented our first team members and advisors, but as the project grows, so does the team.

Founding team members & advisors

See the background of first team members here.

Domen Savič joined us as CMO, Alberto Malave as a project manager, Taja Šimonka as a marketing manager and we have grown the team of developers as well (see below).

Domen brings over two decades of senior leadership to the team. Before joining Iryo, Domen was the director of communications for Outfit7, as well as a journalist for two of Slovenia’s largest media outlets. He’s been the founder of a variety of start-ups as well as an NGO called Citizen D, which focuses on digital rights, privacy, and media literacy.

Alberto brings an array of international experience having worked for several early age start-ups like NoteVault and Houzz. He is currently a project manager for Iryo. He received his degree from the University of British Columbia and is currently working towards his masters at the University of Ljubljana.

Taja is a financial specialist with a background in accounting and assurance. Prior to joining Iryo she worked as an associate in assurance for PwC, where she was responsible for auditing, accounting advisory and was part of the innovation team. She was also an insolvency representative for one of the largest Slovenian accounting firms.

…and on the developers side

Iryo was created with the purpose of building a global participatory healthcare network with the patient firmly in the centre and more importantly, in total control of his personal medical data.

We recently added three new developers to the team working on an EHR system for refugee camps in the Middle East: UX/UI designer Andrej Mihelič, backend developer Mateusz Krasucki and backend developer Matevž Mihalič.

Before joining Iryo, Mateusz was the technical lead for 3fs’ MDI initiative. He holds a Masters degree in Applied Computer Science and also Bachelors degree in Economics and International Economic Relations. He’s worked alongside the majority of the Iryo team on creating reliable digital infrastructure for other projects.

Andrej heads up Iryo’s UX & UI design team. Andrej is the co-founder of the successful mobile-app design firm, Calumaa. Before Iryo and Caluma, Andrej was a lead designer and project manager for Akrapovič, Marand, Povio and Iconomi, the world’s first decentralised fund management platform.

Matevž brings over a decade of software engineering experience to Iryo. He specialises in Go, Python, JS, Elm, Docker and Ansible. Prior to joining the team, Matevž held various other development positions, contributing to companies like Visionect, the world leader in electronic paper solutions.