Our team
Ben DiFrancesco
CEO & Sr. Engineer
Ben is a former aerospace engineer who founded ScopeLift as a native mobile dev shop in 2013— about the same time he discovered Bitcoin. Years later, he would pivot the firm to focus on the nascent crypto ecosystem. An engineer first, Ben has centered ScopeLift’s culture on technical excellence.
Ed Mazurek
Sr. Engineer
Ed studied Mathematics and English before pursuing a career in software engineering. He spent years doing traditional web development and data science before entering the crypto world professionally in 2018. A true renaissance man, Ed is also a talented musician active in the Nashville music scene.
John Feras
Sr. Engineer
John has spent his career writing software at the cutting edge. From creating development tools for the Palm Pilot, to writing firmware to enable media streaming over satellites, to writing mobile code for Comcast, to writing smart contracts at ScopeLift, John has a knack for picking up new tech early.
Gary Ghayrat
Jr. Engineer
Gary is a graduate of Stony Brook University where he received a degree in Journalism. After discovering crypto— and coming to believe in its potential as a force for good— he attended a blockchain developer bootcamp and spent time building independently and as an intern with ScopeLift, before joining as a Junior Engineer.
Alex Keating
Sr. Engineer
Alex studied Economics and Finance before learning Python and jumping into web development. He has worked across the stack at several companies before diving into crypto in 2021 where his interests in privacy, economics and software coalesced.
Marco Mariscal
Engineer
Marco studied Economics and Neuroscience, disciplines he first applied in a career focused on business intelligence and marketing analytics. When he discovered DeFi in 2019, he knew immediately he wanted to help build an open financial system. He pivoted to web3 software engineering in 2020 and hasn't looked back.