About Me
I'm an entrepreneur with background in software engineering and law.
I founded two startups: Roomstorm and Winding Tree, as well as Travel Tech Con, a conference for startups and software engineers from the travel industry.
While looking for the next worthy challenge, I'm learning Rust, reading, and making toys for my kids.
In my spare time, I like backpacking in the mountains, playing music, diving, and piloting small planes.
I no longer use any social media (including LinkedIn). Contact me via [email protected] (public key).
GitHub: kvakes.
Projects
Winding Tree
Winding Tree was an attempt to create a B2B travel platform based on Ethereum. Winding Tree partners included Lufthansa, Air New Zealand, Nordic Choice Hotels, Citizen M, Swissport, Air France KLM, and Ernst & Young.
Roomstorm
Roomstorm is a website that helps passengers from delayed and canceled flights to find a hotel quickly (and cheaply!)
Travel Tech Con
While I lived in San Francisco, I organized a community of travel startups and other organizations that think startups will change the future of travel. Goal: enabling collaboration in travel.
Public Speaking
- June 9, 2023 - ETH Prague (video)
- May 23, 2023 - Shape the System Podcast - Episode 52: Maksim Izmaylov
- May 15, 2023 - Web3 In Travel, Barcelona
- April 5, 2023 - sTOUdio Talk: Web3, Travel and Events
- May 16-20, 2022 - Iceland Innovation Week, Reykjavík - "Easy Path to Sustainable Travel" (video)
- June 17, 2022 - The Ownership Economy: Maksim Izmaylov
- June 6-10, 2022 - X Design Travel (now called X Design Week), Cologne
- July 21, 2021 - EthCC (Ethereum Community Conference), Paris
- March 6, 2020 - ITB Berlin
- Feb 26, 2020 - Travel Technology Europe, London
- Dec 5, 2019 - Hicon, Milano
- Nov 4-6 2019 - WTM, London
- April 4-6, 2019 - The PLUs forum, Zurich
- April 3-5, 2019 - Accelya Sales & Incentive Solutions │ 2019 Customer Meet, Athens
- March 20-21, 2019 - BTO, Florence
- March 14, 2019 - RE2019 | The Netherlands Business Travel Conference, Amsterdam
- Sep 14, 2018 - Solutions Hamburg - Practical Applications of Blockchain Technology in the Travel Industry
- Sep 6, 2018 - Univ'AirPlus, Paris - Keynote
- August 29, 2018 - Swiss Innovation Day, Lucerne
- June 19, 2018 - IATA Avation Data Symposium, Berlin
- June 11-12, 2018 - LE Miami
- June 9, 2018 - Travel Tech Con
- June 7, 2018 - EMERCE eTravel, Amsterdam
- May 25, 2018 - TEDxTUBerlin, Berlin - Blockchain VS Inequality (video)
- May 15-17, 2018 - Phocuswright Europe, Amsterdam (video, interview)
- March 7-11, 2018 - ITB Berlin, Berlin - Blockchain: The Next Technology Disruption In The Travel Industry (video)
- March 6-7, 2018 - Internet World EXPO, Munich - How Bitcoin Changed the World, To Date
- Jan 29-30, 2018 - HOTCO, Budapest
- Jan 14-15, 2018 - UNLOCK Blockchain Forum, Dubai
- Oct 8, 2017 - Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis, Prague
- Oct 5, 2017 - Travel Tech Con Russia (not affiliated with the original Travel Tech Con), Moscow
- September 8, 2017 - FTE Global, Las Vegas
- July 19, 2017 - GBTA Convention, Boston
- May 22-24, 2017 - Travel Tech Con 2017, San Francisco
- May 8-9, 2017 - Blockchain.NZ, Auckland
- April 3, 2017 - Travel Tech Meetup, Barcelona
- March 31, 2017 - The PLUs Forum, Barcelona
- Feb 23, 2017 - Travelups! Meetup, Buenos Aires
- Jan 19, 2017 - East Meets West, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Sep 9, 2016 - FTE Global, Las Vegas
- May 22, 2016 - Travel Tech Con, San Francisco
- Nov 18, 2015 - APEX Tec, Newport Beach, CA