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.
In my spare time, I like backpacking in the mountains, playing music, diving, and piloting small planes.
I no longer use any social media (except LinkedIn). Contact me via [email protected] (public key).
GitHub: kvakes.
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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