🎬Team

Ellie Sarmadi | CEO & Founder

With over 20 years of experience, a founder and CEO of Thravos, Ellie is responsible for the overall strategy and go-to-market for the company as it moves to revolutionize fitness and wellness within the gaming and betting industries. Preceding Thravos Ellie held an advisory position with Physiclo, and prior to that was Managing Director with Wynsun Capital Management and Zagros Capital Partners. She has also held senior management and consulting roles with Morgan Stanley and Deloitte Consulting. Ellie has also been an active Angel investor in fitness, wellness, and technology startups. Ellie earned a Bachelor Arts Degree from Simon Fraser University, an accounting credential from UCLA, and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Udi Basumatari | CMO Advisor

Udi joins Thravos in an advisory role to lead the marketing execution team in daily activities from community building, NFT minting to growing social momentum in support of launching the TRVS token and the app ecosystem. Udi has in depth experience with the web3 marketing processes and has led several early projects in launching the platform and related tokens with high levels of success. Currently Udi works as the CMO at Bowled.io.

Sankara Mukunthan| Head of Technology

With over 8 years of technology experience in web2, web3 and across industries, Sankara brings deep and diversified viewpoints in building and scaling the technology stack at Thravos. He has efficiently led cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality projects on time and within budget. Sankara has been involved with projects from MVP stages to closing funding and brings that experience to Thravos as well.

Abhishek Panuganti | Lead Blockchain Developer

Abhishek is a blockchain developer focused on crafting cutting-edge solutions for smart contracts and dapps across various Layer L1 and L2 ecosystems. He is an expert in defi and gamefi solutions. Passionate about decentralization and secure, transparent systems.

Benno Katsch | Lead Metaverse Avatar Animator

Benno Katsch is responsible for driving the visual identity for the Thravos brand and all of the company’s marketing, interfaces, and product elements. With 20 years’ experience in design, illustration and animation Benno has deep expertise in creating unique and compelling brands, interfaces, media, and collaterals for global companies.

Solomon Gegeshidze | Lead Metaverse Avatar Designer

As the primary 3D designer and artist for Thravos, Solomon Gegeshidze is responsible for creating the company's 3D gameplay, avatar and NFT models to ensure our designs remain cutting-edge. With nearly 15 years’ experience in technology, Solomon’s expertise lies in taking ideas to reality through 3D modeling and texturing.