Our team brings world-class experience in cloud storage, blockchain technology, and finance.

MICHAEL HOROWITZ
CEO

Toronto, Ontario

Michael is a seasoned financial and capital markets professional. He previously held principal portfolio management and advisory roles with a $100mm family office venture debt fund. Michael also held senior executive positions within the capital markets groups of both the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and the Bank of Montreal (BMO).

JACQUES SWANEPOEL
CTO

Toronto, Ontario

Jacques brings 30 years of experience as a Chief Technology Officer, Entrepreneur and Software Engineer. He’s an expert in virtualization, DR planning, designing and managing multi-cloud solutions and has in-depth knowledge of a vast range of networking and storage systems, including distributed systems.

ALEX ALTMAN
COO

Toronto, Ontario

Alex is an established leader in the crypto space, with over six years of experience as an investor, consultant, and financial manager. Alex began his career working in private equity where he was directly involved with the diligence and underwriting of investment opportunities primarily in the real-estate space.

ANDREW MCFARLANE
CIO

Toronto, Ontario

Andrew brings 4+ years of blockchain engineering and business experience, having launched node infrastructure and invested in 20+ cryptonetworks. Previously, Andrew specialized in cybersecurity at Deloitte, and built network infrastructure for video streaming at Canada’s largest telecom. Andrew holds a BASc in Computer Engineering and an MBA from The University of Toronto.

SCOTT DOUGHMAN
CBO

Palo Alto, California

Scott joins Seal with an extensive background in executive leadership with tech companies both public and private. From management consulting with Booz Allen, to CEO of an e-commerce company, Scott has held responsibility for strategy, corporate and business development for over 20 years. Most recently, Scott was SVP at Cloudinary, a $100MM+ image & video SaaS platform backed by Blackstone Growth. Scott received his BS in electrical and computer engineering from BYU and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

BRUCE MCKNIGHT
DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS

Atlanta, Georgia

Bruce joined Seal with a stellar 20+ year career, most recently as COO and Co-Founder of StorageHive. Bruce has served in several management positions, most notably at EVault as a senior executive where he built several geo-diverse teams for Support and Professional Service functions and contributed to the over 6000% growth of the company in 13 years.

MATT NICHOLLS
VP OF ENGINEERING

Moseley, Virginia

Matt brings over 15 years of software engineering experience from renowned companies like Lockheed Martin, Capital One, and Sophos. His engineering work has targeted an array of industries including defence, biomedical, fintech, and cybersecurity. Matt’s expertise in enterprise application development and event-driven data processing has contributed significantly to Seal’s product and customer growth.

DUAN BOTHA
SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Auckland, New Zealand

Duan brings 20+ years’ experience as a dedicated IT professional. Having held both technical support, managed services and leadership roles in service delivery and operational management. Duan spent most of his career in South Africa and in 2018 he immigrated to New Zealand with his beautiful wife and two kids.

MICHIEL MITCHELL
OPERATIONS ENGINEER

South Africa

With 30+ years of Technical experience in fields covering Electrical engineering, IOT, IT, Software, Backup/DR, Michiel also brings strong knowledge and experience with Renewable Energy generation and storage solutions. In this spare time Michiel drives his passion for Mechanical Engineering playing with Metal/plastic/composites fabrication.

SAL MALIK
SENIOR SALES ENGINEER

Toronto, Ontario

With +20 years in Information Technology, Sal’s expertise lies mainly around Storage and Data Resiliency. Sal also brings many years of working experience in Cloud technologies and is a certified Google Cloud Architect, along with deep industry knowledge in Azure and AWS.

SABINA SIMMONDS
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Toronto, Ontario

Sabina comes from television production background, having worked on global franchises in both the animation and live action space. She’s contributed to brands including Paw Patrol, Bakugan and Love it or List it. She’s a Jill of all trades whose mantra is ‘the best idea always wins’ expresses itself in a multitude of administrative and technical skills.

JEREMY HUNT
SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER

Bend, Oregon

Jeremy is an experienced Site Reliability Engineer whose background spans from tech giants like VMware, Apple, and Facebook, to early-stage startups. He is passionate about building teams that create and run large scale automated infrastructure. Whether it’s automating deployments to public cloud providers or writing tools to manage on prem deployments, he loves doing it all.

JOHAN VAN ZYL
STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Johannesburg, South Africa

Since graduating from the University of South Africa with a BSc. in IT Management, Johan has amassed decades of experience in Systems Software Engineering with a working in the information technology and services industry. He possess strong engineering professional skills in Business Process, Oracle Database, Hibernate and IT Service Management.

KELLY CLARK
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Boston, Massachusetts

Kelly is a communications professional specializing in blockchain and Web3 applications. She previously led communication efforts at MOBI, a blockchain consortium focused on Web3 applications for transportation and infrastructure. Kelly earned a Master's in Communication Management from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

DEJAN SANDIC
LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Bosnia

With an impressive tenure exceeding nine years. Dejan excels as a Lead Software Engineer, specializing in the development of scalable B2B and B2C solutions. His contributions span multiple industries and continents.

HELENA NOUZOVSKY
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Albany, New York

Helena is an experienced Executive Assistant with a track record of supporting executives across various industries. She began her career working in the legal field while studying Political Science at Texas Tech University. Prior to joining Seal Storage Helena spent her early career based in Zurich, Switzerland supporting executives in Venture Capital and Blockchain Asset Management.

DEAN FORESTER
SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Toronto, Ontario

Dean has almost 40 years of experience as an entrepreneurial information technology and operations leader. He harnesses technology to deliver real-world business solutions that enable growth and expansion. He leads the development and implementation of enterprise IT strategies to increase connectivity, generate revenue, and attract and retain customers.

NICOLE SCHAEFER
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

New York, New York

Nicole is an accomplished marketer with experience in both the UK and US markets. Her professional journey has been shaped by a fascination with emerging technologies and startups, particularly those within the Web3 space. She previously worked at the VC firm Greylock, where she was part of the internal marketing division, implementing impactful marketing and PR strategies. She also collaborated closely with the firm's portfolio companies, including prominent crypto startups like Piñata. Nicole holds a master's degree in marketing from King's College London.