# Emil E

> Emil E is a person that is a software engineer and data scientist who co‑founded and serves as CTO of Zest Protocol and has worked on Bitcoin‑connected smart‑contract and blockchain infrastructure.

- Canonical URL: https://iq.wiki/kr/wiki/emil-e
- Categories: People in crypto
- Tags: Bitcoin, Developer, Founder, Researcher
- Created: 2026-10-01T18:17:23.847Z
- Last updated: 2026-10-01T18:21:58.979Z
- Source: IQ.wiki — the world's largest blockchain and crypto encyclopedia (https://iq.wiki)

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**Emil E** is a technology and data science professional with a background in software development, financial services, data science, and [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) infrastructure. He is the Co-Founder of [Zest Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/zest-protocol), with previous experience as an Engineering Partner at Trust Machines and in data science and analytics roles at HSBC, Pathfinder, and Worldpay. [\[10\]](#cite-id-NEZKA9RLYdeUUydQ) 

## Education

Emil graduated from the University of Warwick with a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Physics in 2017.  [\[4\]](#cite-id-awxf57w369) 

## Career

Emil began his career as a Research Intern at CERN from May to June 2012. He later worked as a Data Analyst at Worldpay from September 2017 to June 2018 and as a Data Scientist at a media startup from June 2018 to February 2019. From March to September 2019, he served as Lead Data Scientist at Pathfinder. Emil joined HSBC as Lead Data Scientist for Project Pulse in October 2019, working in London, and later served as Data Scientist for the Commercial Lending Transformation Programme from September 2020 to January 2022. From June 2021 to January 2022, he also worked part-time as a Full Stack Developer for a third-party tooling project supporting the Axie Infinity ecosystem, where he worked on data analytics, blockchain infrastructure, AWS-based services, and Discord-based payment tooling. He then served as an Engineering Partner at Trust Machines from December 2021 to October 2023. Emil has served as Co-Founder of [Zest Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/zest-protocol) since October 2022, where he works on on-chain [Bitcoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin) capital markets. [\[3\]](#cite-id-70et0jodlu) 

### Zest Protocol

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​[Zest Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/zest-protocol) is a [Bitcoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin)-focused [decentralized finance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) platform that provides lending, yield strategies, and token swaps through Bitcoin Collateral Vaults and a suite of products on [Stacks](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stacks). Bitcoin Collateral Vaults let users lock [BTC](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-btc) on the [Bitcoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin) network and borrow [stablecoins](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stablecoin) on other chains, using BitVM to enable destination-chain lending markets to verify the state of [Bitcoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin) [collateral](https://iq.wiki/wiki/collateral) without requiring [BTC](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin-btc) to leave the base layer. On [Stacks](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stacks), Zest operates a lending market where users can supply assets such as [sBTC](https://iq.wiki/wiki/sbtc), [STX](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stx-token), and stSTX to earn yield or use them as [collateral](https://iq.wiki/wiki/collateral) for overcollateralized loans. Its Stacks Vaults package automated yield strategies into single-deposit products, including a leveraged [Bitcoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin) [staking](https://iq.wiki/wiki/staking) strategy that uses collateralized borrowing and [staking](https://iq.wiki/wiki/staking), while Stacks Swap aggregates liquidity across supported [decentralized exchanges](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-exchange) and routes trades between pools and intermediate tokens.  [\[1\]](#cite-id-ydywro4ndu)  [\[10\]](#cite-id-NEZKA9RLYdeUUydQ)