Ivan Montik
Ivan Montik (Russian: Иван Валерьевич Монтик, born January 29, 1982 in Minsk) is an entrepreneur in the IT-sphere. He is the founder of SOFTSWISS, Bgaming and Merkeleon. Currently, Ivan is running a number of fin-tech and iGaming projects. He is also a co-founder of Unique Exchange, a proprietary built platform for servicing tax lien transactions[1].
Being a well-known cryptocurrency enthusiast, Ivan Montik has founded CoinsPaid and CryptoProcessing.com, crypto payment processing solutions for e-commerce, PSP, iGaming, and streaming.
| Ivan Montik | |
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| Born | 1982/01/29 Minsk |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Belarusian |
| 🏫 Education | Bachelor of Business Administration degree |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Belarusian State University (BSU) |
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| 🌐 Website | https://ivanmontik.net/ |
| https://twitter.com/IvanMontik | |
| https://www.facebook.com/Ivan-Montik-104897271813018 | |
| https://www.instagram.com/ivan__montik/ | |
Ivan Montik Early Life[edit]
Ivan Montik started to maintain his family at an early age when his father passed away in 1997. At the age of twenty, he started a small business in partnership with his school friend, a hand car wash, which he successfully sold in two years.
After graduating from the university, from 2005 to 2007, Ivan Montik worked as a corporate client manager at Priorbank JSC, Raiffeisen Group. Then, in the period from 2007 to 2010, he gained valuable experience in journalism and management in mass media, heading the representative office in Belarus of the largest Ukrainian media portal at that time - Bigmir.net (KP Media Group)[2].
Career[edit]
Ivan Montik started to maintain his family at an early age when his father passed away in 1997. At the age of twenty, he started a small business in partnership with his school friend, a hand car wash, which he successfully sold in two years.
After graduating from the university, from 2005 to 2007, Ivan Montik worked as a corporate client manager at Priorbank JSC, Raiffeisen Group. Then, in the period from 2007 to 2010, he gained valuable experience in journalism and management in mass media, heading the representative office in Belarus of the largest Ukrainian media portal at that time - Bigmir.net (KP Media Group)[3].
Ivan Montik Entrepreneurship[edit]
SOFTSWISS
In 2009, Ivan Montik founded Softswiss, a custom software development company focused on outsourcing services and IT projects for various industries. Moving forward, Softswiss refocused on the development of its own products. The first two projects were online auction software under the brand Merkeleon and online casino platform under the brand SOFTSWISS.
In 2013 at the ICE Totally Gaming show in London, Ivan Montik first presented Softswiss online casino platform. Accompanied by Bitcoin online gaming solutions, sports betting, online casino games and affiliate software the product further developed into a turnkey white-label solution for online casino and sports betting operators.
Online gaming businesses powered by SOFTSWISS received numerous industry awards, for instance, “Best Casino of the Year” “Best New Casino of the Year” and “Players’ Choice” awards in 2017- 2019 by the version of AskGamblers.com.
Merkeleon
Merkeleon is a brand that Ivan Montik founded in liaison with an Austrian partner to develop and promote the eCommerce-Auction Software and B2B Crypto-Solutions. For now, they comprise Crypto-Currency Exchange Software, Crypto-Currency Processing and Merchant Solution, and OTC and Custodian Services.
Bgaming
In February 2018, Ivan Montik founded Bgaming - a SOFTSWISS group brand focused on developing proprietary games for online casinos. It has over 60 games in full HD format on an HTML5 basis, including slots, casino games like poker and roulette, and several table games.
CoinsPaid and CryptoProcessing.com
Using their profound experience in blockchain technologies and accumulative knowledge of bitcoin payment processing implemented in other projects run by Softswiss, in 2018, Ivan Montik and his team established two brands. The first one is CoinsPaid - a multi-currency wallet for personal use, which embraces over 15 cryptocurrencies and provides unlimited possibilities for blockchain payments. The other one is a crypto payment solution for online businesses - CryptoProcessing.com. All the products were licensed in Estonia and audited by Kaspersky as no other crypto payment solution at that time[4].
Personal Life[edit]
Ivan Montik is married and has two daughters. His current place of residence is in Berlin, Germany. His hobbies are active sports such as boxing, snowboarding, and drag racing. Ivan’s passion is the Russian banya culture.
References[edit]
- ↑ George, Miller. "Exclusive Q&A with Ivan Montik, Founder of SoftSwiss". europeangaming.eu.
- ↑ "Ivan Montik: How SoftSwiss is achieving 'impossible' goals with a 'think big' mentality". sbcnews.co.uk.
- ↑ "SoftSwiss Founder Ivan Montik: Changing trends, cryptocurrencies and an unprecedented gaming experience". gamblinginsider.com.
- ↑ "SoftSwiss: Why the Crypto Winter Is Over and the Development of the Online Crypto Casino Market". thefintechtimes.com.
