Brian Branch
Founder Institute Caribbean – Fall 2025 Cohort | Materials and Software Engineer
Salary / Daily rate
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Remote only
Skills
Work experience
Founder
Rivver
Jan 2025 - Present
1 year 10 months
Fintech for personal wealth management and investment
Back End Developer
Merkle Hedge
Jan 2019 - Aug 2023
4 years 8 months
Carrington, Saint Thomas Barbados
Advising on and creating backend systems from scratch to facilitate research and trading activities in the crypto space. Development and modification of key systems for a crypto currency exchange. Leading project teams to expand the market expose and data collection pipelines to meet the company's strategic goals.
Manager
Branch Foods
Jan 2016 - Aug 2020
4 years 8 months
Coffee Gully, Saint Joseph Barbados
Project Engineer
HYDROPLAN Ingenieur-Gesellschaft mbH
Mar 2014 - Dec 2017
3 years 10 months
Education
Founder Institute
Pre-Seed Startup Accelerator
2025 - 2026
6 months
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Master of Engineering - MEng, Materials Engineering
2021 - 2024
2 years 11 months
Theoretical and practical components were required to successfully complete this degree. Classes on polymer materials science and engineering as well as carrying out laboratory research focused on flame retardant polymer systems.
Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme
Business Administration and Management, General
2014 - 2014
7 months
Focused on business development, practice, etiquette and the tools to get a new venture off the ground.
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
2008 - 2011
2 years 11 months
The Lodge School
2001 - 2008
7 years 1 month
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