Nirvana Labs Appoints Crypto.com & SushiSwap Veteran April Wong as CMO to Drive Next Phase of Growth

Nirvana Labs, a Web3 cloud infrastructure provider for performance-critical workloads, is bringing in proven leaders from crypto exchanges, high-frequency trading, fintech and SaaS. This expansion combines deep technical expertise with institutional-grade product and customer strategy to scale high-performance Web3 infrastructure.

April Wong – Chief Marketing Officer

With six years in crypto and twelve years in Madison Avenue advertising, April brings extensive experience in product marketing, branding, and growth. She has led major product launches at Crypto.com (including the Crypto.com Card, App, and DeFi products), as well as 40+ chain integrations, DEX aggregator rollouts, and LP innovations (v2 & v3) at SushiSwap, alongside leadership roles at HashKey Group and Bancor.

“After years launching exchange products and working with 50+ blockchain partners, I’m excited to return to the real Layer 0: where everything starts. Infrastructure is the foundation of Web3, and I’m thrilled to help drive the Web3 cloud revolution.” - April Wong

April blends brand building with hands-on product strategy and joins Nirvana Labs to scale its marketing and brand in this next phase of growth.

Karun Kallakuri — Head of Infrastructure

Karun brings over two decades of expertise in High-Performance Computing (HPC) and modern AI infrastructure, with previous roles at Optiver and Citadel.

A veteran in architecting and orchestrating 1,000+ node clusters, GPU farms, and high-throughput systems for HFT and AI workloads, Karun has a deep understanding of the performance demands of trading and large-scale compute environments.

His insight into HFT infrastructure will help shape Nirvana’s product roadmap, driving the development of performance-driven tools built for institutional-grade builders.

Rick Davis – Head of Nodes

Rick brings deep expertise in building and automating large-scale, distributed infrastructure across Telco/Service Provider, FinTech/Blockchain, and Video Streaming industries, having worked at Verizon, Figment, and Dell etc. He has spent his career designing and optimizing data center and edge systems to deliver high performance, resilience, and scalability and he has extensive DevOps experience across multiple companies.

At Nirvana Labs, Rick will lead the expansion and performance of the company’s node infrastructure network, ensuring institutional-grade reliability and speed for the always-on nature of node workloads.

Timothy Ebeling-Born – Director of Customer Success

Tim brings over a decade of experience in customer success and SaaS growth, helping teams translate product capabilities into real business outcomes. With a background leading customer success and IT delivery at Microsoft and other global organizations, he has built scalable onboarding and feedback systems that drive retention and growth.

At Nirvana Labs, Tim will ensure customers get the right private-grade infrastructure for performance-critical workloads, aligning their needs with Nirvana’s product where it matters most.

“Web3 workloads are becoming more sophisticated, from real-time indexing and intent systems to ZK proofs and trading infrastructure, and they demand a new kind of cloud. We’re building Nirvana to meet those performance and reliability standards head-on. Bringing in world-class talent across infrastructure, product, and customer strategy positions us to scale fast and set a new standard for high-performance Web3 infrastructure.” - Dan Burke, CEO, Nirvana Labs

This leadership expansion aims to scale private-grade, high-performance cloud infrastructure for Web3, already trusted by Aori, BitGo, Chainlink Labs, Fireblocks, and more - plus support for 60+ blockchains.

Backed by Jump Crypto and other leading investors, Nirvana is poised to become the trusted performance cloud for Web3. 🚀

Learn more at nirvanalabs.io

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