Nicholas Molnar

Enigma
DISC Type : dic

CTO at XMTP Labs

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Overview

Nicholas is the CTO at Ephemera, leveraging his extensive experience in building scalable, distributed systems. His career includes co-founding a fashion search engine, Wantering, and leading engineering teams at Brex and XMTP Labs, where he focused on decentralized messaging protocols. People who have worked with him describe him as creative and full of good ideas.

Outside of his direct professional sphere, Nicholas has expressed interest in Canadian national affairs, particularly the Department of National Defence. He is an alumnus of McGill University, a connection he maintains as an interest.

To ensure he had a team of committed individuals at Ephemera, he once offered all employees $25, 000 to quit.

Personality Overview

Challenger

Hard To Convince

Friendly Yet Blunt

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information.  They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing

Topics They Care About

Distributed Systems
A core focus of his career, from overhauling platforms at Clique Media to his current role. He is actively hiring exceptional distributed systems developers.
Decentralized Messaging
He helped build the foundational protocol for XMTP and is focused on bringing decentralized chat functionalities to Web3 applications.
Mobile SDKs
He is currently focused on building out mobile software development kits and is actively looking to hire iOS engineers with this specific expertise.

Media Appearances

Nicholas has no verified media appearances

Work History

5-2024
CTO at XMTP Labs
1-2022 - 5-2024
Staff Software Engineer at XMTP Labs
5-2019 - 1-2022
Senior Software Engineer at Brex
8-2015
Director, Application Development - Search & Tools at Clique Media Group
10-2011
Co-founder at Wantering

Education

2004 - 2008
Education details unavailable from McGill University
2000 - 2004
Education details unavailable from Collingwood School

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Exp : 16 Location : Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Job Level : Leadership Designation : CTO at XMTP Labs
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Insights For Selling To Nicholas

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be prepared for a mix of questions and inquisitiveness, answer them in the tone in which they have been asked
  • Help them realize that any personal risk in making this decision is far less compared to what the results could mean for them
  • Build rapport slwly without rushing, it will come handy to handle hard questions later

DONT's

  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously. They are easily deterred
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Nicholas is

  • Proven value, strong objective evidence are important for them, rapport can impact decisions a little.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Nicholas

  • They are practical and friendly, but can give a clear response with a little prodding

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Nicholas move?

  • They like to be detailed, so unless they develop strong conviction, they can take their time to arrive at decisions
  • Can Nicholas take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and do not take risks that often, unless you can get them to develop strong conviction

You And Nicholas

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