About Center
We're a team of problem solvers at the Center of blockchain data.
Building NFT-Related Applications from Scratch is Complicated.
It might require indexing multiple chains, ingesting vast quantities of data and meticulously building low-level infrastructure to ensure all of the data is processed correctly. This could take engineers months to get right before they even start building an application.
Abstracting Away Complexity
Our goal is to usher in the next generation of useful crypto applications. Our APIs allow builders to abstract away complexity and focus on building great products for end users right away.
We take care of the infrastructure and low-level technical details. With just a few lines of code, builders can use our APIs for a range of use cases including NFT rendering, search and metadata retrieval.
Highly Experienced & Deeply Motivated
We have technical expertise and start-up experience to build an exceptional product. With hires from Meta, Square, Coinbase, Bain & Company, Plaid, among others, we understand what it takes to build powerful, enterprise-grade products.
Omar Bohsali
Founder & CEO
Over three years at Coinbase where he started and led cryptoassets. First Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Paradigm where he wrote the Uniswap V3 Liquidity Mining contract. Now using his deep technical expertise and understanding of blockchain to build the most powerful and reliable NFT API.
Matt Gummersbach
Head of Product
Matt is Center’s Head of Product. Matt has an engineering background and spent several years at Bain & Company as a consultant. Following that, he worked on corporate strategy at Fireblocks before joining Center to build the most powerful and reliable NFT API.
Babur Khwaja
Head of Business Operations
Babur is Center’s Head of Business Operations. Before Center, he was employee #12 at Plaid, where he helped run business operations. He served as a product manager at Area 1, acquired by Cloudflare. He also brings a keen legal perspective to the Center team, with a degree from Yale Law School.
Darren Alawi
Head of Design
Darren is the Head of Design at Center. He has extensive startup, product and digital design experience. He has 20 years experience working at top design agencies and before joining Center served as Head of Design at Bitfinex.
Enes Öztürk
Software Engineer
Enes is a software engineer at Center. He has experience at multiple start-ups, and specializes in front-end development. He has particular expertise in React and mobile development.
Maksym Naboka
Staff Software Engineer
Maksym is a software engineer at Center. He has extensive crypto experience, having worked at Coinbase as an engineer for several years. During this time, he worked with Omar — they enjoyed the experience so much that they decided to try it again!
Shin Ko
Executive Assistant
Shin is an executive assistant at Center. She has significant prior crypto experience, having spent several years at Kraken before joining Center.
Waldo
NFT Indexer
Waldo is our affectionate name for our NFT indexer. A key member of our team, Waldo automatically detects any gaps in our NFT data and proactively fetches the missing data. Waldo is also smart — without our help, he can handle new data types that he hasn’t seen before. Waldo looks forward to fetching the data you’ll need to power your application!
Backed by the Best
Our investors share our vision for the future of NFTs and blockchain technology. With the backing of Thrive Capital, Founder's Fund and crypto-focused VCs and angels, we're well-positioned to achieve our long-term goals and continue to build the market-leading NFT API.
