MEET THE CREW
Kelvinsinferno Studio has an incredibly talented crew.
Kelvin McDaniel
Founder, Visionary, Architect, Designer
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Kelvin is the founder and product lead of Xao and Kelvin’s Inferno Studio, where he leads vision, system architecture, and execution across all studio projects. Directing development and technical decisions alongside the engineering team.
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Xao is Kelvin’s conception, from identifying the market need to designing protocol flows, governance structures, and UI/UX. His insight comes from years of firsthand experience in the independent music industry.
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Under his leadership, Xao found victory at ETHDenver 2025.
Systems Engineer
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Sameer, known as Btree is an award-winning Web3 and blockchain engineer with multiple ETHDenver hackathon wins in 2024 and 2025, including Top 3 in the DAO & Communities track and the MetaMask SDK bounty. He brings over 15 years of full-stack engineering experience, spanning Angular, .NET, Java, and embedded systems, with a strong background in regulated industries.
Professionally, he has held senior roles, including Senior Software Engineer at Swisslog Healthcare and Vice President at BlackRock, contributing deep experience in building reliable, production-grade systems under strict operational constraints.
At Xao, Btree focuses on backend infrastructure, translating protocol design into robust systems. He was instrumental in Xao ETHDenver 2025 victory.
Sameer Khalid
Mudaser Iqbal
Lead Solidity Engineer
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Mudaser, known as Crypto Hawking, is a senior blockchain engineer specializing in smart-contract architecture and token engineering. He is the CEO of Blockchain Expert Solutions and founder of TheHash.io. He has launched over 200 tokens, giving him deep, hands-on experience with production deployments.
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He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science and has founded multiple startups, including Qisst.pk and Blisfix, contributing to a strong understanding of early-stage execution.
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At Xao, Mudaser leads all on-chain development. He was instramental to Xao’s ETHDenver 2025 victory.
Full-Stack & Interface Engineer
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Umer is the primary front-end engineer behind Xao, responsible for the development of the majority of the platform’s user interface and dApp integration. He translates complex on-chain logic into a clean, intuitive user experience, ensuring the system remains usable without sacrificing power or flexibility.
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He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science and has played a critical role in bringing Xao from concept to a functional, user-facing product.
Umer Aftab
