Christian Angelopoulos

Personal & Professional Summary

I'm the Lead Technical Product Manager at Eco, a cryptocurrency company building one-click stablecoin infrastructure. My responsibilities include roadmap & design, technical specifications & product requirements, product management, smart contract development, and external collaborations.

I am a former University of Minnesota, Medical Device Innovation Fellow. I used to work in the Medical Device Industry in systems & electromechanical engineering for biosensors & disposable devices.

Professional Experience

Lead Technical Product Manager @ Eco (2022 - Present)
Research Lead @ HumanFirst (2021-2022)
Medical Device Innovation Fellow @ UMN (2020-2021)
Senior R&D Engineer @ Edwards Lifesciences (2018-2020)
Biomedical Engineer @ Sonendo (2016-2018)

Consulting & Advising

Consultant @ Empyreal Systems (2021 - Present)

Technical Consulting

medical device

early stage ideation, market research, and proof of concept
requirements, verification & validation, and test system design
root cause analysis, failure analysis, and experimental design

cryptocurrency

early stage ideation, roadmap development, and proof of concept
protocol architecture, requirements, and technical specifications
partner intros, business strategy, tokenomics, and project management

Publications & Patents

Publications
- Journal of Medical Internet Research (2021): Sensor Data Integration: A New Cross-Industry Collaboration to Articulate Value, Define Needs, and Advance a Framework for Best Practices
- Nature Communications (2019): Cholinergic neural activity directs retinal layer-specific angiogenesis and blood retinal barrier formation
Patents:
- US20230173235A1: Method & Apparatus for Treatment of Chronic Venous Insufficiency
- US20230181305A1: Gallbladder Implant
- WO2024137807A2: In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Embryo Transfer Catheter

Technical Presentations & Writing

Conference Presentations
- ETH Denver 2025: Enabling Fast, Secure, Cross-Chain Transfers with Proof-based Intents
Technical Writing
- Beam Deep Dive - Account Abstraction (ERC-4337): Technical explainer of the Beam project, a crypto-abstracted stablecoin wallet.
- A Comprehensive Technical Overview of Eco Routes: Architecture overview of Eco Routes, a cross-chain stablecoin payment protocol.