Alex Pakalniskis, also known as Paka, is a product manager and entrepreneur based in California’s Mojave Desert. By day, he works on the Enterprise Services team at Offchain Labs, helping institutional clients evaluate, adopt, and grow on Arbitrum’s enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure. On the side, he and business partner are building a portfolio of niche consumer brands from the ground up. His career began flying drones to map ecological change. Since then he has worked on products for clinicians, web mapping teams, and blockchain startups, picking up a knack for turning early-stage ideas into shipped solutions along the way. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and their two dogs, tending to the garden, watching documentaries, and getting caught up in the spectacle of professional wrestling.