Tell us about yourself! 
Hi guys. My name is Satjapong Meeklai. I’m Thai, born and live in Bangkok. I’ve always been passionate about technology since I was young so I spent most of my time using computers and the internet to learn new things. After finishing high school, I decided to study computer science at a university in Thailand. And fortunately after graduating, I got a Japanese government scholarship to continue my higher education in Tokyo. After obtaining a master degree, I came back to Thailand and devoted myself as a technician because I love doing hands-on works, trying various types of roles in this field and eventually, decided to focus on becoming a DevSecOps engineer who work in Fintech and Web3 startups because I believe in the industries so I’m trying to make some contributions to this major shift to happen which hopefully will create positive impacts to other people around the world.
What were you doing before Tokeny and what inspired you to join the team?
After completing my master’s degree, I was drawn to data science and AI, so I pursued a role as a data scientist. I joined an early-stage startup focused on sentiment analysis, where I wore many hats due to the small team. Besides building machine learning models, I handled data cleaning, preprocessing, backend development, and DevOps. Through this experience, I discovered a passion for DevOps, leading me to shift my career in that direction.
I continued working in startups, valuing their fast-paced, impactful environments. For four years, I was the lead DevOps engineer at Opn, a Thai fintech company that became a unicorn. Managing a team of nine, I contributed meaningfully to the company’s success, which remains one of my proudest achievements.
While at Opn, I became interested in Blockchain and Web3, eventually leaving to join a small Web3 startup in digital asset custody. Although the company closed due to market challenges, my interest in Web3 grew. This led me to Tokeny, a platform for tokenizing traditional assets, which I see as a bridge to open finance in the Web3 era. I’m excited to help drive this transformation.
How would you describe working at Tokeny?
So far it has been very pleasant for me. People here are kind, nice, but work hard. They’re good at what they do. I can feel the determination of what we want to build and deliver to the community. We are here to create changes. That is what I can tell after working here for several months.
What are you most passionate about in life?
I think not dying in vain would probably be something I’m passionate about the most. I want the existence of myself to have a positive impact and influence on people around me. I no longer dream of changing the world myself but I’d like to support, contribute, and be a part of that something together with others to create positive results for the community, society, country, and/or the world instead. In the end, what I care about the most is myself being in a position where I’m proud and happy about myself, the decisions I made, the things I do, and do not regret how I live and what I’ve done to people around me.
What is your ultimate dream?
Be one of the early employees of an incredibly successful tech company while being a good, caring leader to my family.
What advice would you give to future Tokeny employees?
First you should believe in your own vision. Then try to align that vision with the company. Then you will find that whatever you do, either for yourself or the company, is meaningful by themselves.
What gets you excited about Tokeny’s future?
I’m excited about our mission to build the world of open finance and how this will change the world of traditional finance. It’s pretty interesting to see what will change in 5 to 10 years from now with the power of the Web3 industry and Tokeny.
