🌵 Career Journey

Alex Pakalniskis ("Paka") is a product manager based in California's Mojave Desert. He transforms early-stage concepts into winning proposals, strategic roadmaps, and shipped solutions. His career began in grad school flying drones to map ecological change, sparking a lasting interest in complex, high-impact systems. Since then, Alex has worked on tools and platforms for private practice clinicians, web mapping teams, and blockchain startups, now specializing in enterprise-grade blockchain products.

🌵 Experience

• Product Manager, Ecosystem | Offchain Labs | Dec 2025 - Present

• Product Manager | Edge & Node | July 2023 - Dec 2025

• Product Engineer | Esri | Oct 2021 - May 2023

• Tools & Technical Support Engineer | SimplePractice | Nov 2020 - Oct 2021

🌵 Education & Credentials

• Payments Boot Camp | Glenbrook Partners

• Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO) | Scrum Alliance

• Data Science Boot Camp | Bloom Institute of Technology

• Master of Arts in Geography | CSU Long Beach

• Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate | FAA

• Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry | UCLA

🌵 Outside of Work

Alex enjoys:

• Spending time with his wife and their two dogs 🐾

• Tending to the garden 🌱

• Watching documentaries 🎥

• Getting caught up in the spectacle of professional wrestling 🤼

🌵 Get in Touch

Email: [email protected] Preferred for project discussions and professional inquiries

LinkedIn: Alex Pakalniskis III Connect for professional networking and industry updates