Oliver Otcasek

Former IBM AI compiler engineer & AI consultant

Oliver Otcasek is the technical founder of SwapDotz, the world’s first cryptographically secure NFC platform for physical-digital collectibles and games. SwapDotz transforms physical tokens into verifiable digital assets by embedding MIFARE DESFire chips with AES/CMAC time-bound rekeying, ensuring that no token can be cloned, spoofed, or digitally stolen. This technology unlocks a new category of tamper-proof, tradable objects with applications in gaming, brand partnerships, authentication, and supply chain security.

Oliver brings deep systems engineering expertise from his work at IBM, where he has contributed to cloud modernization, large-scale data pipelines, and secure infrastructure projects. His work spans CI/CD pipelines, multi-cloud Terraform deployments, Kafka scaling, Grafana observability, and Secrets Manager migrations; experience that directly informs SwapDotz’s focus on security, scalability, and reliability.

As an entrepreneur, Oliver is driven by both technical invention and market insight. He has filed patents around secure NFC token ownership transfer with time-bound rekeying, positioning SwapDotz as a category-defining platform. Alongside his brother Jonathan, an experienced game designer, Oliver is building the first SwapDotz game to demonstrate the technology’s scalability, viral potential, and monetization path.

Oliver has developed a clear roadmap to expand from gaming into enterprise authentication, ticketing, and brand engagement ecosystems. His blend of deep cryptographic engineering, proven enterprise-scale execution, and product vision makes him uniquely positioned to lead SwapDotz into a global platform for secure, verifiable, and engaging physical-digital experiences.

SwapDotz is the first platform that makes physical objects digitally verifiable. Every token uses secure NFC and a patent-pending rekeying technology that prevents cloning or forgery, which means true digital provenance for physical objects. We are starting with a trading game because games move fast and prove scalability, but the same technology applies to authentication, ticketing, and supply chain verification. Imagine Pokémon cards that cannot be faked, concert tickets that cannot be scalped, or luxury goods whose authenticity is provable with a tap of your phone. SwapDotz turns every physical item into a secure, ownable, and tradable asset. It is the bridge between the digital and the real world.