Resume

Co-founder, Architect, Hashed Network, 2020-Current

• Winner of Polkadot Parachain slot lease beginning 20 Feb 2022.
• Substrate-based L2 for scripting spending policies, verifiable receiving addresses, coin control, and orchestrating signatures for multi-custody Bitcoin treasury management.
• Native Bitcoin multisignature (BIP-174) transactions with Substrate-based (Polkadot) networks
• Bitcoin Rust web services using Rocket and Bitcoin Dev Kit (BDK)
• Bitcoin proof-of-reserves for multisignature bitcoin wallets
• Grant and video explainer and demos:
  • Native Bitcoin Vaults Grant
  • Milestone 1: https://youtu.be/OYKvt-xir3E
  • Milestone 2: https://youtu.be/kn_eqC07wao

Founder, Lead Blockchain Developer, Digital Scarcity, 2017-2020

• Developed components of digital pound (UK) to be managed by the central bank on a private network with a consortium of banks. Represented Credit Suisse as technical expert on the project.
• Developed and launched the Hypha DAO platform, a multi-chain product suite for decentralized governance, elections, proposals, and collective decision making over community funds and resources.
• Built a private blockchain network for the largest lottery ticket company in Australia. The product tracks all individual tickets through the full lifecycle, protecting confidentiality and enabling government regulators to verify auditable randomness and winning ticket selection. High volume/throughput.
• Developed the smart contracts for Eva, a ride-sharing cooperative built using EOSIO
• Designed and taught technical Ethereum development courses and introductory blockchain curriculums.
• Founder and head of Telos Kitchen block producer (i.e. validator), a top 21 (DPoS) block producer on the Telos network.

Blockchain Developer, OpenCrowd, 2018

• Architect full stack solutions on Ethereum (Solidity) and EOSIO blockchains
• Developed an application that used ERC721 tokens backed by diamonds
• Technical Mentor at hackathons in Hong Kong and London
• Developed ERC20 tokens with regulatory compliance capabilities

Sr. Director, Analytics & Customer Success, SPS Commerce, 2014-2017

• Developed Python and R models to analyze supply chain and point-of-sale data.
• Build on MicroStrategy Business Intelligence platform (backend mySQL and SQL Server).
• Responsible for managing SaaS product implementations and complex customization projects.
• Managed user support team.

Sr. Manager, Business & Supply Chain Applications, Burt’s Bees, 2009-2011

• Managed staff of software engineers of custom applications and integrations with third party software, including requirements management, quality management, testing, and all aspects of solution delivery.

Full Stack Engineer, Burt’s Bees, 2006-2009

• Developed a cloud-based product for receiving and processing purchase orders from fax and email.
• Used various document deconstruction technologies (OCR, PDF, XML) to read and organize unstructured content and route messages to users.
• Built in Java for Google Cloud, multi-threaded, horizontally scaling application.

Software Engineer, SAS Institute, 2001-2006

• Delivered new software products with a focus on vertical business applications in IT service level management and resource management. Developed in Java and SAS.

Software Engineer, Intel, 1999-2000

• Developed a ground-breaking algorithm that systematically mines a large software project to find which files create test failure conditions; enhanced an existing algorithm from O(n^2) to O(n log n).
• Problematic Binary Isolator Patent, which has since been cited by IBM, Samsung, Pioneer, Campaq, Sun, Tektronik, and Toshiba)

Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree, James Madison University, 2000