Current Work
Oya Protocol
Building onchain crypto accounts for normal people.
Past Work
Across
Co-founder of the Across Protocol and litepaper author. Contributed significantly to the initial protocol design, including the pool/relayer system, cross-chain oracle validation, and product strategy.
UMA
Developer of smart contracts and new experiments at UMA. Creator of oSnap. Co-founder of the Across Protocol and author of the litepaper. Invented protected tokens and the optimistic governance module and helped integrate various other protocols (Polymarket, Sherlock, etc.) with UMA on the technical side. Excited about the potential of UMA's optimistic oracle. We've barely scratched the surface so far.
Ernst & Young
Led development of a $2.2M blockchain track-and-trace and compliance project for the agritech industry. Previously, led EY's development team for the 2mota blockchain resource management application, worked on Ethereum smart contract development, integration, and testing for internal projects, specialist reviews of emerging proof-of-stake cryptocurrencies, and blockchain architecture designs and technical responses for new engagement pursuits.
Developed new Ethereum smart contracts and tests for a royalties and rewards program used by Microsoft, technical architecture design for a proposed central bank issued digital currency, technical architecture design of a blockchain-based procurement system for a national government, and client engagement and technical leadership on a blockchain proof-of-concept design for a major United States healthcare and insurance provider. Provided blockchain subject matter expertise on cryptocurrency tax software integration.
Gave feedback and advice to Google's public policy team on new technologies, privacy issues, and hackerspaces.
Dustbowl Labs
Created Ethereum blockchain applications, ERC-721 collectible games, smart contracts, dapps, tokens, and web3 interfaces, for internal projects and external clients. Contributed open source code to key projects in the Ethereum ecosystem, including Truffle, Drizzle, and OpenZeppelin.
Noisebridge
During my tenure as treasurer the average capital reserves in our general fund have grown from covering three months of regular expenses to nearly two years of regular expenses and we implemented a fiscal sponsorship policy for member-driven projects.
I also obtained a $15,000 grant from Google which is being used to provide matching grants for members to purchase and equipment for the space. So far the fund has helped the space to acquire a laser cutter, welding equipment, a sewing and embroidery machine, an Axidraw, equipment for printing circuits, virtual reality gear, infrastructure for doing "hot work" like welding and forging safely, 3D printers, a sheet metal break, Optiplex clients, and a guitar. Due to careful financial management and the matching grant policy, nearly half of this grant money is still available for future equipment and infrastructure needs.
I also successfully incubated and spun off an independent nonprofit, the Thomas J. Shutt Memorial Foundation, created earmarked funds for broadcasting, sewing, electronics, and several big events, and closed a $100,000 grant to kick off our fundraising campaign for a building purchase.
In addition to my work as treasurer, I am one of the co-founders of the Noisebridge digital archivists group and have served for several years on the board.
BayLeaks
Facilitated high-impact investigative journalism in the San Francisco Bay Area with a SecureDrop system, which encrypts and anonymizes communications between sources and journalists over Tor onion services.
Universal Income Project
Helped a growing universal basic income advocacy group coordinate events and panel discussions, drive membership, and launch new initiatives.
World Economic Forum
Led encryption workshops and worked on basic income and anti-corruption initiatives. Assisted with recruiting to grow the San Francisco hub, and collaborated on other members on their nonprofit projects.
All City News
Ran a community-supported investigative journalism project, publishing on a freelance basis with partners at KQED, Hoodline, and other outlets.
Tau Informatics
Wrote frontend and backend code for clients who need internal business management systems and stylish frontend web interfaces, using JavaScript, PHP, and WordPress.
Westward Leaning
Led development of Westward Leaning's ecommerce storefront, built using Liquid, Sass, JavaScript, and a Shopify backend. Worked with our CEO and the design and ecommerce teams to meet our online goals, and hired and trained a junior developer.
Dreamable
Recruited an international team of developers and designers for a new startup and researched and evaluated elements of the company’s software architecture.
Animal Money
Ran a micro-store selling books and art in secret locations throughout San Francisco.
DigeratiDo
Built a prototype Ruby on Rails application to help techies find local volunteering opportunities.
WishPop
Directed the design and development of mobile wishlist app for kids. This role included short story writing, coding, recruiting, interviewing, UX design, systems administration, and multiple ad hoc tasks supporting this early-stage startup.
Hubze
Contributed to the Facebook FanPageEngine and iFrameEngine, using PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, and various external APIs. Worked with the CEO and lead developer to fix specific problems as they arose.
MadSwag
Designed and built a web application using PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript to run free sports prediction games for bars and restaurants.
Planet Halo
Led the content team for Planet Halo, now part of the IGN network, while I was in middle school. Wrote and edited news and content, directed a team of writers and moderators, and administered a large forum community. Grew the site to 1,000,000+ unique monthly front-page visitors and 100,000+ monthly forum visitors at its peak.