Background
I have been actively engaged in the blockchain industry since 2015, transitioning to a full-time role in 2017 at a quantitative trading firm specializing in digital assets. My primary interests lie in applied cryptography and its potential to enhance privacy and drive the adoption of blockchain technology.
Prior to my involvement in the blockchain space, I was in the tradFi (traditional finance) space. My most recent role was as the Lead Quantitative Developer and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at a quantitative hedge fund. I hold a degree in Computer Engineering and have earned both the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designations.
I’m spending my time on:
Current
- Resident - yAcademy
- Verifier Validation Registry, proposal to allow users to quickly check the validity of zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) verifiers (funded by yAcademy)
Past
- Auditing Summa, PSE’s implementation of Proof of Reserve in Halo2 - yAcademy - ZK Fellowship Program,
- Onchain Verifiable Random Function using Leo - Aleo Hackathon Winner and Ignition Grantee
- Implementing BLS signatures on BN254 and BLS12-381 in Halo2 - Axiom Open Source Program
- Anonymous voting using Semaphore + Polygon ID
- KERNEL Fellow (KB2), Gitcoin ConsenSys
- ZKP MOOC - Berkeley RDI, completed course on Legendary Tier
- Dual Winner of Arbitrum award & Optimism award ETHGlobal Scaling Ethereum Hackathon
- 1st Place - Techstars Global Startup Weekend Artificial Intelligence
- Best User Experience Award - Startup Weekend