Experience
2024 — Now
California, United States
Hands-on founding engineer. Built 0-to-1 AI platform (13+ microservices) serving 170,000+ users across web, mobile (iOS/Android published), and desktop. Full-stack AI engineering from architecture through production. Thousands of daily agentic LLM calls in production.
▸ Architected and shipped 13+ microservices from scratch: PRISM data platform (300+ endpoints, 24 financial hubs, 14 adapters), Strykr Screener (FastAPI, NLP sentiment), multi-platform apps (iOS/Android/macOS/Windows/Linux)
▸ Built ML classification system (GMM + XGBoost, 1.1M bars, 155 assets) achieving 75.7% out-of-sample accuracy, +17pp over GARCH benchmarks; detected Lehman Brothers collapse 354 days early and COVID crash 357 days early using only price data
▸ Established LLMOps pipeline: multi-provider orchestration (OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter), Agentic RAG (LangGraph, CrewAI), prompt injection defenses, structured JSON outputs, evaluation metrics, Langfuse tracing
▸ Scaled GenAI SEO pipeline 240x (<50 to 12,000+ daily impressions) with automated content generation; shipped voice AI with pre-rendered chunks for sub-500ms perceived latency
▸ Implemented AI cybersecurity controls: prompt-injection mitigations, SHA-256 hashing, bearer auth, rate limiting (60-600 req/min), row-level security, circuit breakers
▸ Published mobile apps to Apple App Store and Google Play; shipped desktop apps (macOS/Windows/Linux) with auto-update and native notifications
Tech stack: Python, FastAPI, Django, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Capacitor, Tauri, PostgreSQL, Redis, Supabase, Docker, GitHub Actions, OpenAI, Anthropic, Langfuse
2021 — 2024
2021 — 2024
California, United States
Co-founded event ticketing and identity platform processing 10,000+ tickets across live events. Built full-stack blockchain development from smart contracts to on-chain verification. Managed orderly shutdown in 2024 including user-data export and contract close-out.
▸ Built and launched event ticketing platform processing 10,000+ tickets across live events; integrated Apple Wallet and Google Wallet for mobile ticket storage
▸ Produced ticketing infrastructure for NFT Paris and Art Basel Miami events with real-time on-chain verification
▸ Architected Django backend with paid, free, and NFT-gated entry flows, real-time blockchain verification, and Stripe payment processing
▸ Designed and deployed Ethereum smart contracts (Solidity, Foundry) and Solana programs (Anchor) for token-gated access and event ticketing
▸ Integrated blockchain data providers, WalletConnect, and Web3 tooling (viem.js) for wallet authentication and on-chain reads/writes across Ethereum and Solana
Tech stack: Python, Django, PostgreSQL, TypeScript, Ethereum, Solidity, Solana, Anchor, viem.js, Stripe
2017 — 2020
2017 — 2020
California, United States
Founded events aggregation platform connecting users with events across North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Built 0-to-1 from scratch.
▸ Built events aggregation platform from scratch: data ingestion pipelines normalizing event data across 50+ sources (Meetup, Eventbrite, custom landing pages)
▸ Designed and implemented event search, discovery, and creation features across North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia markets
▸ Led full-stack development, infrastructure, and scaling from prototype to production
Tech stack: Python, Django, PostgreSQL, TypeScript, React
2014 — 2017
Managed residential transactions and renovation projects end-to-end. Built execution discipline that translated into product and engineering leadership.
▸ Executed residential sales transactions: negotiation, contract management, marketing strategy
▸ Managed renovation projects end-to-end: scope, budget, schedule, and contractor coordination across multiple trades
2012 — 2014
2012 — 2014
Oversaw production operations across film, TV, and commercial projects under tight deadlines. Developed planning and risk management habits that inform engineering leadership today.
▸ Executed residential sales transactions: negotiation, contract management, marketing strategy
▸ Managed renovation projects end-to-end: scope, budget, schedule, and contractor coordination across multiple trades