Engineering Lead and Scrum Master at Request Network, where I run sprint planning, engineering prioritization, and technical decision-making for a 4-person engineering team. First technical hire in 2022; helped rebuild the engineering function from scratch.
13+ years of software development across embedded systems, defense, speech recognition, and the last 5 years in blockchain and payments. Heavy user of AI-assisted engineering workflows.
Find me online as MantisClone.
- Request Network (Nov 2022 - Dec 2025) — Senior Blockchain Engineer. First technical hire; oversaw development of batch payouts, crosschain, crypto-to-fiat, subscriptions, and commerce escrow.
- Ocean Protocol — Maintained ocean.py SDK, aquarius, and provider. Shipped Ocean ONDA V4.
- Freelance via Mantis Data Solutions — Clients included OceanDAO, BanklessDAO, and TalentDAO.
- Think-A-Move — Cross-platform on-device speech recognition system and native Android apps.
- Northrop Grumman — GUI integration testing, low-latency networking, hardware emulation, embedded image processing.
- Rockwell Automation
- Opolis Member
BS Computer Engineering & Computer Science — University of Wisconsin-Madison