Head of Engineering for ShapeShift DAO, a decentralized, open-source, non-custodial cryptocurrency platform processing ~$10M in monthly volume, enabling users to trade, track, and earn yield across multiple blockchains.

• ▸Leads engineering team, partnering with Product and Operations leadership to set strategic direction
• ▸Oversees architecture, code quality, and engineering tooling across a TypeScript, React, Go, onchain, and agentic stack (web and mobile)
• ▸Manages all infrastructure costs and team compensation, reducing infrastructure costs by ~80% through vendor negotiation and strategic migration
• ▸Driving adoption of agentic AI workflows to improve team velocity and output

Developed, maintained, and supported a technology stack with 25,000+ daily active users: Scala (functional) and AWS Lambda back-end; Ionic and Angular mobile app (Android/iOS); Ember and TypeScript front-end; PostgreSQL database; Travis CI; and AWS infrastructure.

• ▸Key contact for client technical teams; managed tier 2 and 3 engineering support
• ▸Led bespoke software development projects for clients, including 7-Eleven and NewsCorp
• ▸Led solution architecture for logistics integration projects, including with Reece, Aramex, and Fastway

Utilised project management and analytical skills for leading key infrastructure and transformation projects. Facilitated process improvement to improve category performance.

• ▸Managed $300m annual supply account across 20+ Woolworths suppliers, balancing on-shelf availability with inventory storage costs
• ▸Improved national on-shelf availability of underperforming category from under 90% to target KPI of 95%+
• ▸Provided key decision-driving insights as lead analyst during warehouse automation supplier selection (Woolworths' largest CAPEX project to date)
• ▸Led Woolworths Liquor Group's logistics transformation project, consolidating 10+ national logistics providers to 2

Distinction & Academic Excellence Scholarship

Cultural exchange: Sony Institute of Higher Education, Tokyo. Executive, International Leadership and Development Program (2012-2013). Global Leadership Program for Social Entrepreneurship, Prague (2011).