CV

last updated 8/28/2023.

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Class of 2027
  • Currently planning to major in Computation and Cognition. Aiming to build digital systems to solve for human idiosyncrasies. Also interested in Math, Physics, Economics, Management and Design.
• High School. Class of 2023
  • Coursework includes Partial Differential Equations, Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, AP Physics, Engineering track.
  • Wrestling
    • Team Captain
    • Top placements include 3rd at Prep State and Top 16 at Prep Nationals

Work experience

• Founder/CEO of Thunderhead (April 2021 - Present)
  • Ecosystem as a Service. We build staking infrastructure and public goods in nascent blockchain ecosystems.
    • Team size of 7
    • Entirely self-funded
    • Currently working on entering the Lido operator set and building a liquid staking token for Chainflip
  • Thunderhead OTC (April 2021 - February ‘22)
    • Created over-the-counter exchange for the trading of Pocket Network tokens
    • Facilitated $50m in volume
    • 3000+ users from 70+ countries
  • Thunderstake (September 2021 - Present)
    • Built out fully automated infrastructure monitoring and deployment system of validators
    • Several institutional clients (1kx, Arrington Capital, Decentral Park Capital, + 5)
    • Peaked at $70m assets under management
  • ThunderPOKT (February 2022 - June 2023)
    • Innovative token backed 1:1 by staked POKT that earns protocol rewards
    • 1300 users
  • Lean Pocket (March 2022 - December 2022)
    • Ideated way to reduce Pocket Network infrastructure costs by order of magnitude by consolidating full nodes
    • Partnered with another community member to develop a solution
    • Saved the network $3-5m a month in infrastructure costs
  • Public Goods
    • Hyperliquid Stats
      • Dashboard to display Hyperliquid network analytics like volume and users
    • PoktInfo
      • Comprehensive analytics solution for Pocket node runners to correlate location, latency, errors, and relays to their rewards.
    • Pokt.Watch
      • Block explorer for the Pocket Network
    • RPCmeter
      • Tool to compare the latency of various RPCs across chains and regions
• ML Development and Research (January 2019 - February 2021)
  • Built an evolution simulator from scratch using NEAT (Neuro-evolution of Augmented Topologies)
  • Implemented Q-learning to beat me in tic-tac-toe
  • Took Andrew Ng’s EdX Course
• Laundry Market for Travellers (May 2018 - August 2018)
  • Attended Instacart interviews to optimize hiring process
  • Worked with contractors to build out a mobile app
  • Ultimately did not work out due to my limited resources at the time
• Clothing Reseller (September 2016 - February 2019)
  • Purchased sought-after clothing to resell on secondary markets
• Rubiks Cubing (August 2015 - May 2016)
  • Created and sold guides/lessons on solving Rubiks puzzles to classmates
  • Reviewed puzzles on YouTube
• Betta Fish Breeding (September 2013 - January 2014)
  • Tried to breed pretty Betta fish to sell
  • Seemed like a solid business model since Betta produce thousands of babies
  • Unfortunately the Betta fought and killed each other
• Minecraft Server and YouTube Channel (January 2013 - June 2014)
  • Hosted Minecraft server and crashed home internet due to peak attendance of 50 players worldwide
  • Created “Lets Play” videos
  • Experimented with plugin development
• Book Renting (January 2012 - February 2012)
  • Rented popular books that the library did not have to peers.
  • Ended due to improper accounting for the fat-tail risk of clients losing books.

Other Accomplishments

• Placed 2nd in the M3 Challenge, an international math modelling competition
• Saved $6m of user funds in the Curve Finance protocol through two white-hats

Talks

Storm Watch: The History and Future of Thunderhead

May 20, 2022

Talk at InfraCon, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

How I’ve learned to storify my life

May 10, 2023

Talk at St. John's School, Houston, Texas