NOAH.COM is a payment app primarily powered by modern money to offer cross-border payment solutions to Consumers and Businesses in over 100 countries.Joined as first employee so I've been lucky enough to be involved in many aspects of growing this amazing company with our CEO. Currently leading the Enginerring & Product teams building a crypto-native financial services platform working at the intersection of the fiat and crypto world.

Blockacre is an investor management platform which leverages blockchain and the latest front-end technologies to securely transform the entire investor lifecycle from onboarding to settlement. Initially founded as a team of three, we were due to close an investment at the beginning of January 2020 but due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, it did not materialise.Blockchain: Hyperledger Fabric, blockchain-based asset transfer system. Chaincode (smart contracts) written in Go with comprehensive unit testsFrontend: React.js, React Router, Material UI, Hooks, Apollo and GraphQLAPI / Backend: GraphQL API for invoking chaincode functions. Built on Node.js, running on AWS Lambda using AWS Amplify. Includes a private RESTful API, written in Go using the Hyperledger Fabric Go SDK running on Docker.* Speaker at FinTech Connect 2019: https://www.fintechconnect.com/events-london/speakers/chris-sargent* Panel Member at Investment Association, Digital Distribution Tech Talk: https://www.theiaengine.com/iaengine-events/techtalk-digital-distribution/

Sticky Pixel offers full-stack, end-to-end product design and development services. Based in London and working with international clients, we are experienced in web and native app development across a number of industries including Fintech, Retail, Rewards, Blockchain, Travel-tech and Entertainment. Total contract values range from $20k to $300k.ProjectsTacklehunger, Software Engineering, React, GraphQL, NodeRefactored the entire front-end architecture and critical financial parts of the back end code to ensure their integrity, maintainability and security. Reduced browser bundle size by 25% whilst also introducing new featuresRiddell (Helmet fitment scanning software), Product ManagementProduct & project management for a React Native iOS applicationTravelaer (Airline Booking Engine), Software EngineeringWordPress (PHP & MySQL) website development with a React Front EndAmadeus (Airline IT Systems Provider), Software EngineeringDevelopment of multiple UI component libraries, built in HTML, CSS and AngularVarious, Product Manager / Software EngineerMultiple WordPress based websites for clients in the yachting sector

A start-up with an innovative blockchain based digital rewards and eCommerce solution. Global team spread across London, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Kuala Lumpur, Kiev and Hong Kong. Wewards’ ecosystem consists of a distributed loyalty points platform, based on permissioned Ethereum blockchain, and several eCommerce and digital marketing client applications that connect to the platform via standardized APIs.Reported directly to the Group CEO and CTO as part of the product and engineering leadership team. Led the end-to-end delivery of Jemjar, an application that allows consumers to receive Bitcoin rewards for their everyday leisure spending, from conception to production release.Product CTO (full stack)• Work closely with the Group CTO to ensure successful integration of 7 different client applications utilising a common, core financial system (private Ethereum)• Part of the senior leadership team for technical / product related decisions and strategy• Final decision making on all areas of tech, with input from the team, e.g. BE / FE frameworks, database, cloud provider, architecture, system design etc.• Built a team from zero to four developers in just two weeks• Led a multi-skilled team of 12 people with developers, designers, QAs and project manager, spread across London, Moscow, Nice and Kiev• Evaluation, choice and design of an authentication system for the entire ecosystemSenior Front End Developer• Core front end in React, Redux, Redux Saga, React Router, Hooks• Multiple large SPA, sharing a set of core logic modules and components• Comprehensive custom UI component library and its API• Integration with multiple 3rd party APIs• Designed & developed tooling for front end & backend repos to provide strong DX• Introduced & maintained several code quality tools• Evaluation, introduction & development of integration testing tools

Akascia was a search firm focused on helping start-up and growth-stage technology companies hire the best executives in EMEA and APAC. From the very beginning, we acted as a lean start-up with very low overheads, a bootstrapped mind-set and a flexible, international team.

Led Paradigm Associates’ Executive Search Practice across the technology sector within EMEA. My team recorded some of the most successful results in the company’s history, including the completion of the highest value assignment in several years.