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Engineering leadership for a globally distributed team of 11+.Led successful launch of Republic NOTE Security Token, requiring complex web2/web3 integrations with trading exchange & transfer agent to enable AML/KYC onboarding and adhere to regulatory trading requirements.Design interrelated architecture for web applications and smart contracts.Hands-on Solidity smart contract development (in EVM chains such as Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, etc) with complex constraints such as adherence to securities regulations.Manage smart contract audits with third party vendors.Evaluate and enact web2/web3 technology decisions.

Architect and implement in-app NFT collectibles and blockchain-based product feature prototypes (such as collectibles / badges / digital merchandise) to enhance user incentives and gamification for Quit Vaping iOS app (500k+ downloads). Lead Solidity smart contract development in EVM-based L1/L2 blockchains.Debug critical issues in smart contracts.Work closely with Product Management team to define functional and application requirements.Technologies - Solidity (Hardhat), Javascript, React, NodeJS, Git, Jira.

Hero Power is a clean energy provider operating in Northern IL. We gamify the process of electricity consumption to incentivize energy education, behavioral change, and load shifting through demand response. We offer innovative programs that allow customers to be rewarded for shifting their consumption during high-demand periods.Our aim is to pioneer the next generation of energy - including formation of Virtual Power Plants, peer-to-peer energy trading, and behind-the-meter distributed generation and storage.

MeterGenius is a software platform offered to energy consumers via utilities and energy retailers, helping them engage with their electricity consumption in order to earn rewards. By partnering with MeterGenius, energy providers were able to increase customer engagement by up to 10x, customer retention by 30%+, customer lifetime value by 30%+.

*Dropped out of PhD program to co-found MeterGeniusCenter for Robotics and BiosystemsNeuroscience x Robotics Lab:- Characterized the first instance of vibrissae mediated flow sensing in rats - Developed biomimetic robotic whiskers designed to mimic rat whisking for use in 3D spatial feature detection, earthquake early warning detection, and enable intuitive device control.- Matlab based numerical analyses and models. Hands-on mechatronics & experimental design.1 Publication: Whiskers aid anemotaxis in rats

Worked with Prof. Daraio on chaos and bifurcation exhibited by dimer granular crystals within strongly nonlinear regimes.1 Publication: Hysteresis Loops and Multi-stability: From Periodic Orbits to Chaotic Dynamics (and Back) in Diatomic Granular Crystals

Worked with Prof. Chiara Daraio on elastic wave propagation within homogeneous granular crystals with mass defects, studying their linear and nonlinear responses.1 Publication: Defect Modes in One-Dimensional Granular Crystals

Worked with Prof. Chiara Daraio on elastic wave propagation within homogeneous granular crystals with mass defects, studying their linear and nonlinear responses.1 Publication: Defect Modes in One-Dimensional Granular Crystals