Product · AI · DeFi

From off-grid power to onchain markets to AI agents.

Startup founder and product lead with ten years shipping across industries, from satellite-imagery analysis for rural electrification to fine-tuned LLM apps and internal AI adoption programs. Took RISE Chain from concept to mainnet readiness, and built RoboVault, an early automated delta-neutral DeFi protocol at $50M peak TVL. Currently building agentic AI systems.

$6B+RISEx perps volumeProduct lead; core contributor to the exchange contracts before mainnet.
$50MPeak TVLRoboVault, which I co-founded and ran as CEO.
$4M+Capital raisedLed raises across several early-stage startups.
10,000+Protocol usersAcross RoboVault and RISEx.

Projects

10

Selected work from the past decade, built inside previous roles or as shorter experiments on my own.

Delta-neutral DeFi protocol2021–23

RoboVault

Co-Founder

Actively managed delta-neutral vaults, returning a steady ~10% APY on stablecoins for 18 months without token incentives. Grew to 5,000+ users and $50M peak TVL.

Onchain perps exchange2025

RISEx Contracts

Contributor

Core exchange contracts for a fully onchain perpetual futures venue, plus the RLP automated market-making vault designed with external market makers. Taken through full external audit; the venue has since cleared $6B+ in cumulative volume, averaging ~$90M a day.

Account abstraction2025

RISE Wallet

Product Owner

Wallet stack for RISE: passkey sign-in, session keys and gas sponsorship, so an onchain app can feel like a normal one.

Onchain order book2025

Open CLOB

Owner

Onchain central limit order book with Uniswap V4-style hooks, for experimenting with modular CLOB architecture inside a high-performance EVM.

AI companion · fine-tuned LLM2024

Hikikomori Haven

Owner

AI companion app built on Llama 3 8B fine-tunes (Unsloth, DPO) with RAG and persistent conversation state. Five public models, with thousands of downloads on the GGUF release.

AI agents + onchain actions2024

Py16z / Pyliza

Owner

Python AI-agent work around social and onchain actions, linking agent UX with crypto execution primitives.

AIDeFiView ↗
Web3 data pipelines2023

Arkiver

Contributor

Blockchain indexing framework and hosted platform, so a team can manage Web3 data pipelines without rebuilding chain ingestion from scratch.

DeFi strategy simulation2022

Web3 Backtest

Contributor

Backtesting library for onchain strategies, simulating yield, hedging and market-condition sensitivity before capital goes near them.

DeFiDataView ↗
Experimental derivatives2022

Dojima Finance

Owner

Hackathon-winning derivatives protocol exploring permissionless options, lending primitives and unusual market mechanics.

Satellite CV · rooftop detection2020

SpekBoom

Owner

Segmentation model that finds rooftops in satellite imagery and exports them as survey-ready map pins, collapsing the cost of mapping a village before a minigrid is designed.

Employment

04
01

RISE

Product Lead

High-performance Ethereum L2 for onchain markets, and RISEx, its fully onchain perpetuals exchange. I owned product strategy through to mainnet readiness, set the combined roadmap after RISE acquired BSX, and ran the product team.

2024–26
02

Robo Labs

CEO / Co-founder

RoboVault: automated delta-neutral DeFi strategies, and an early mover onchain, returning a steady 10% APY on stablecoins for 18 months without token incentives. We also consulted for other Web3 teams on custom tooling and infrastructure.

2021–24
03

Okra Solar

CFO / Data Scientist

Mesh-grid hardware for last-mile electrification across Southeast Asia. I led financial strategy, raising $4M+ across equity, grants and debt as the team grew from 5 to 25, and built the models that secured $5M in project finance.

2017–21
04

Aon

Data Analyst

Remuneration analytics and data products for corporate clients, automating analysis across large datasets and managing delivery to accounts.

2014–17
Awards & hackathons06
Jul 2024ApeCoin Best Infra Project (ETHCC) · Winner
Mar 2024Euler EVC Bounty (ETH Denver) · 2nd Place
Dec 2023Yearn V3 Hackathon · 2nd Place
Jan 2022Cronos Hackathon, DeFi Track · Winner
Nov 2021DSLA Hackathon · 2nd Place
Jun 2018Eurelectric Startup Award · Winner
Education03
2019–20Fast.AI · Practical Deep Learning for Coders (pt 1 & 2)Projects: NLP chatbot, neural-network chess bot, image-recognition emotion tracker.
2013UNSW · Bachelor of Economics (First Class Honours)High distinction average. Thesis: Measuring Systemic Risk in Australian Banks.
2009–12ANU · Bachelor of Actuarial Studies / Bachelor of EconomicsExemptions for all Part I Institute of Actuaries Australia exams, distinction average.

Full history on LinkedIn ↗