About Me
My career is driven by a passion for everything cryptocurrency related. After starting my career in TradFi trading at RBC, I transitioned fully into crypto, applying my analytical skills at top-tier firms including BitMEX, Paradigm, and Chainalysis. My work has spanned from building AML monitoring systems and fine-tuning ML models for trading products to investigating on-chain forensic cases for government agencies.
My passion for crypto began at Carnegie Mellon, where I took every available class on the subject, attended conferences, and joined the university's blockchain club. Today, I'm building on that foundation as an MSc candidate in Information Security at UCL, where I'm focusing on cryptography and conducting research. I'm eager to contribute to a team at the frontier of the crypto, tackling complex technical challenges and advancing cutting-edge research.
Education
MSc Candidate in Information Security
University College London | 2024 - 2025
BS in Business Administration, Minor in Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University | 2016 - 2020
Work Experience
Associate Data Scientist, Chainalysis
New York, NY | 2024
Associate Product Manager, Paradigm
Singapore | 2023
Senior Data Analyst, BitMEX
Vancouver, BC | 2022
Municipal Derivatives Trading Analyst, RBC Capital Markets
New York, NY | 2020 - 2021
Projects
Select UCL Projects
BASED Legacy
🏆 Encode London 2024 Hackathon WinnerA dApp for automated, rule-based legacy planning to distribute assets and bypass probate court
Flash Loan based Liquidation
Implemented a smart contract to perform flash loan based liquidations on the Aave protocol
Pokémon NFT Trading dApp
Developed a decentralized application for trading Pokémon card NFTs with a focus on security
Privacy Enchancing Technologies labs
Mixnets & Traffic Analysis, Additive Homomorphic Encryption, Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Anonymous Credentials, Private Set Intersection
Select CMU Projects
Artificial Intelligence labs
Multi-Agent Search, Reinforcement Learning, fine-tuning Convolutional Neural Networks, Naieve Bayes classifiers
Color Vision Deficiency Aid (15-112 Term Project)
Created an application to aid people with color vision deficiency through diagnostic tests and image analysis tools
Publications
Papers currently in preparation. This section will be updated upon submission.
Talks
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Technical Approach for Tracing Approval Phishing
Trace DC, Washington DC | 2024
Interests
Beyond my work in crypto, I enjoy challenges that engage both my mind and body. I have a mild obsession with board and card games and am always down to learn new ones. On the physical side, I've been a competitive swimmer my entire life, never pass up a good hike, and recently added rock climbing to the mix.
