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Drove next-gen infrastructure upgrades delivering sub-100ms transaction confirmations and coordinated with 20+ providers across RPC, custody, and compliance. Built tier-1 DeFi pipeline and integrations while enhancing Wallet and OKX Pay for 66M+ daily active users through Solana Passkey AA wallet improvements and OKB gas optimizations. Architected secure, policy-driven automation layer for on-chain yield with rule-based risk rebalancing across DeFi protocols."},{"name":"Pond","position":"Product Lead","location":"New York, NY","startDate":"2025-01-01","endDate":"2025-02-28","summary":"Led early product strategy for a decentralized graphical neural network model layer built on on-chain data. Created initial roadmap, sized GTM plays across DeFi, recommender systems, and security, and ran diligence calls with design partners."},{"name":"Story Protocol","position":"Product Manager","location":"New York, NY","url":"https://datafdn.org","startDate":"2024-02-01","endDate":"2024-12-31","summary":"First Product Manager at a16z-backed AI-web3 startup where I drove 0-1 launch of consumer-facing applications leveraging the company's underlying IP protocol and blockchain. Launched NFT IP-licensing marketplace enabling provenance tracking for registration, remixing, attribution, and royalty sharing of creative IP, achieving ~50k registered IP assets by ~4k unique creators within the first month. Led build-out of first incubated NFT IP-franchise with David Goyer demonstrating automated commercial licensing and royalty payouts. Released staking dashboard, token faucet, and L1-critical dapps enabling seamless account management and +7M daily transactions upon L1 release. Led API integrations with 10+ generative AI consumer apps and supported end-to-end development of the L1 blockchain."},{"name":"NEWM","position":"Fractional Product Lead","location":"New York, NY","url":"https://newm.io","startDate":"2023-08-01","endDate":"2025-05-31","summary":"Launched music-distribution royalty-tokenization platform enabling 1000+ artists to upload, mint, and release songs to 130+ global streaming platforms with automated royalty splits. Led 0-1 release of Android and iOS mobile apps for seamless marketplace purchasing and streaming of cross-chain music-NFTs across Cardano and Solana. Supported development and launch of royalty token marketplace enabling primary and secondary selling with activity reporting and analytics."},{"name":"JP Morgan Chase & Co.","position":"Product Manager, Cross-Border Payments","location":"New York, NY","url":"https://jpmorganchase.com","startDate":"2023-04-01","endDate":"2024-07-31","summary":"Led product roadmap for cross-border B2B2C payments product for FIs and fintechs. Launched 5+ new corridors via integrations with WeChat Pay and UniTeller, increasing coverage by 13%. Automated CX and operations workflows, reducing system-error initiated cancellations by 75%. Drove FX rate integration with markets team to expand coverage to 120+ currencies and increased yearly transaction volume by over 1000% ($1.6B increase). Initiated multi-year modernization of legacy USD Wire payments processor handling 800k+ daily transactions totaling $3.3 trillion, migrating 75M retail accounts to modular cloud-based architecture."},{"name":"AForm","position":"Co-Founder, Product Lead","location":"New York City Metropolitan Area","url":"https://aform.io","startDate":"2022-08-01","endDate":"2023-04-30","summary":"Co-founded startup (incubated through Hashed) to build 3D to XR interoperability conversion engine for digital fashion assets and NFTs, partnering with RPM, The Sandbox, and Tommy Hilfiger. Led development of automated B2B2C AR virtual try-on solution for jewelry and fashion brands via Snapchat AR Lens Studio. Launched phygital-NFT powered, NFC-chipped shirt collection at NFT.NYC and Art Blocks Marfa."},{"name":"Warby Parker","position":"Product Manager, E-Commerce & Financial Systems","location":"New York City Metropolitan Area","url":"https://warbyparker.com","startDate":"2021-01-01","endDate":"2022-08-31","summary":"Automated key customer experience workflows saving 550+ CX hours annually and adding $551K/yr in value while driving 2x insurance sales. Shipped new checkout and payment stack including Stripe, Affirm, PayPal, and 5 insurers, driving +3% incremental bookings (~$10M/yr) for web and mobile. Resolved $3M+ accounting backlog and implemented system enhancements."},{"name":"Mediaocean","position":"Product Manager, Buy Side Platform","location":"New York City Metropolitan Area","url":"https://mediaocean.com","startDate":"2018-07-01","endDate":"2021-01-31","summary":"Co-designed on-chain tracking for Fortune 500 media spend in ad-transparency initiative with IBM. Launched APAC-entry B2B SaaS platform and integrated Google and Facebook ad APIs, driving +15% engagement per session."},{"name":"BEAM Interactive","position":"Product Management (Production) Intern","location":"Greater Boston Area","url":"https://beamland.com","startDate":"2017-01-01","endDate":"2017-01-01","summary":"BEAM Interactive is an experience design and digital marketing agency, offering web and mobile product solutions to businesses and clients across automotive, financial services, healthcare, and other industries."},{"name":"Julius Influencer Marketing Software","position":"Product Management Intern","location":"New York City Metropolitan Area","url":"https://juliusworks.com","startDate":"2017-01-01","endDate":"2017-01-01","summary":"Julius is an end-to-end influencer marketing SaaS platform, offering Brands and Agencies influencer search and discovery, campaign management, and a robust suite of reporting solutions. • Led collaboration between engineering, design, and marketing/sales teams to identify market opportunities, validate roadmap, and coordinate launch strategies of core product offerings within a startup-oriented environment • Executed launch of FTC compliance Natural Language Processing (NLP) detection software, driving marketing execution strategies and creating plans to track product metrics and user testing • Conducted market research and competitive analysis to identify and initiate Ayzenburg API integration opportunity, enabling launch for EMVI artificial intelligence (AI) tool • Ideated and prioritized roadmap initiatives, created high fidelity wireframes using standardized designs systems, and streamlined product execution for Campaign Metrics Reporting Dashboard, helping to generate 10 new client agency acquisitions within first two months of release"},{"name":"Jeppesen, a Boeing Company","position":"Technical Product Management Intern","location":"Greater Denver Area","url":"https://jeppesen.com","startDate":"2016-01-01","endDate":"2016-01-01","summary":"Jeppesen is a Boeing subsidiary and part of the Digital Aviation business unit within Boeing Commercial Aviation Services. Boeing offers the industry’s largest portfolio of services, support, and solutions, collectively known as the Boeing Edge, providing customers a competitive advantage by solving real operational problems, enabling better decisions, maximizing efficiency and improving environmental performance across the entire aviation ecosystem."},{"name":"Zencare.co","position":"Web Developer","location":"New York City Metropolitan Area","url":"https://zencare.co","startDate":"2016-01-01","endDate":"2016-01-01","summary":"Zencare is a multi-sided health and wellness referral network that better connects clients with therapists that best fit their needs. Zencare streamlines the therapist search process by providing up-to-date availability and insurance information, therapist videos, and a vetted network to ensure quality care. Whether starting a new practice, reaching a target clientele, or filling daytime appointments, Zencare also allows therapists to reach their ideal clients."},{"name":"Brown University","position":"Computing & Media Technology Student Technician","location":"Providence, Rhode Island, United States","startDate":"2015-03-01","endDate":"2016-05-01"},{"name":"iD Tech Camps","position":"Computer Programming Instructor","location":"New York, United States","url":"https://idtech.com","startDate":"2015-01-01","endDate":"2015-01-01"},{"name":"WBRU","position":"Business Intern","location":"Rhode Island, United States","url":"https://wbru.com","startDate":"2014-01-01","endDate":"2014-01-01"},{"name":"Société Générale","position":"Office of the COO / Operations Department Intern","location":"245 Park Ave, New York, NY 10167","url":"https://societegenerale.com","startDate":"2012-01-01","endDate":"2013-01-01"}],"education":[{"institution":"Brown University","url":"https://brown.edu","studyType":"Bachelor's degree in Computer Science","startDate":"2014-09-01","endDate":"2018-06-01"},{"institution":"Northfield Mount Hermon","startDate":"2009-01-01","endDate":"2013-01-01"}],"projects":[{"name":"Glue (prev. Hole DAO)","description":"Glue (prev. Hole DAO) is bridging the gap between creators and Web3 to enable new paradigms of artistic/ cultural cultivation. • Organized 2 Brooklyn-based artist markets for Glue, an artist event for NFT.NYC, & fundraiser with FWB DAO that raised $50k for local venue in need that collectively reached 70k social media impressions"},{"name":"Mirrorwerx","description":"Mirrorwerx is a luxury fashion brand harnessing the power of blockchain technology to reinvent the way we design, produce and sell clothes. Our mission is to disrupt a broken industry by demonstrating radically transparent and sustainable business practices while transforming the role of customer from passive consumer to informed and invested collaborative co-creators. • Assisted in launching Mirrorwerx’s phygital NFT collection of NFC-chip enabled silk shirts designed with AI generative artist Daniel Arena at Dispatch’s NFT.NYC ‘23 Showfields event & Art Blocks Marfa event"}],"skills":[{"name":"Product Management"},{"name":"Product Marketing"},{"name":"Product Design"},{"name":"Project Management"},{"name":"Product Lifecycle Management"},{"name":"Software Development"},{"name":"Scrum"},{"name":"Quality Assurance"},{"name":"kanban"},{"name":"Data Structures"},{"name":"Web Development"},{"name":"Wireframing"},{"name":"Usability Testing"},{"name":"Algorithms"},{"name":"PowerPoint"},{"name":"Java"},{"name":"Microsoft Excel"},{"name":"Photoshop"},{"name":"HTML"},{"name":"CSS"},{"name":"Google Analytics"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"SQL"},{"name":"JavaScript"},{"name":"Databases"},{"name":"Python (Programming Language)"},{"name":"JIRA"},{"name":"Leadership"},{"name":"Stakeholder Management"},{"name":"Presentation Skills"},{"name":"Client Relations"},{"name":"Cross-functional Team Leadership"},{"name":"English"},{"name":"Spanish"},{"name":"A/B Testing"},{"name":"Business Case Development"},{"name":"Feature Prioritization"},{"name":"Expectations Management"},{"name":"UX Research"},{"name":"Global Client Management"},{"name":"KPI Reports"},{"name":"Scope Management"},{"name":"Technology Roadmapping"},{"name":"Query Optimization"},{"name":"User Requirements"},{"name":"End User Training"},{"name":"User Interviews"},{"name":"User Personas"},{"name":"Confluence"},{"name":"Product Backlog"}],"awards":[{"title":"August Zschirpe Memorial Award","date":"2013-05-01","awarder":"Northfield Mount Hermon"},{"title":"Williams College Book Award","date":"2012-05-01","awarder":"Northfield Mount Hermon"}]}