Journey
Present
Co-Founder, The Based Labs
Building programmable money where thr rules are embedded in the money itself.
2022–25
Independent web3 builder
Smart contracts, DAOs, DeFi, NFTs learning in the deep end of the pool
2021–22
A break with the default path
Figuring out what I wanted to do long term
2018–21
Sr. Design Technologist, Expedia
Worked at the seam between design and engineering, translating research, interaction ideas, and product constraints into shippable systems.
2016–18
Master’s in Human-Computer Interaction, Indiana University Bloomington
Honing my craft and eye for design
2014–16
Early builder years
Worked as a full-stack developer in healthcare SaaS, while slowly realizing I was more interested in what should be built and why than only how to build it.
2010–14
Engineering at Manipal Institute of Technology
A conventional technical foundation, useful in hindsight because it gave me the tools to later move across disciplines without romanticizing any of them.