Jan 2023 – Jan 2026 · 3 yrs · Remote · Remote

• Helped Series A-C startups and profitable SaaS companies solve critical engineering problems.

Jan 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos · New York, New York, United States · Remote

• Built privacy-first federated learning platform enabling enterprise clients like AstraZeneca to train AI models without exposing raw data.
• Achieved ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type I in four months, turning compliance into a competitive advantage. This speed enabled 50% faster partner onboarding and opened access to regulated industries.
• Re-architected Alicenet v2 blockchain for 4× transaction throughput and 30% lower node costs. Managed multi-million budget while cutting cloud waste 20%.
• The approach: design for trust and compliance from day one, making security an accelerator rather than a blocker.

Nov 2019 – Jul 2023 · 3 yrs 8 mos · New York, United States · Remote

• Scaled blockchain infrastructure platform from startup to $3.25B valuation, becoming the institutional standard for digital asset infrastructure.
• Grew engineering from 10 to 187 engineers across 14 countries while maintaining 96% retention (vs 68% industry average). Built infrastructure handling $500B+ in digital asset transactions with zero security incidents.
• Key achievements:
• 99.98% uptime for infrastructure processing 2M+ daily API calls
• $2M+ annual savings through 70% cloud cost reduction
• Deployment efficiency: 4.5 hours → 2 minutes (99.3% improvement)
• Zero security incidents across critical financial infrastructure
• Scaled team 18x while retaining top engineering talent
• The result: Blockdaemon became the trusted infrastructure provider for institutional clients requiring enterprise-grade reliability.

Jun 2019 – Nov 2019 · 5 mos · Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

• Piloted SRE practices across government teams, improving operational reliability by 40% in 5 months by reframing SRE as prevention rather than cure.

Jul 2018 – Jun 2019 · 11 mos

• Saved £4.5M over 3 years by defining buy-vs-build policies and architecting the bank's migration from on-premise to Google Cloud.

Feb 2018 – Jul 2018 · 5 mos · Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

• Led infrastructure recovery programme for new insurance platform. Reduced deployment times from 4.5 hours to 2 minutes. Cut opex by 20%, increased productivity by 100%, and resolved critical security concerns through DevSecOps redesign.

Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr · Greater New York City Area

• Parachuted in to recover VC-backed art asset evaluation platform using machine learning. Reduced technical debt within 4 months and led successful onboarding of first enterprise client (Bank of America), including their data security compliance framework and disaster recovery plan.

Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs · Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

• Developed architecture for VR game 'Eve Valkyrie' (PS4VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive). Built highly scalable infrastructure managing multiple global online players simultaneously. Designed innovative algorithms improving team matching and user experience.

Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 · 3 yrs · Manhattan, New York

• Led design and implementation of REST API for media brand. Reduced costs by 900% by analysing asset processing pipelines and migrating from legacy PHP to CQRS and API-based AWS architecture with unit testing and integration.

Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 · 2 yrs · Altea, Spain

• Led system and software development for world-famous high-traffic websites. Managed development teams, introducing Agile approaches to drive consistency and on-time client deliveries.

Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 · 4 yrs · Alcoy, Spain

• Designed solutions architecture to expand products into new markets. Reduced data management costs from €5,000 to €300 per month by porting infrastructure to hybrid solution. Deployed XML feed aggregator for hotel providers to attract B2B clients.

Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 · 3 yrs · Barcelona Area, Spain

• Developing, improving and extending a key payment gateway service across 150 countries.

Jan 2001 – Jan 2004 · 3 yrs · Torrevieja, Spain

• Lead web developer and Linux system administrator.

Jan 2000 – Jan 2002 · 2 yrs

• Supporting a portfolio of military engineering development projects.

Jan 1988 – Jan 2000 · 12 yrs · UK

• Deployed on various military operations globally. Developed discipline, operational precision, and leadership under pressure that shaped my approach to building resilient engineering teams.