Senior decentralized ledger technologies engineer with strong research (former physicist/data scientist) fundamentals & entrepreneurial mindset based in Vancouver, Canada. Enjoys developing secure, scalable web3 infrastructure & products using applied cryptography protocols & machine learning algorithms for optimizations - while sharing insights with experts & non-experts alike. Previously, built a blockchain data analytics & an education tech startup as a machine learning engineer/co-founder. Further aided pan European field operations as a solutions consultant for Freshworks Inc, handling enterprise account consultations & implementations for SaaS / ITSM for the BeNeLux, Nordic & DACH markets, out of Berlin, Germany.

Prior to moving into the tech industry, worked as an experimental nuclear fusion engineer using Bayesian prediction methods on spectroscopic experimental data from advanced fusion reactors (Stellarators/Tokamaks) at the Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics at Greifswald (W7-X) & Munich (ASDEX-UG). Also, participated in many international experimental fusion projects across Europe in Madrid (CIEMAT), Prague (IPP), Cadarache (CEA-ITER), and Lisbon (IPF).

Graduated magna cum laude in Engineering Physics from the Universities of Ghent, Stuttgart, Nancy, and Madrid (Carlos III and Complutense) on a full Erasmus Mundus scholarship post serving as a junior research fellow (JRF) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, India.