About
I'm currently working as an EMT at LIFEwest ambulance. I previously worked as a software engineer. In my free time you can find me swimming in the San Francisco Bay, birding, or playing chess.
Work Experience
Circle
Senior Software Engineer
Phantom
Senior Backend Engineer
a16z
Protocol Specialist
0x
Software Engineer, Data Scientist
Coinbase
Data Scientist
Analysis Group
Analyst
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Research Analyst
Volunteering
Dolphin Club
Swim Commissioner
Education
University of Notre Dame
Skills
Projects
Lead Pilot Dashboard
A dashboard to assist lead pilots with planning organized swims.
Birds of SF
An automated feed of rare bird sightings in SF. Formerly on X, until X deprecated their free API tier.
Updating the Ethereum Yellow Paper
Updated the Ethereum Yellow Paper for the London, Arrow Glacier, Gray Glacier, and Paris upgrades.
Publications
Refund Protocol: Non-Custodial Dispute Resolution for Stablecoin Payments
Circle Research
April 17, 2025
Temporary ERC-20 approvals: A cheaper & safer way to do DeFi
Circle Research
October 17, 2024
TXT2TXN: Using AI (LLMs) for Intent-Based Applications
Circle Research
August 8, 2024
A New Era of Content Publishing and Licensing on the Blockchain
Bitcoin Magazine
August 4, 2017
Counterpary has Reached its Millionth Transaction
Bitcoin Magazine
July 17, 2017
The Moonbeam Scaling Network: A 'semi-decentralized' scaling solution
Bitcoin Magazine
June 16, 2017
The Pre-Crisis Monetary Policy Implementation Framework
Federal Reserve Bank of New York Staff Report
March 2017
Monetary Policy Transmission before and after the Crisis
Liberty Street Economics Blog
June 29, 2016
Is Bitcoin Really Frictionless?
Liberty Street Economics Blog
March 23, 2016
The payment system benefits of high reserve balances
Journal of Payments Strategy and Systems
Spring 2016