CTO/Tech Lead, LLM & Distributed Systems

A highly experienced Senior Engineer / Tech Lead with 20+ years of experience, having progressed from IC to EM, Director, and CTO, with multiple successful exits. This individual is capable of hands-on technical work or owning an entire technical organization. Key highlights include designing and shipping a commercial LLM end-to-end (algorithms → training → MLops), launching and auditing major blockchain systems (e.g., Tezos), and delivering production systems for major clients like Oracle, Shell, and Time Warner. They also built and scaled a software NGO with over 500k supporters. Strengths include transforming ambiguous problems into shippable systems, building MVPs that are robust, expertise in ML, LLMs, RAGs, and vector DBs, rigorous code and infosec audits for mission-critical infrastructure, and achieving significant performance improvements (10x–1000x) on legacy systems. Further expertise spans Functional Programming, Compilers, DSLs, distributed systems, and security-critical code. They are a contributor to prominent open-source projects (Rust Book, Python docs) and have a background in cryptography, infosec, and formal methods, along with dozens of smart contract audits. This profile is seeking a role where they can own the stack and ship reliably.