Alphaledger · 2022—Now
Vulcan Forge
Architecture, implementation, and documentation for an enterprise API platform that issues, manages, and settles regulated real-world assets on Solana.
Explore the APIFinancial infrastructure · Solana · Zurich
Building the rails whereTradFi meets DeFi.
I architect clearing, settlement, and risk systems for markets that cannot afford ambiguity—then bring that discipline onchain.
20+years in financial systems
5M+trades processed daily
3B+risk data points evaluated
500M+clearing records warehoused
Selected work
Infrastructure, not theater.
Systems designed around the hard parts: finality, control, recoverability, and the real operating model of regulated markets.
OCC · Chicago
Clearing at market scale
Core post-trade, positions, exercise, assignment, settlement, FIXML, and risk platforms serving every listed U.S. options market.
DTCC · New York
Risk platform modernization
Architecture validation for multi-year replacement of pricing, real-time analytics, risk management, reporting, and data platforms.
Recent writing
Notes from the build.
My AI Workflows + AI Tools & Central Logging
My current AI workflows, how multiple agents work together, and how I built centralized logging for client-side and backend application telemetry.
Read articleConstitutive Tokenization: What the Chain Should—and Shouldn't—Do
Counterpoints and ideas on constitutive tokenization, records of ownership, the Walkaway Test, and what blockchains should do.
Read articleRefactoring with AI Tools and Effective Questioning
I find refactoring to be one of the most useful tasks to give to AI tools. Based on my experience they do these jobs thoroughly and with high quality, if guided well.
Read articleWhat comes next