Experience
After studying economics, I interned at an AI startup working on computer vision for GAA, then moved to Zurich for a technology consulting role. I worked on projects for multinationals, scale-ups, and governments with AI and blockchain strategy. I also spent time at ZK Hack where I worked on a new website, educational initiatives, and covered zero-knowledge research at conferences.
While reviewing work on ZK-ML, I realized I wanted to get a deeper understanding of the state of AI, so I went back to study Information Systems at the University of Amsterdam's CS department. Here I was able to study NLP and information retrieval, carrying out my thesis at the Amsterdam NLU lab on multilingual inference strategies. After graduating, I joined eDesk's product team to bring AI capabilities to their customer support platform. Most recently, I work at IBM on mission-critical infrastructure.
Timeline
A quick path through the work, research, and degrees that shaped my product perspective. Click a card to expand.
Working on education, developer experience, and ecosystem clarity for MQTT. Focused on improving the website and documentation, making developer onboarding clearer, and helping the broader industry understand when and why MQTT is the right tool for the job.
Leading product strategy for Agentic AI infrastructure, MQTT/IoT expansion, and cloud-native deployments for IBM MQ through shipping the EKS Operator.
Designed and shipped AI-powered features including sentiment and intent classification. Reduced API costs through model optimization and prompt tuning. Enabled eDesk to position itself from a cost centre to a revenue enabler through Intelligent Pre-Sales
Graduated in the top 10% (8/10). Research focus on multilingual LLM inference and Chain-of-Thought prompting methods at the Amsterdam NLU Lab.
Head of ZK Hack's educational initiatives, including the zkMesh newsletter, website design and development, and The Moon Math Study Club. Worked to enhance the ZK community's understanding of cryptography through content and partnership management, with the goal of driving research forward.
Led blockchain strategy consulting for government and NGO clients. Product Lead for a decentralized IP marketplace that helped the client raise Series B funding.
First Class Honours, GPA 3.86