Engineering leader, architect, and founder specializing in distributed systems, financial infrastructure, trading systems, blockchain networks, and platform engineering.

Over the past 20+ years I have built and delivered production systems spanning enterprise integration, payments, stablecoin infrastructure, distributed networks, execution systems, and blockchain protocols. My experience ranges from early-stage startups through enterprise organizations supporting 50+ staff and annual planning portfolios exceeding $3M.

Recent work includes:

• Rust-based trading infrastructure evaluating 1000+ routes/sec
• Route graphs spanning 17,000+ assets, 8,000+ liquidity pools, and 2.3M+ routes
• Stablecoin payment infrastructure and cross-chain settlement systems
• Distributed blockchain networks supporting 300+ nodes and 600+ validators
• Rust-based Polkadot parachain design and implementation

Resume Variants

Engineering Leadership

Focus areas:

• Engineering Management
• Architecture
• Delivery
• Organizational Scaling

Engineering – Trading Systems

Focus areas:

• Trading Systems
• Execution Infrastructure
• Market Infrastructure
• Liquidity Mapping
• Strategy Analytics

Engineering – Financial Infrastructure

Focus areas:

• Distributed Systems
• Financial Infrastructure
• Payments
• Stablecoins
• Execution Systems

Engineering – Platform Engineering & Distributed Systems

Focus areas:

• Distributed Systems
• Platform Engineering
• Software Architecture
• Rust
• Infrastructure

Engineering Leadership

• Scaled Harmony engineering organization from 6 to 20 engineers
• Led cross-functional teams of up to 10 engineers, product, and research staff
• Managed annual planning portfolio exceeding $3M across 100+ initiatives
• Founded and scaled Global Enterprise Solutions to approximately $800k annual revenue
• Recruited and onboarded engineers across the United States, Africa, India, and fully remote environments

Trading & Execution Infrastructure

• Built execution infrastructure evaluating 1000+ routes/sec
• Built route graphs spanning 17,000+ assets and 2.3M+ routes
• Designed liquidity mapping, route evaluation, simulation, pricing, and execution systems
• Developed historical replay and strategy analytics platforms
• Researched and prototyped intent-based execution systems

Distributed Systems

• Built a Rust-based Polkadot parachain and distributed application platform
• Supported Harmony Mainnet launch, staking infrastructure, and validator ecosystem
• Coordinated 50+ production network upgrades
• Supported infrastructure spanning 300+ nodes and 600+ validators
• Built large-scale enterprise integration and API platforms

Solver

High-performance execution infrastructure built in Rust.

Key capabilities:

• Liquidity ingestion
• Liquidity mapping
• Route evaluation
• Simulation
• Pricing
• Execution
• Settlement

Highlights:

• 17,000+ assets
• 8,000+ liquidity pools
• 2.3M+ routes
• Peak throughput exceeding 1,100 route evaluations/sec

Further reading:

• Solving, Arbitrage & Market Making

Salus

Next-generation trading research and analytics platform.

Key capabilities:

• Historical replay
• Strategy analytics
• Route generation
• Evaluation infrastructure
• Cross-venue trading research

Current scale:

• 3,400+ assets
• 4,500+ protocol components
• 9,100+ graph edges
• 2.3M+ generated routes

EAVE

Polkadot-based DeFi parachain and distributed application platform.

Highlights:

• Rust-based parachain implementation
• Validator infrastructure
• Governance architecture
• Tokenomics design
• Developer tooling
• Whitepaper and fundraising

Outcome:

• Approximately $300,000 investor commitments
• Multiple architecture and protocol design documents

Further reading:

• EAVE Whitepaper
• Parachain Design

Principal Engineer / Founder

Independent Research & Development (2018–Present)

Research, protocol development, fundraising, and consulting across distributed systems, execution infrastructure, blockchain networks, and financial platforms.

Primary initiatives:

• Solver
• Salus
• EAVE

Engineering Manager / Senior Protocol Engineer

Eco (2023–2025)

• Led cross-functional engineering team of 8–10 staff
• Built stablecoin infrastructure and programmable money systems
• Delivered cross-chain routing and settlement infrastructure
• Managed hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and delivery execution

Ecosystem Architect

Harmony (2019–2020)

• Scaled engineering organization from 6 to 20 engineers
• Delivered mainnet launch, staking infrastructure, APIs, and SDKs
• Coordinated 50+ production upgrades
• Supported 300+ nodes and 600+ validators

Chief Technology Officer

Loyyal (2016–2018)

• Led engineering teams across the United States and Africa
• Built enterprise blockchain and loyalty infrastructure
• Delivered solutions for IBM, Deloitte, Emirates Airlines, and CIBC

Enterprise Architect / Founder / Engineering Manager

EFI, Autodesk, Global Enterprise Solutions (1986–2016)

• Managed $3M annual planning portfolio
• Coordinated delivery across 100+ initiatives and 50+ staff
• Built large-scale SOA and integration platforms
• Founded and scaled Global Enterprise Solutions

• https://github.com/jincubator
• https://github.com/EaveNetwork
• https://github.com/johnwhitton

Bachelor of Computer Science
University of Queensland