Founder & Technical Lead · BTechs
BTechs is a New York charitable nonprofit delivering public-interest technology: resilient, self-sovereign digital and financial infrastructure for individuals, community organizations, and nonprofits — and security- and privacy-focused, equitable AI/ML education.
Role & Responsibilities
- Product Owner and Technical Lead for the DCI Global Research Map, the public platform mapping MIT DCI's global Bitcoin research network — owned from concept through launch.
- Architect and operate the full production stack: PostgreSQL/Supabase database, Vercel hosting and deployments, and GitHub-based source control and CI/CD, from local development through production.
- Lead product and technical consulting engagements for individual and nonprofit clients — web platforms, cloud environments, and development workflows from requirements through launch.
- Design and teach applied AI/ML workshops on Google Cloud: Introduction to AI and Machine Learning, Preparing Data for ML APIs, Creating and Evaluating ML Models with BigQuery ML (classification and forecasting), and Dialogflow conversational agents.
- Co-lead BTechs' global Bitcoin education program — workshops building community capacity for self-custody and sovereign financial tooling.
- Represent BTechs at industry events and speaking engagements; cultivate relationships with leading Bitcoin researchers worldwide.
Skills built & sharpened
Zero-to-one product ownershipFull-stack architecturePostgreSQL / SupabaseVercelGitHub CI/CDGoogle Cloud AI/MLBigQuery MLCurriculum designCommunity & research partnershipsNonprofit leadership
Outcomes, plotted
Live
DCI Global Research Map in production
9
Universities on the Global Mapping committee
4
Applied AI/ML workshop tracks on Google Cloud
E2E
Product, architecture, build & ops in one seat
The Global Mapping Committee
The committee I lead on the DCI Global Research Map — PhD researchers and professors hailing from these institutions, spanning computer science, mathematics, environmental science, law and government banking, philosophy, and electrical engineering. Coordinated as MIT DCI Global Research Network Global Mapping committee lead.
Reed College
