Building non-custodial managed-account infrastructure for autonomous finance.
I lead protocol and agent infrastructure for Sail: runtime-enforced mandates, self-custodial smart accounts, scoped permissions, workflow orchestration, and DeFi execution systems that let agents act continuously without taking custody of user funds.
Measured results
Quantified Sail beta metrics and third-party signals across YC-backed engineering, ETHGlobal awards, and Stevens founder work.
Processed during Sail beta across swaps, bridges, deposits, and redeems.
Beta activity, separated from the new protocol release.
$600K+ AUM during Sail beta.
Led non-custodial managed-account architecture with mandates enforced by code.
Sail story
Sail moved from an AI-agent beta into deeper infrastructure for non-custodial managed accounts.
Safe or account holds assets and controls revocation.
Permission signer authorizes a live policy reference.
Route, calldata, value, workflow, return, gas, and fee checks.
Manager or agent acts without taking custody.
Sail's beta proved demand for self-custodial autonomous financial execution. Users deposited stablecoins into Sail Accounts, configured preferences, and let agents execute DeFi actions such as swaps, bridges, deposits, redeems, and yield allocation.
The new protocol direction is non-custodial managed-account infrastructure for DeFi: owners keep custody, managers or agents execute within approved mandates, and runtime checks reject out-of-policy actions before funds move.
Company-level evidence for performance, risk controls, and allocation infrastructure.
Public Q1 report showing Sail's USD stablecoin APY against the market median, with +47.1% relative outperformance and risk-controlled execution across active DeFi sources.
Full Q1 report Risk systems Live DeFi risk responsePublic Sail article describing Sonar's detection and response model across major DeFi risk events. This supports Sail's risk-infrastructure credibility without positioning Sonar as a solo project.
Sonar article Optimization engine Cross-chain, multi-assetTechnical report on Sail's optimization engine: source scoring, transaction-cost awareness, concentration penalties, and adaptive allocation behavior across DeFi venues.
Optimization reportCareer
Operating track record across autonomous finance, YC-backed product engineering, civic infrastructure, hackathon systems, and identity research.
Led architecture for the new Sail Protocol and permission layer, including contract development, the 4337-to-7702 migration, workflow orchestration tooling for agent iteration, and the bridge between smart contracts, backend services, SDKs, and agent runtimes.
Built a Launchpad-backed civic governance platform with a bootstrapped team of three. Quae partnered with Stevens Student Government and expanded into Hoboken community work with local organizations and city relationships.
Built a decentralized identity and authorization prototype for application-level trust, access control, and portable user authority at Stevens Institute of Technology, presented as an Ansary finalist project.
Articles
Dated writing across autonomous finance, agent infrastructure, product design, and company-building.
ETHCC notes on account-layer trust, scoped execution, onchain fee logic, and per-user agents.
User-defined financial agents, protocol-level trust rails, agent identity, and machine-native payments.
Fungi-to-Sail journey across agent tooling, Studio, session keys, stablecoin yield agents, and the 7702 upgrade path.
How personal hobbies support resilience, measurable growth, emotional outlets, and better networking as a founder.
Smile Now product thesis: friend-based social media, private groups, healthier notifications, and memory capture.
Making protocol systems legible to people who do not live inside the terminology.
Opt-in data ownership, anonymized analytics, creator monetization, and fairer internet data markets.
Quae product update covering voting UX, team growth, Hoboken outreach, verification, and Stevens expansion.
Skills
Practical capability across product surfaces, agent tooling, smart accounts, DeFi integrations, and platform operations.
Production code across product surfaces, agent services, and smart contracts.
Full-stack interfaces, APIs, workflow tools, and backend services.
Agent runtime design, MCP/tool interfaces, CLI workflows, local models, and orchestration.
Smart accounts, scoped permissions, protocol execution, and DeFi integration paths.
Databases, cloud deployment, auth boundaries, and engineering operations.
Field notes
A visual pass through Sail events and workshops, Stevens Launchpad, Quae community work, and Cabal Labs build sprints.
Contact
Best for investor diligence, customer or partner evaluation, senior technical roles, and conversations around autonomous finance infrastructure.
