Roles

  • Mandate Chief DeFi Officer Feb 2026 – Present
    • Architect Mandate's agentic finance layer, evolving the agent from direct execution into an intelligence layer that strengthens strategy reliability.
    • Build the DeFi strategy knowledge base: a RAG pipeline and strategy templates that ground the product's AI agents in real-time market data.
    • Translate liquidity flows and contract risk into simplified DeFi products across Base, Arbitrum, and Robinhood Chain.
    • Lead go-to-market, brand voice, and $MANDATE tokenomics.
  • Factor.fi
    Head of DeFi Aug 2024 – Present
    • Define Factor's protocol integration strategy: which DeFi protocols to onboard and how they combine into coherent financial products.
    • Translate financial strategy into technical build specifications, partnering with engineering to convert contract-level complexity into simplified DeFi flows for users.
    • Built and manage Factor Operated vaults; own Factor Docs, covering platform, tokenomics, and strategy explainers.
    Lead Technical Writer Feb 2024 – Jul 2024
    • Managed Factor's technical documentation at Factor Docs, the primary reference for developers and users integrating with the protocol.
    • Authored deep-dive technical content on Factor's Medium publication, translating protocol mechanics and DeFi strategy for a technical audience.
  • Kyber Network Technical Writer Feb 2023 – Feb 2024
    • Owner of KyberSwap Docs and the KyberSwap Academy, writing across all technical levels from new-user guides to protocol research and API specs.
    • Grew organic search traffic to the Docs and Blog by producing content that ranked in the top 10 for DeFi-specific search terms.
    • Presented KyberAI at Token2049.
  • DBS Bank Blockchain Technical Specialist, Institutional Banking Group Tech Aug 2020 – Jun 2022
    • Advised the Capital Markets team on the application supporting security token listings and client onboarding to the DBS Digital Exchange.
    • Delivered the operations console for Climate Impact X, supporting settlement and registrar services for voluntary carbon credit trading.
    • Managed the full lifecycle of app delivery, from business analysis through stakeholder workshops to product management.
  • Smartcademy Blockchain Trainer Ad hoc Facilitated a multi-day professional course covering blockchain and cryptocurrency concepts.
  • IBM Application Developer & Blockchain Pre-Sales Consultant May 2019 – Aug 2020
    • Delivered hybrid cloud application solutions built on Hyperledger Fabric and IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, working with clients on end-to-end blockchain architecture.
    • Collaborated across teams on microservice-based software architecture to support clients' cloud migration.
  • JLL
    Business Intelligence Consultant Jan 2018 – May 2019
    • Delivered enterprise software tools including ESRI-based network planning, M&A dashboards and scorecards, and a mobile lease explorer.
    • Consolidated client requirements and technical feasibility across UX/UI design, data governance, and systems design.
    Management Trainee Jan 2017 – Dec 2017
    • Completed two rotations, in Integrated Facilities Management Solutions Development and Corporate Solutions Consulting.
    • Delivered portfolio lease management and strategy for the APAC division of a global IT company and a professional social network platform, plus workplace utilisation studies in Malaysia.

Official contributions

Freelance Work

Media

  • MONEY FM 89.3

    Societal impact of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Aug 2022

  • CNA938 Money Mind

    Cryptocurrencies as a form of investment. Jul 2022

  • The Straits Times

    Singapore's cryptocurrency scene. Sep 2022

  • e27

    Blockchain technology beyond cryptocurrency and NFTs. Sep 2022

  • gradsingapore

    Blockchain, cryptocurrency, and fintech advice for new graduates. Aug 2022

  • Tech Trade Asia

    Blockchain concepts in the business context. Jul 2022

Writing elsewhere

  • Medium Analysis and technical guides are also duplicated to Medium, with this site set as the canonical source. More complex pieces, like the interactive work under Prying, remain here only.

Education

  • University College London BSc Urban Planning and Real Estate, 2:1 Sep 2013 – Aug 2016 Awarded the Departmental Prize 2013–14 for the highest-achieving first-year student in the Bartlett School of Planning BSc programmes.
  • Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) International Baccalaureate Jan 2009 – Nov 2012