Landmark Projects
Signature engagements that define my practice.
Bancor Foundation
Advisor & Whitepaper Author
Rewrote the whitepaper and advised the foundation that pioneered decentralized exchange and automated market maker design. My work helped articulate the economic logic of continuous liquidity — a concept that now underpins billions in digital asset volume.
Key outcome: Articulated the economic logic of continuous liquidity.
New York State Assembly & Attorney General
Policy Advisor
Advised on blockchain policy and local currency regulation ahead of the BitLicense framework. Provided testimony and strategic guidance on how community currencies could operate within existing and emerging regulatory structures.
Key outcome: Shaped policy discourse around community currencies and blockchain regulation in New York.
City of Berkeley
Testifying Expert
Testified before Berkeley City Council on blockchain-based community micro-bonds — exploring how municipal governments could leverage distributed ledger technology to finance local infrastructure and community wealth-building projects.
Key outcome: Positioned community micro-bonds as a viable municipal finance tool.
Cornell Law School
Instructor (Spring 2019 & Fall 2019)
Served as instructor under Prof. Robert Hockett, teaching on blockchain, regenerative finance, and the legal dimensions of emerging economic systems. Designed curriculum and facilitated seminar discussions with law students exploring the intersection of law, technology, and economic justice.
Key outcome: Developed curriculum at the intersection of law, technology, and economic justice.
Ithacash - i$ Ithaca Dollars
Product & Strategy Lead
Digitized America's oldest and largest local currency, transforming the 30-year-old Ithaca HOURS paper currency into a mobile-first digital payments platform. Led product strategy, community engagement, and technical implementation.
Key outcome: Brought a 30-year-old local currency into the digital age.
HERO Rewards
System Designer
Designed community rewards and incentive mechanics for local impact — creating a system that aligns individual action with community benefit through transparent, verifiable incentives.
Key outcome: Designed incentive architecture for community-led impact.
MycoFi
Co-creator
Co-created mycelial design patterns for Web3 and beyond — drawing inspiration from fungal networks to design decentralized, resilient, and regenerative financial systems. The project explores how dormant community resources can be mobilized through decomposition and redistribution.
Key outcome: Developed a distinctive design language — "mycelial patterns" — now recognized in the regenerative finance field.
Pathways to Regeneration
Co-author
Co-authored with Stephen DeMeulenaere, articulating "Anticipatory Design as Societal Acupuncture" — a framework for understanding interconnected problems and designing holistic solutions aligned with life's regenerative processes.
Key outcome: Published a book (2025) that frames anticipatory design as a method for systemic change.
Current Practice
Active roles that keep me grounded in the work.
Historical / Past Projects
Completed engagements that shaped my practice.
- FoxFire — Co-Founder & President, systems design consultancy (ended 2026)
- Citizen Wallet — Product & Strategy, open-source community currency wallet (ended 2025)
- Regen Coordination — Council Member, Ethereum Localism networks (ended 2025)
- OpenCivics Labs — Contributor, civic innovation for resilient futures (ended 2025)
- Commons Hub Austria — Global Ambassador (2023–2026); event facilitator; "Fire Team Captain" keeping the Liquidity Pool hot tub running
- BlockScience — Extended Family, complex systems engineering (prior engagement)
- ReFi DAO Local Node Incubator (2024) — Curriculum developer & lead instructor team
- Qoin Foundation — Strategic plan authorship
- Maharishi International University (2010–2011) — Teaching Assistant for Sustainable Finance under Prof. Stuart Valentine
- TEDxIthacaCollege (2014) — Speaker
- Bretton Woods 75 — Speaker
And many more — the full list spans 50+ projects across community currencies, blockchain policy, and regenerative systems design.