brianmcmichael

Currently consulting developer with Prototech Labs. Contract design, development, buildout, security, and testing for new and existing projects. Worked with Ajna Finance, MZero Protocol, Coinbase, Summer.fi, and others. (2023-)

Previously Senior Protocol Engineer working on MakerDAO core contracts from launch, built and maintained core tooling, governance, and security. Designed and developed protocol payment systems, liquidations 2.0 module, RWA modules, governance contract libraries, and had fingerprints on all of the essential components of the protocol during my time there. Worked closely with many flagship projects in the Ethereum space. (2019-2023)

Lead Engineer for blockchain technology at Safechain Financial. Worked with local governments and title agencies to perform the first on-chain real estate transfers in the United States. Built on-chain system using digital stamping and IPFS storage for document control between county auditor, recorder, and engineer's office (2018-2019)

Application Research and Development at The Ohio Supercomputer Center. Built HPC applications for internal and public use. Founding engineer in the open-source OpenOndemand project, currently running on hundreds of large compute clusters internationally. (2015-2019)

Co-Organizer of Ethereum Columbus meetup group. Arranged speakers and communication for the local Ethereum meetup group. (2017-)

Over a decade of Open Source contributions on Github.

Education:

• MS Applied Computer Science, University West Georgia
• Adv. Dipl Quantitiative History, University of Oxford
• BA History, Ohio State University
• BA Philosophy, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
• Certification Software Engineering, CSCC
• Certification MIS/Project Management, CSCC