Platform & AI engineering · former fintech CTO / acting CISO

I build AI platforms —and the teams that own them.

VP/CTO-level platform & AI engineer who ran trading infra at 99.999% uptime while AUM scaled to $15B. Now I architect multi-model AI and agentic systems in Rust — and ship them.

Rust agentsLLM platformsMulti-model orchestrationBlockchain · SolanaSecurity & SOC 2AutomationAgentic pipelinesKubernetes · AWSMCP toolingFractional leadership

Outcomes I deliver

// in production, not slideware

The kind of results I bring to an engagement — measured, in production, under real constraints.

$0B
AUM the platform scaled to
0%
Uptime · trading & risk infra
−0%
Model deploy time
−0%
LLM inference cost
−0%
Onboarding time
−0%
CI/CD cycle time

Work with me

// engagements

Need a second opinion, a fractional leader, or someone to build and ship it? Here's how to put 25 years to work.

Advisory

AI Platform & Agent Advisory

Architecture reviews, agent-system design, and a senior set of eyes on your AI roadmap before you bet the quarter on it. Fixed-scope sprints or an ongoing retainer.

  • Platform & agent-system architecture review
  • LLM orchestration & MCP infrastructure strategy
  • Security, SOC 2 & AI-governance review
  • Technical due diligence
Book a 30-min call
Fractional

Fractional VP Platform / AI

Senior platform & AI leadership without a full-time hire. I own the roadmap, set the standards, hire and level up the team — and still write the hard parts.

  • Platform & AI roadmap + standards
  • SRE, SOC 2, FinOps discipline
  • Hire, mentor, and unblock the team
  • A few focused days a month
Book a 30-min call
Build & ship

Build the system, to production

Hands-on engagements where I come in and ship it — the agent platform, the Rust service, the Kubernetes/AWS infra — production-grade and SOC 2-ready. Fixed scope, real delivery.

  • Agent runtimes & LLM platforms in Rust
  • Kubernetes / AWS / Terraform infra
  • Production-grade, regulated-ready
  • Clear scope, shipped
Book a 30-min call
Full-time

Open to the right full-time role

If it's genuinely the right fit, I'm open to VP / Staff / Principal AI-Platform roles too — someone who owns the platform strategy and writes the hard parts.

  • VP/CTO-level + still hands-on
  • AI platform & agent systems
  • 25 years across hard, regulated domains
  • Let's talk
Book a 30-min call
01

Selected Work

github.com/njfio

A few systems I designed, built, and shipped end-to-end — pick one and go deep.

// more work
· Web3 / Trading

On-Chain Trading & Blockchain Infra

Production blockchain across Solana, Ethereum, Polygon & Cosmos — an on-chain staking program for a sports-betting product, plus an order-management system and trade-signal/data pipelines for Polymarket.

SolanaEthereumOMSRust
· AI Platform

Enterprise AI Governance

Secure, audited, fully-tracked LLM usage via Obot & Bifrost — centralized access control and per-team cost attribution across a ~50-engineer organization.

AI GovernanceSSOFinOpsObot/Bifrost
· Quant Infrastructure· NDA

Risk & Trading Platforms

Architected AWS/Azure infrastructure for quantitative analysis and risk modeling at an insurance-linked-securities firm — 99.999% uptime, SOC 2, FinOps cutting infra spend 35%, while AUM scaled from ~$800M to $15B.

AWSAzureRisk ModelingSOC 2
02

Open Source

github.com/njfio

~37 public repos — Rust, AI agents, and the plumbing in between.

03

Experience

2000 — present

Twenty-five years turning infrastructure into leverage — and teams into platforms.

2022 — Now
VP Platform Engineering, AI R&D
Multi-model LLM & agentic AI orchestration in production (deploy time −40%); MCP integrations cut client delivery ~30%. Shipped blockchain infra across Solana, Ethereum, Polygon & Cosmos — including an OMS and trade-signal pipelines for Polymarket. Stood up enterprise AI governance (Obot/Bifrost) across a ~50-engineer org. Led a platform team of up to 30 — uptime +15%, MTTR −40%, onboarding −50%, CI/CD −60%.
FP Complete Corp.
2013 — 2021
Chief Technology Officer & acting CISO
Built the global engineering org as first hire — recruited 60+ engineers to a steady-state ~40 across time zones — while the business scaled AUM from ~$800M to $15B. As acting CISO, owned the full security, IT & disaster-recovery framework; implemented SOC 2 and financial-regulatory compliance. AWS/Azure for quant & risk modeling at 99.999% uptime; FinOps cut infra spend 35%.
Nephila Advisors
2008 — 2012
Senior Systems Engineer
Ran a 1,000–2,000-node VMware estate for hedge-fund operations at 99.999% uptime; led virtualization and disaster-recovery strategy (hardware −40%). Built automated testing for all HPC and cluster designs, and managed six SAN fabrics plus the global LAN/WAN.
Nephila Capital
2000 — 2008
Enterprise Consultant & Architect
Storage and disaster-recovery specialist — designed, deployed, and supported infrastructure for business and technical clients across Colorado and Bermuda, improving reliability and reducing operational downtime.
HP · Applied Computer Technologies
04

Capabilities

// the stack

The tools I reach for, grouped by where they earn their keep.

AI / LLM
  • Agentic AI & agents
  • LLM orchestration
  • Model Context Protocol
  • Multi-model fusion
  • Token / cost optimization
  • AI governance (Obot/Bifrost)
  • OpenAI · Anthropic · LangChain
Languages
  • Rust
  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Go
  • SQL
  • Bash
Platform & Cloud
  • Kubernetes (EKS)
  • AWS · Azure
  • Terraform · Helm · Docker
  • GitHub Actions CI/CD
  • Prometheus · Grafana
  • OpenTelemetry
  • PostgreSQL · Redis
Security & Compliance
  • CISO-level leadership
  • Security / IT / DR frameworks
  • SOC 2 & financial-reg compliance
  • Identity & SSO (Okta/OAuth2)
  • Network security
Infrastructure
  • VMware (1,000+ node estates)
  • SAN & storage architecture
  • HPC & cluster design
  • LAN/WAN networking
  • DR & business continuity
Product & Web
  • Custom website & web-app design
  • Full-stack (Rust · Vue · TypeScript)
  • Streaming chat & gen-AI UIs
  • Front-end build & UX
  • Web performance
Automation
  • Workflow & marketing automation
  • Multi-agent GTM engines
  • Data scraping & analysis engines
  • Agentic & data pipelines
  • Rapid prototyping (15+ presales)
Domains
  • Trading systems & OMS
  • Regulated fintech (SOC 2)
  • Blockchain (Solana/Ethereum/Polygon/Cosmos)
  • Enterprise AI governance
  • Presales / solutions engineering
  • SRE & incident management
05

Range

beyond the stack

Proof I ship across domains: native apps, published fiction, original research.

Shipped iOS apps & games

iOS Game · Swift / SpriteKit

PULSAR: Neon Gravity

A one-thumb neon synthwave reflex game. Tap to flip gravity, thread a glowing orb through hazards, ride an original soundtrack.

iOS App · Swift

Precog

Shipped native iOS app — designed, built, and published end-to-end.

iOS App · Fitness

30-Day Challenger

On-device fitness challenge app with privacy-first design.

Writing & research

Consciousness · framework

TSR

Original interdisciplinary theory, including a Coq formalization.

// Advisory · Fractional · Build · Full-time

Let's build
something.

Tell me what you're trying to ship. Most engagements start with a 30-minute call to see if I'm the right person for it.