ProductStripesCase Studies
Proof, not promises. A look at the product work and outcomes behind ProductStripes.
Ost.com · 2019 – 2020
Building an industry-first Web3 wallet that didn't need a seed phrase
Led the product for a recoverable smart wallet with social recovery — solving the single biggest adoption blocker for mainstream Web3 users, permanent loss of funds from a lost seed phrase.
Industry-first recoverable wallet; became the foundation for 8+ brand integrations
UBS Investment Bank · 2014 – 2015
Launching a market-access product under a hard regulatory deadline
Relocated to Hong Kong to lead the product build for Stock Connect, the Northbound HK–Shanghai trading link — a fixed, immovable exchange go-live date with no room for a missed requirement.
Delivered on the exchange's go-live date across regulators, legal, ops, and engineering
Top-5 global crypto derivatives exchange · 2020 – 2022
Rebuilding KYC onboarding from the ground up
Replaced a slow, manual document-review onboarding flow with automated, risk-based screening — without loosening a single control.
80% faster onboarding, $750K+ saved annually
Open-source crypto compliance protocol · 2022 – 2024
Scaling a decentralized compliance protocol to 30+ exchanges
Set the product strategy for a decentralized, open-source Travel Rule protocol and drove adoption across the crypto exchanges that needed it.
30+ VASP integrations, multi-repo docs platform shipped
DeFi yield platform (RWA & crypto-native) · 2024 – 2025
Architecting a multi-chain DeFi yield platform from zero
Defined the full product architecture for a tokenized RWA and crypto-native yield platform, from vault standards through audited smart contracts.
Full architecture built and audited across multi-chain deployment
UBS Investment Bank · 2015 – 2017
Launching a tradable product line that grew bespoke client flow 250% YoY
Designed and launched tradable factor baskets for institutional clients — a new, standardized way to package a strategy that had previously only existed as one-off bespoke trades.
$100m+ trading notional in the first 6 months, 250% YoY growth in bespoke client flows
Barsumo (formerly Orderflow) · 2017 – 2018
Taking a B2B SaaS platform from zero to real restaurant-group traction
Co-founded and built the product for a B2B SaaS platform automating supplier ordering for bars and restaurants, going from nothing to three major restaurant groups as customers.
50+ customers in under 18 months, $2.5M+ in supplier order GMV processed