Howard T.

Howard T. has a strong background in software engineering and technical mentoring. Howard has worked for several well-known companies, including Lit Protocol, MentorCruise, zkDAO @ Harmony, STAPLEVERSE, Amazon, OpenMined, Tally Inc, Dapper Labs, Axiom Zen, and Silo.

Howard'srecent experience includes roles such as a Senior Protocol Engineer at Lit Protocol, a Technical Mentor at MentorCruise, and a Zero-Knowledge University Student at zkDAO @ Harmony. In these positions, they gained knowledge in privacy-preserving, zero-knowledge blockchain technologies and developed private compensation tooling using Groth16 zk-SNARKs.

Prior to that, Howard worked as a Software Engineer at STAPLEVERSE, where they designed secure smart contracts for the launch of FEED NFT, resulting in significant sales and a large number of unique NFT owners. Howard also served as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon, where they played a key role in integrating the Just Walk Out Physical Store with global processors.

Additionally, Howard has experience as a Technical Mentor at OpenMined, where they provided guidance in private AI courses, and as a Platform Engineer at Tally Inc, where they developed load testing frameworks and implemented distributed tracing for microservices.

Earlier in their career, they worked as a Backend Software Engineer at Dapper Labs, where they built event-driven, distributed Golang microservices and led a team of engineers. Howard also served as a Full-Stack Software Engineer at Axiom Zen, where they led the development team in full-stack architecture design for sports apps.

Before entering the industry, Howard co-founded Silo, a web platform focused on simplifying the process of searching and applying for graduate funding in the UK.

Overall, Howard T. has a diverse range of experience in software engineering, technical mentoring, and blockchain technologies, demonstrating their expertise and versatility in the field.

Howard T. has a diverse education history. Howard completed a Year Abroad (Exchange Program) in Computer Software Engineering at Princeton University from 2016 to 2017. Prior to that, they pursued a Master's degree in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford from 2013 to 2017. Howard completed their secondary education at Abingdon School from 2011 to 2013, where they achieved A2 level grades in Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, and AS level grade in Economics. Howard started their education journey at South Island School from 2006 to 2011, where they obtained 10A* grades in GCSE subjects including French, Additional Mathematics, and ICT, along with 2A grades.

Additionally, Howard T. has obtained certifications in Java Multithreading, Concurrency & Performance Optimization from Udemy in November 2020, and in Secure and Private AI from Udacity in October 2020.