Our Team
Meet the team behind WatchGold.org — experts in precious metals, finance, and technology.
Our team brings experience from leading institutions including
Cofounders
Original creator of Watchgold.org. 10+ years in software engineering across infrastructure, ML, and full-stack at top tech companies.
- Google — Software Engineer, 4+ yrs (Unified Conversions Infra; ML-powered smart chat)
- Microsoft — Software Engineer, 2 yrs (Teams & Lists; Patients App v1 frontend lead)
- Sonic Foundry — Software Engineer, 4 yrs (full-stack development)
- Specialist in large-scale data infrastructure and ML systems
Globally recognized precious metals markets expert with 30+ years trading and structuring gold and silver transactions at major international financial institutions.
- Senior leadership at Citibank, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Bear Stearns, and Koch Supply & Trading
- Provided technical guidance to the World Gold Council during the GLD ETF launch
- Deep relationships with central banks and institutional investors
- Frequently quoted by leading global financial media
Author of Mastering Gold and Silver Markets.
Carnegie Mellon CS graduate. Senior AI/ML researcher and engineer. Google Data Hackathon champion.
- DeepMind — Sr. Research Engineer (generalist agents, sequential decision making, reinforcement learning)
- Google Brain — Sr. ML Engineer, 5 yrs (RL, Cloud AI Video Intelligence, AutoML)
- Apple — ML Engineer, Special Project Group (autonomous systems)
Former AI research at DeepMind, Google Brain, Apple, and Meta.
Founding Advisors
Former J.P. Morgan Executive Director with an 18-year tenure as a Precious Metals Market Maker, specializing in derivatives and options.
- Fintech Advisor to the LBMA (London Bullion Market Association)
- Professional angel investor and Venture Partner at A100x.vc
- Active investor at the intersection of bullion, DLT, and blockchain
Advocate for the world's primary decentralized stores of value: XAU and BTC.
Harvard Business School MBA, Class of 2024 (First-Year Honors, Top 15%).
- PIMCO — Portfolio Manager, 1.5 yrs
- Shell — Crude Oil Trader, 5 yrs (proprietary trading in London and Singapore)
- Morgan Stanley IB (M&A Healthcare); Bain Capital; Fidelity International equity research
- MIT cross-register in quantitative strategies and machine learning
Commodities trading, investment management, and quantitative finance.