$2B+/day Gemini PTP · 12 venues Akuna · 62µs ZeroCopy Nitro · 15 yr Linux infra
Sub-microsecond signing and time-sync infrastructure for institutional crypto trading.
For crypto / quant trading CTOs at $50M–$500M AUM. Your P99 jitter is leaking alpha. We measure it, map the variance to NUMA / IRQ steering / kernel-bypass / PTP root causes, and hand you the sequenced remediation roadmap. We also work with AI teams on the Aug 2 Article 14 deadline and custody architects scaling past $100M AUM.
What we actually do.
We join your engineering team, find the infrastructure risk that will cost you the most, and fix it. Not a deck. Not a roadmap. A shipped fix.
We have done this at Gemini (exchange, $2B/day) and Akuna Capital (prop trading). Our specialty is systems where the margin for error is zero: signing infrastructure, AI compliance architecture, and the production plumbing underneath both.
A full-time VP Engineering costs $300–500K/year and takes 6 months to ramp. First fix ships in weeks, not quarters. Fixed scope, fixed price.
Two domains. Same discipline.
Pick the one that sounds like you. The engagement and deliverables are tailored to each.
AI Agent Teams & Startups
Your AI agents need EU AI Act Article 14 human oversight controls (kill switch, policy engine, audit log) before the August 2 enforcement date. I build them. First gap analysis in 7 days.
Learn moreCrypto Funds & Prop Shops
Your signing p99 is hiding 8+ milliseconds of alpha. Most shops have never measured it. I find it in week one, fix it in week three. Ex-Akuna Capital crypto infra.
Learn moreShipped, not promised.
Production systems I built. KMS/CloudHSM comparisons are directly measured. ZeroCopy benchmark-suite results; methodology at benchmarks.
The math.
Full-time VP Eng / CISO
$300–500K
per year, fully-loaded. 6-month ramp. 12-month lock-in. Recruiting pipeline alone takes 3 months.
Productized audit
From $3,500
Fixed price. Fixed scope. First deliverable in 5 days to 3 weeks. One finding fixed pays for the audit.
Wrong architecture decision
$200K+
Remediation sprint, delayed fundraise, and the customer who quietly goes elsewhere.
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