I debug PCB traces, PLC ladder logic, and Go goroutines in the same week.
Most hardware engineers can't read a goroutine trace. Most software engineers can't read a schematic. I do both — and I've shipped proof of each.
I've designed PCBs for industrial sensing, built autonomous robots, wired PLCs for a carbon capture startup, co-authored propulsion research, and shipped distributed infrastructure in Go and Rust. Hardware or software — I build systems that work in the real world.
Scripli
A privacy-first human authorship certificate platform built solo from scratch. Issues cryptographically verifiable Human Authenticity Certificates proving a document was written by a real person—without ever seeing the document. Built the full stack end-to-end: REST API, Next.js frontend, browser telemetry SDK, Chrome extension, and a multi-tenant institutional platform with LMS integration, billing, and public verification.
S0 & S1 IoT Gateways
Open-source IoT gateway hardware built at Abstract Machines for smart metering, industrial IoT, and edge computing. I worked across Zephyr firmware, board schematic design, multi-protocol connectivity, hardware bring-up, documentation, and platform integration—helping turn the S0 and S1 gateways into modular infrastructure for field devices that need to speak Wireless M-Bus, cellular, WiFi, BLE, Ethernet, and cloud protocols from the same open hardware stack.
Propeller
Open-source WebAssembly orchestrator for secure workload execution across the Cloud–Edge–IoT continuum. Worked across embedded Wasm execution, Zephyr RTOS integration, MQTT-based task delivery, Wasm component invocation, task scheduling, binary delivery, and runtime reliability—helping make Propeller capable of dispatching workloads from cloud servers down to ESP32-S3 microcontrollers running WAMR.
Octavia Carbon
Joined as employee #24 and the first engineer owning electrical, instrumentation, and controls. Helped turn a failed prototype into the Global South's first fully deployed commercial Direct Air Capture system at 99.9% purity. Broke a two-year technical deadlock, led the controller redesign that reduced CAPEX by 63%, and validated the scale-up path from TRL6 pilot systems to a 60 ton/year commercial field unit.
Magistrala
Open-source multi-tenant IoT platform for secure device management, messaging, and industrial automation across MQTT, HTTP, WebSocket, and CoAP. Worked across authorization, access control, platform reliability, and production Kubernetes operations — helping maintain the trust layer and deployment infrastructure behind a platform used across 400+ deployments, 13+ global partners, and organizations including Intel, Ericsson, Nokia, and Target.
Nakuja Project
Student rocketry program at JKUAT developing solid and liquid propulsion systems toward low-cost orbital launch capability for nanosatellites. Built and launched a series of high-power solid-motor rockets (N-1 through N-4), contributed propulsion research published in the Sustainable Research and Innovation Conference proceedings, and supported technical collaboration with the Kenya Space Agency.
I build high-reliability infrastructure where there is no safety net. My work has always lived at “Day 0” — the stage where systems are still fragile, constraints are real, and success depends on engineering judgment rather than excess capital. From designing solid rocket motors at Nakuja Project to helping build the Global South's first Direct Air Capture control system at Octavia Carbon, I focus on turning first-principles engineering into durable industrial systems.
Whether I'm writing Go and Rust orchestration systems for distributed WebAssembly execution at Abstract Machines, refining DAC plant controls, or designing embedded systems for industrial deployment — the goal is always the same: build systems that work reliably in the real world. That mindset has led to 3 PCT patents, 100+ propulsion tests, and systems that moved from prototype to industrial deployment.
Simulation and Airflow Experimentation of a Multi-Layer Adsorbent Chamber for Enhanced Direct Air Capture Efficiency
Sustainable Research and Innovation Conference
Working on something hard?
If you're building difficult systems — especially where software meets the physical world — we should talk.
I work across backend, infrastructure, controls, and distributed systems, with enough hardware intuition to debug what most software teams can't see.
I've shipped production systems in factories, pilot plants, and cloud infrastructure — from PLCs and control loops to Go services and distributed orchestration.
Open to backend, systems, and infrastructure roles, consulting, and unusual technical problems.