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About
Product designer with 5+ years of experience building fintech, privacy, security, and bitcoin products.
Speaking
Ben (Bosch), Conor, Ed, Stephen and Christoph shared their experiences with open design (in the bitcoin space).
Could fungus be a serious structural material for the 21st century? Ben Sharp is developing production techniques and applications for fungus that could could provide strong, lightweight, fire-retardant and eco-friendly materials for houses, cars, packaging and more…
Work Experience
As the Product Design Lead for Zeus, I played a pivotal role in the redesign of the mobile app and website, overseeing the process from ideation to implementation. I worked closely with the founder and CEO to develop a product roadmap that gave structure to the open-source project. By collaborating closely with the team and using my design expertise, I helped to create a streamlined, user-friendly platform that received positive feedback from users.
As a freelance product designer, I've had the opportunity to work on a range of notable projects. For The Bitcoin Company, I led the redesign of their mobile app and designed new features, including a bitcoin-only exchange, account system, payment tools, card-linked offers, and a comprehensive shopping tool. In addition, I contributed to the MVP design for Fedi's mobile app, helping to develop a user-friendly interface and streamlined user experience.
As a recipient of a Spiral grant, I made significant contributions to the Bitcoin Design Guide, an open-source resource offering design guidelines for bitcoin product designers. In this role, I conducted research, created user flows, explored best bitcoin design practices, and developed novel UX approaches for using the bitcoin lightning network. I also applied my design expertise to other open-source bitcoin projects, including Bitcoin Core, LDK, Phoenix, Zeus, and Oshi, among others.
As the co-founder of OpenXMR, a P2P exchange and escrow service for the cryptocurrency Monero, I played a crucial role in developing the business. I designed and developed the web application, created a brand and business strategy, designed marketing materials, and established a product roadmap. I collaborated closely with my co-founder, who built out the back-end infrastructure.
As the President of Bloom, an incubator for startups in Western Australia, I onboarded over 20 projects and guided them through the process of developing their business ideas into viable products for launch.
Education
I worked as an undergraduate research student at the Chooi Fungal Genomics Lab. In addition, I was awarded several scholarships in free-market economics from the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation. I also served as the President of both Bloom and the Philosophy Club.