About
Hello, I’m Ethan. I’m a creatively-driven person with an analytical approach to problem solving. I enjoy working with inspiring technology teams to deliver high-quality digital product on projects that I'm deeply passionate about.
I've worked on products, services, protocols and platforms all the way from idea to launch in sectors such as Web3, Ticketing, and Music
Work Experience
Lead Product Manager working on the Aventus Network, a scalable layer-2 for Ethereum that dramatically reduces network gas fees for transactions.
◇ Built and launched to production a secure, open-source public blockchain platform for enterprise use
◇ Coordinating and scaling an interdisciplinary development team to ensure product success on deadlines for target go-to market
◇ Managing the entire product workflow for a new company in growth phase whilst managing stakeholders
◇ The Aventus Network has over 6 million users already and is trusted to hold several $million worth of cryptographic token assets
Product Manager at Artos Systems - the Bridge to Blockchain®, working on open-source B2B2C products in the cashback rewards sector.
◇ Worked with a team designing and building Vow's currency issuance platform
◇ Responsible for stakeholder management and effective communication throughout the company, to ensure both external clients and internal senior stakeholders are in line with product direction and development progress
◇ Building complex, open-source technology based on client requirements elicitation to ensure product reusability across various business verticals
◇ Designed and implemented a RESTful API and back-end microservice infastructure from the ground-up to simplify interaction with complex blockchain interfaces
◇ Awarded Artos Employee of the Year 🏆 and promoted internally
Scrum certified Product Owner for several development teams across front-end, back-end and blockchain specializations.
◇ Conducting qualatative and quantative analysis via user research and market landscape insight to make business-critical prioritization decisions
◇ Built the original Aventus Protocol; an open-source, Ethereum-based protocol to support a new NFT smart ticketing standard for live events
◇ Project involved complex product design incorporating; game theory, cryptography, governance and implementation of zero-knowledge proofs against the limitations of traditional smart contracts
Designed and delivered new features to WhoSampled.com and the associated suite of applications.
◇ Oversaw various digital products for the online music discovery service with over 10.7 million monthly page views from 2.7 million unique visitors, across all major platforms (Web, Mobile, native iOS & Android)
◇ Harnessed quantative analytical data and qualitative user feedback to increase traffic by engaging new users with 125% year on year growth
Speaking
Guest speaker for the Music Business and Management MA at University of Westminster
Education
Side Projects
Diary, She Wrote is a Top 5 Apple podcast about the complexities of sex, dating & coping with grief. I facilitated the podcast recordings and engineered each session, then whilst working alongside the creator, helped turn these recordings into a fully packaged first series. I also contributed by writing musical interludes including a main theme to the podcast.
Resident sonic artist at HQI, an artist run non-profit providing arts facilities to visual and recording artists.
Guru Meditation is an electronic music label tracing connections between computer electronics and therapeutic compositions. This solo project enables me to channel my creative output but also encompasses a broad range of skills including; A&R, graphic design, vinyl production, web development, marketing, event coordination & promotion.