Daniel Ford
Chief Scientist at Gilded
Oriental, North Carolina, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolDaniel Ford is a seasoned research-driven technology leader and founder with over three decades of experience advancing distributed systems, mobility, IoT, and blockchain architecture. As Chief Scientist at Gilded he steers innovation, architecture, and IP strategy to build fintech products that promote freedom from fiat while balancing environmental and social governance principles. His career spans senior research roles at IBM and Dell Research, founding startups, and guiding high-performance blockchain investigations—bridging deep academic training (PhD, University of Waterloo) with product-focused execution. Known for translating long-term research into practical, production-grade systems, he thrives in fast-paced, decentralized teams and often recruits cross-functional talent to scale emerging fintech solutions.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc. (Hons.), Computer Science, B.Sc. (Hons.), Computer Science at Simon Fraser UniversityM.Sc., Computer Science, M.Sc., Computer Science at The University of British ColumbiaPh.D., Computer Science, Ph.D., Computer Science at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (17)
fabric7
eclipse-plugin7
hyperledger7
hyperledger-fabric6
blockchain6
gerrit6
eclipse5
ansible5
scripting5
admin5
home-assistant4
contract4
java4
home-automation4
automation3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
keoja/hyperledger-ansible
Jun 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:8 commits, 6 PRs, 20 pushes in 10 months
hyperledgeransibleblockchainansible-playbooksplaybooks
webdaford/smart-contract-tools
Feb 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:44 commits, 16 PRs, 41 pushes in 4 months
smart-contractcontracteclipse-plugineclipsejava
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.