Graeme Barnes
Head Of Product - Concrete at Blueprint Finance
South Africa
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolGraeme Barnes is a product leader with eight years of experience building user-focused, institutional-grade DeFi products and decentralized applications from concept to launch. Currently Head of Product for Concrete at Blueprint Finance, he designs protocols that blend yield optimization, liquidation protection, and cross-chain liquidity for both institutional and retail users. His background spans product and UX roles at Gnosis, Maple, Biconomy and Tencent Africa, giving him a rare mix of crypto protocol expertise and human-centered design. Trained in AI product management and product leadership (Reforge), he pairs strategic rigor with hands-on delivery across frontier finance and consumer-facing products. Based in South Africa, he brings a global perspective—fluent in advanced Mandarin study and experienced in cross-cultural teams—that helps translate complex technical constraints into compelling, accessible user experiences.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Introduction to Finance and Accounting Finance General, Introduction to Finance and Accounting Finance General at CourseraLanguage Course Advanced Mandarin, Language Course Advanced Mandarin at Beijing Film AcademyBA Internartional Studies International Relations and Affairs, BA Internartional Studies International Relations and Affairs at Stellenbosch UniversityProduct Leadership and Strategy Product Management , Product Leadership and Strategy Product Management at ReforgeCertified AI Product Manager AI, Certified AI Product Manager AI at AI Career Boost
Chinese
Github Skills (46)
wallet10
messenger9
reagent9
react-native-app9
blockchain9
ethereum9
cryptocurrency9
clojurescript8
clojure8
android8
re-frame8
solidity8
ios8
react-native8
flutter7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Graeme-Code/Arduino-pull-up-counter
Aug 2018 - Oct 2024
Contributions:1 push, 1 comment, 4 issues in 6 years 3 months
Graeme-Code/Jamming
Nov 2018 - Jan 2019
Codecademy React Course Final Project
Contributions:20 PRs, 11 pushes, 13 branches in 1 month
reactreact-coursejavascriptcodecademyredux
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.