Ira Miller
Chief Technology Officer at NUVA Labs
Helena, Montana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIra Miller is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with 14 years of experience building and scaling blockchain platforms, distributed systems, and security-focused software. He has led engineering teams at startups and research organizations—most recently as CTO of NUVA Labs after senior leadership roles at Provenance Blockchain Foundation and Figure—where he architected and migrated platforms to public Tendermint-based networks. Ira blends hands-on engineering, technical product management, and mentorship to turn abstract concepts into production-grade systems while fostering inclusive, high-performance teams. He has deep experience in information assurance, protocol engineering, and open collaboration with developer communities, bringing research-grade rigor to commercial delivery. Based in Helena, Montana, he is pragmatic about trade-offs and consistently drives measurable delivery and team growth. A not-obvious strength is his track record of translating academic and research projects into robust, auditable blockchain infrastructure used in production.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Montana State University-BozemanBachelor of Science - BS Information Technology - Software Emphasis, Bachelor of Science - BS Information Technology - Software Emphasis at Western Governors University
Github Skills (105)
cryptocurrency10
golang10
financial10
distributed-systems10
consistency10
go10
cosmos-sdk10
consensus10
tendermint10
ethereum10
cryptography10
blockchain10
editor9
cosmos9
electron9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
provenance-io/wasmd
Aug 2021 - Jan 2024
Basic cosmos-sdk app with web assembly smart contracts
Contributions:7 reviews, 3 PRs, 13 pushes in 2 years 5 months
app-sdkethereumcosmos-sdkblockchainweb-assembly
provenance-io/mainnet
Apr 2021 - May 2022
Provenance mainnet network configuration
Contributions:4 reviews, 15 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 1 month
networkingmainnetprovenancenetwork-configurationnetwork
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