Marston Connell
Founder at Respawn
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMarston Connell is a founder and blockchain engineer with eight years of experience building privacy-first, scalable storage systems as Co-Founder and CTO at JACKAL Labs. He focuses on bringing security and decentralization to the blockchain storage layer, translating research-grade ideas into production-ready protocols. Based in Old Toronto, he pairs hands-on engineering with startup leadership, now extending his entrepreneurial efforts through Respawn. His background ranges from intelligence analysis and robotics education to Minecraft modding, reflecting a practical curiosity for systems, teaching, and playful experimentation. Comfortable across protocol design and software development, he blends crypto-native engineering with a mathematician’s attention to correctness. Outside work he’s an unabashed cat fan, hinting at a collaborative, low-drama personal style.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Computer Science B.C.S. Honours Minor in Mathematics Computer Science, Computer Science B.C.S. Honours Minor in Mathematics Computer Science at Carleton UniversityHigh School Diploma Ontario French Immersion Certificate Computer Science Certificate, High School Diploma Ontario French Immersion Certificate Computer Science Certificate at Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School
Github Skills (84)
minecraft10
cosmos10
javascript10
storage10
routeros10
blockchain10
slime9
golang9
api9
ecmascript9
stream9
dlna9
javascript-engine9
zone9
flac9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
TheMarstonConnell/randomlootmod
Sep 2018 - Jan 2023
A RPG loot mod for Minecraft - DEPRECATED
Contributions:3 releases, 146 commits, 19 PRs in 4 years 4 months
minecraft
TheMarstonConnell/randomloot
Sep 2023 - Jul 2026
Contributions:22 releases, 18 PRs, 130 pushes in 2 years 10 months
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