Full Stack Developer and AI Safety Researcher based in Auckland, New Zealand. 3rd place winner of the Palisade Research AI Misalignment Bounty, demonstrating reproducible misalignment behaviors in frontier AI models including o3 and GPT-5.

Currently building full-stack applications with AI integration while advancing AI safety research through systematic testing frameworks.

Full-stack platform for systematic AI safety evaluation, testing 12+ frontier models (GPT-5, Claude Opus/Sonnet, Gemini, o3) for misalignment behaviors.

• React frontend with Material-UI
• FastAPI backend on Google Cloud Platform
• Containerised testing framework with Docker
• Independent evaluation system to prevent self-assessment bias

Technologies: React, FastAPI, GCP (Cloud Run, Firestore, Cloud Build), Docker, Python, OpenAI SDK, Anthropic SDK

Full-stack auction marketplace with AI-powered features, built with a team of 3 developers and 2 UX designers.

• Real-time bidding, watchlists, product comparison
• AI-powered Q&A system (Gemini/Ollama)
• RESTful API with MongoDB
• 56+ passing tests using TDD methodology

Technologies: React 19, Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, Google Gemini API, Jest

Conversational AI insurance consultant with multi-turn dialogue and business rule enforcement.

Technologies: React 19, Node.js, Express.js, Google Gemini API, Vite

Databases: MongoDB, Mongoose, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Firestore

Testing: Jest, Supertest, MongoDB Memory Server, TDD

Security: SIEM (Splunk), Threat Detection, APT Hunting, Blue Team Operations

• Independent Researcher @ Approxiom Research - AI safety research, 3rd place Palisade Bounty winner
• Assistant Trainer @ Mission Ready HQ - Mentoring full-stack developer students
• Cybersecurity Engineer @ Workday - Threat hunting, detection engineering, Python automation
• Data Analyst @ Halter Limited - Agricultural IoT data analysis, ML-based products

• Diploma in Digital Technology Development and Design (L5/L6) - Mission Ready HQ, Expected April 2026
• Full Stack Developer Certificate (L4) - Mission Ready HQ, August 2025
• BSc (Honours) Statistics - University of Auckland
• Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
• Blue Team Level 1 (BTL1)
• AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner

Palisade Research AI Misalignment Bounty

• Published: arXiv:2510.19738
• Dataset: HuggingFace
• Demonstrated reproducible misalignment in o3 and GPT-5 models
• Developed systematic methodology for testing boundary navigation in constrained environments