# Henry Wang

> CTO @ RSS3 | Builder & researcher in agentic systems, large-scale infrastructure, and applied AI

## About

Builder and researcher working on agentic systems, large-scale infrastructure, and applied AI. Engineer with 10+ years building distributed systems across Web3, AI infrastructure, and healthcare data. PhD in Computer Science. Recipient of UK Global Talent (2021).

## Expertise

- AI: Agentic systems and LLM orchestration
- Visualization: data visualization and interactive systems
- Systems: protocol design and data pipelines
- Delivery: production delivery and research translation

## Current Role

Chief Technology Officer at RSS3 (Mar 2023 - Present)
- Designed and built RSS3 VSL, an Optimism-based L2 blockchain, scaling to over $100M peak TVL
- Built RSS3 DSL, a decentralized data indexing and transformation network; onboarded Google as a node operator
- Reworked system architecture after early failures, reducing infrastructure cost by ~40% while improving reliability
- Iterated on protocol design, data availability, and fault tolerance under real network constraints

## Prior Experience

**Web3 Development Lead, RSS3 (Nov 2021 - Feb 2023)**
- Wrote and edited RSS3 Whitepaper; led redesign of RSS3 Protocol
- Led design and development of backend services
- Introduced Agile methodologies to boost team efficiency

**Research Associate, University of Nottingham / Swansea University (2019 - 2023)**
- Researched visualization and signal extraction from electronic health records using NLP and interactive systems
- Built tooling that surfaced clinically relevant anomalies missed by standard workflows
- Collaborated with NHS Wales on a federated NLP platform handling sensitive data at scale

**Data Infra Developer, Swansea University Medical School (Jul 2017 - Apr 2019)**
- Collaborated with NHS to anonymize, securely store, and distribute electronic health records
- Founding member of a federated NLP & NLQ platform for SAIL Databank

**Geospatial Developer, Singapore Land Authority (2014)**
- Implemented public transport routing for onemap.gov.sg

## Education

- PhD in Computer Science, University of Nottingham (2020-2025)
  Thesis: Visualization of Electronic Health Records
- MSc in Computer Science, Swansea University (2016-2017, Distinction)
  Dissertation: Smart City Visualization
- No bachelor's degree (skipped bachelor's)

## Recognition

- UK Global Talent (2021)

## Contact

- Website: https://henry.wang
- GitHub: https://github.com/HenryQW
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/henry_wang
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henryqw/
- Telegram: https://t.me/HenryQW
- ENS: henryqw.eth