Henry Wang

Henry Wang

Builder and researcher

Background

Engineer with 10+ years of experience building distributed systems across Web3, AI infrastructure, and healthcare data.

PhD in Computer Science. I move comfortably between research and production, optimizing for learning speed, system clarity, and real-world impact over titles or polish.

Recipient of UK Global Talent (2021).

Focus Areas

Agentic Systems Data Pipelines Data Visualization Distributed Systems LLM Orchestration Production Systems Protocol Design Python / Go / Node.js

Experience

Chief Technology Officer

RSS3Mar 2023 - Present

Shipped the RSS3 VSL, an Optimism-based L2 blockchain scaling to over $100M peak TVL
Shipped the RSS3 DSL, a decentralized data indexing and transformation network; onboarded Google as a node operator
Redesigned system architecture and reduced infra cost by ~40% while improving reliability
Iterated on protocol design, data availability, and fault tolerance under real network constraints

Shipped the RSS3 VSL, an Optimism-based L2 blockchain scaling to over $100M peak TVL
Shipped the RSS3 DSL, a decentralized data indexing and transformation network; onboarded Google as a node operator

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Redesigned system architecture and reduced infra cost by ~40% while improving reliability
Iterated on protocol design, data availability, and fault tolerance under real network constraints

Web3 Development Lead

RSS3Nov 2021 - Feb 2023

Published the RSS3 Whitepaper, clarifying system invariants and tradeoffs
Led the redesign of the RSS3 Protocol
Led the design and development of backend services
Introduced Agile methodologies to boost team efficiency

Published the RSS3 Whitepaper, clarifying system invariants and tradeoffs
Led the redesign of the RSS3 Protocol

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Led the design and development of backend services
Introduced Agile methodologies to boost team efficiency

Research Associate

University of NottinghamMar 2020 - Mar 2023

Researched visualization and signal extraction from electronic health records
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

Researched visualization and signal extraction from electronic health records
Built tooling that surfaced clinically relevant anomalies missed by standard workflows

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Collaborated with NHS Wales on a federated NLP platform handling sensitive data at scale

Research Associate

Swansea UniversityApr 2019 - Feb 2020

Electronic health record research with applied NLP and visualization on clinical data

Electronic health record research with applied NLP and visualization on clinical data

Data Infra Developer

Swansea University Medical SchoolJul 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

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 AuthorityJun 2014 - Sep 2014

Implemented the public transport routing module for onemap.gov.sg via ESRI API & Google Maps API

Implemented the public transport routing module for onemap.gov.sg via ESRI API & Google Maps API

Education

PhD, Computer Science

University of Nottingham2020 - 2025

Thesis: Visualization of Electronic Health Records

MSc, Computer Science

Swansea University2016 - 2017

With Distinction. Dissertation: Smart City Visualization

Bachelor of Nothing

No University

I skipped my bachelor's degree

Volunteer Work

Visualization Expert

The Royal SocietySep 2020 - Jan 2022

Designed and developed data visualization solutions to support scientific modelling teams at Scottish COVID-19 Response Consortium

Full Stack Developer

Food from the HeartApr 2014 - Sep 2014

Developed a full-stack web app to digitize and streamline the charity's warehouse stock, delivery, and volunteer schedule management

“A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.”

Herbert A. Simon, Computer Scientist (1916–2001)

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