Alfredo I. Gallardo

dcSpark is a studio building crypto and AI products — from blockchain infrastructure to enterprise AI platforms. Studio portfolio includes Shinkai, AgentLayer, Paima Engine, Zeko, Milkomeda, and Flint Wallet.

• Founding engineer on Shinkai, dcSpark's AI-agent platform. Designed and built Shinkai Local AI from scratch in Rust — a privacy-preserving, local-first AI agent runtime shipped as a cross-platform desktop app (macOS, Windows, Linux) with cloud-optional extensions. Owns architecture for the agent runtime, tool/protocol layer, and OAuth-based capabilities — an MCP-like architecture shipped before MCP became a public standard.
• Bootstrapped AgentLayer — dcSpark's enterprise AI-agent platform that certifies, integrates, and measures ROI of AI agents across business operations (ERP, CRM, WhatsApp, and more) — taking it from zero-state into early product and shaping the foundational architecture.
• Architected and built a Layer-2 network on Midnight with selective privacy and 1K+ TPS — bootstrapped on the open-source Sovereign SDK with substantial divergence to support the privacy + throughput design, using the Ligero zero-knowledge proof system. Powers Midnight.city internally.
• Designed and built the AI-agent layer of a city simulation — agentic NPCs reasoning over on-chain state, integrated with the same Layer-2 stack. Also shipped internally as part of Midnight.city.
• Created MCP Dockmaster, a cross-platform installer and manager for MCP servers, shipped as a desktop app (macOS, Windows, Linux), CLI, and library. Used by AI developers across the Shinkai / MCP ecosystem.
• Authored multiple Solana smart contracts in Rust + Anchor, including an on-chain game integrated with web, backend, and AI services — end-to-end design from contract architecture to client integration.
• Led technical strategy across the crypto + AI surface area: system design, DevOps automation, security hardening, and AI/LLM integration.

shinkai-local-ai (desktop app) · shinkai-node (backend) · mcp-dockmaster · docs.shinkai.com

Note-taking and productivity platform used by millions worldwide; Series E–backed.

• Joined the Core Team — owners of Evernote's core business logic and the flagship desktop application — shipping features across the multi-platform stack used by millions of users.
• Led a full dependency modernization of the core desktop app — bumped React, Electron, and the build toolchain to current versions, migrating thousands of lines of code through breaking-change APIs to unblock further development on top of a 10-year-old codebase.
• Architected a two-tier delivery system for the desktop app — splitting the codebase into a fast-shipping UI layer deployed via over-the-air (OTA) updates (bypassing app-store review) and a slower-cadence native core that ships through the Apple and Microsoft stores. Decoupled UI iteration speed from store-review gating.
• Tenure cut short by a post-acquisition layoff of the legacy team.

Low-code workflow-automation SaaS; post–$3.2M seed.

• Joined as Senior SWE & Architect; promoted to CTO post-seed to lead engineering across product, infrastructure, and team.
• Built and led a multidisciplinary engineering org — Software, QA/DevOps, Documentation. Set the hiring bar; adapted Shape Up and tailored agile frameworks to the team's culture and capacity.
• Migrated 100K+ lines of FlowJS to TypeScript in weeks while maintaining production uptime.
• Transformed the platform from monolithic EC2 hosting into cloud-native microservices on Kubernetes / Helm / AWS — observable, scalable, single-trigger CI/CD across mobile apps, backend services, and IaC.
• Led and passed multiple annual ethical-hacking audits, hardening platform security.
• Built and published the platform documentation portal: doc.cotalker.com.

Software firm delivering tailored solutions to private and public-sector clients.

• Built from scratch the official mobile applications for Chile's Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación — the national civil registry and ID agency — high-security, high-reliability software serving citizens at country scale. Also led the technical side of additional government engagements during the same tenure.
• Spearheaded a company-wide digital-transformation program: agile delivery, CI/CD automation, Docker + Kubernetes containerization, and DevOps best practices.

Hardware + software R&D startup applying technology to healthcare, assistive tech, mining, and manufacturing.

• First engineer hired after the founders. Helped scale the technical foundation from a small founding team into a working R&D operation.
• Built innovative cross-industry solutions combining custom hardware and software, shipping products into healthcare, assistive technology, mining, and manufacturing.
• Awarded multiple times for the work, including the 3IE Award for software innovation (2014) and Microsoft Imagine Cup finalist representation in Australia (2013) and Russia (2014).