Entrepreneur · Builder · Researcher

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Mitchel Hanchett

I build platforms and grow the partner ecosystems around them — opening partnerships, onboarding partners, and shipping the products behind them, with sixteen published books on the side.

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About me

A little bit
about the builder.

I'm a technology entrepreneur based in Seattle, with an MBA (GPA 3.8) from Northwest University and a career that spans fintech business development, AI infrastructure, and blockchain platform development. Put simply: I build things, I break things, and I sell things — often all three at once.

On the business side, I grow partner ecosystems and close deals — I managed partnerships across 400+ global organizations at SWFI, sovereign wealth funds and ADIA among them, generating $250K+ in revenue. On the technical side, I operate a multi-GPU AI compute cluster, build full-stack platforms, and conduct smart-contract security research across Solana/Anchor and EVM.

I'm also a published author of sixteen books — from technical references on engineering and finance to thrillers, sci-fi, and fantasy — an independent trader across traditional and on-chain markets, and a writer and researcher for automotive media. Wherever I work, I like to own the outcome end to end.

Off the clock, I'm a lifelong gamer — I've created and modded custom content for Discord communities, from sticker packs to animated GIFs. 🎮

Business Development Ethereum L1 / Solidity Smart-Contract Security AI / GPU Infra Trading Author Gaming
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Based inSeattle, WA
StatusOpen to work
01
Build the thing.
01 — Build

Ship real platforms

Design and ship production platforms end to end — an AI-assisted professional networking platform and a multi-GPU AI compute cluster — plus full-stack development, from smart contracts to front-end.

02 — Break

Find what's broken

Conduct smart-contract security research across Solana/Anchor and EVM — manual source review, stateful invariant fuzzing in Foundry, and faithful, runnable proofs-of-concept for every critical finding.

03 — Grow

Close the deals

Drive full-cycle business development across 400+ organizations — sovereign wealth funds, ADIA, and $250K+ in revenue — convening global partners for international finance conferences while running demand generation, GTM strategy, marketing, and revenue operations at scale.

04 — Share

Write the manual

Author sixteen published books spanning technical non-fiction and fiction — finance, engineering, and science through thrillers, sci-fi, and fantasy; write and research for automotive media; and maintain an active trading practice across traditional and on-chain markets.

Everything I've built

The whole
body of work.

Platforms and the partnerships that grow them, partner-ecosystem BD, security research, infrastructure, markets, and books — the full list. Filter by domain, or just scroll it all.

SWFI logoPartnerships

SWFI — Partner ecosystem & BD

Partner-ecosystem business development at platform scale — grew SWFI's network to 400+ member organizations by opening first-contact relationships, onboarding partners, and warming and qualifying each one before handoff, generating $250K+ in revenue. Ran the marketing and outreach and built the data and analytics behind SWFI's institutional platform. Convened sovereign wealth funds and institutional partners worldwide (ADIA, SkyBridge Capital & many more) for a major international conference — and earned a handwritten letter from the Mayor of Budapest for the tourism boost from bringing global partners together.

PartnershipsDemand Gen$250K+
SWFI Summit ↗
Web3 · Business

Koalaified — professional networking, reimagined

Founded and built Koalaified.com — a ground-up rethink of how people network and find work online. The idea was to fold the best of a social platform, a professional network, and a job board into one product, then rebuild it around trust: real, verified job listings instead of ghost postings, genuine connections instead of vanity metrics, and AI-assisted networking and career discovery that actually helps people get hired. I owned it end to end — product, platform, front-end, and the partner program behind it — with transparency as the default, not a feature.

Verified JobsAI-AssistedFull-Stack
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Marketing teamBusiness · Web3

Web3 Guerrilla Marketing Collective

Part of an elite 10-person Web3 growth team executing high-impact viral campaigns for tokens and DeFi platforms over two years — precision-timed content distribution and network activation.

GrowthViralCommunity
2023 – 2025 →
Smart Contract SecuritySecurity

Smart-Contract Security Research

Solana/Anchor & EVM security work — 6 verified findings, 4 runnable PoCs, and two production, audited protocols (Morpho, MarginFi) reviewed in depth with an invariant-fuzzing harness.

Solana/AnchorFoundryPoCs
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GPU compute farmAI / Infra

Multi-GPU AI Compute Farm

Sole operator of a privately-owned multi-GPU compute cluster built for AI — training and inference for large language models and deep-learning workloads, plus dedicated compute for scientific research. I own the full stack: server and cluster architecture, GPU performance tuning, cooling and power efficiency, and uptime for production workloads.

GPU ClustersLLM Training & InferenceScientific Compute
Infrastructure operator →
Trading chartsTrading

Independent Proprietary Trader

Operate as an independent proprietary trader across equities, bonds, and digital assets — spot, leverage, and perpetuals — with active DeFi participation (yield farming, liquidity provision, staking, ICOs). Run my own market research, data, and analytics to drive positioning, and maintain an extensive professional network — regular strategy sessions, calls, and meetings with founders, institutional allocators, high-level operators, and fellow traders. Featured commentator and speaker across industry platforms — Alex Finn's X Spaces (CEO, Henry Intelligence Machines PBC), All About US Radio, and Juice Automation.

EquitiesDeFiPerps
Since 2021 →
Writing

TarmacnTorque — Automotive media

Built, author, and research for TarmacnTorque.com — an automotive news and media platform. I write editorial and long-form features, run the newsletter, own content strategy and topic development, and conduct interviews with owners, builders, and enthusiasts — covering vehicle technology, performance, car culture, motorsports, and events.

BuiltEditorialNewsletters
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Stack of booksWriting

Published Author — 16 books

Sixteen books published globally on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing — and the range is the point. From a 23-chapter guide to building lasting wealth (mindset, index-fund strategy, tax optimization, debt elimination, and the road to financial independence) to engineering and popular-science titles, all the way to a growing shelf of fiction — the Wolfe Protocol techno-thrillers, political thrillers, sci-fi, and fantasy. I write, edit, design the covers, and self-publish each one end to end, from first draft to launch.

16 TitlesFiction + Non-fictionSelf-Published
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Security research

Breaking smart
contracts.

Smart-contract security on Solana/Anchor & EVM — manual source review, stateful invariant fuzzing, and reproducible proofs-of-concept.

6verified findings
4runnable PoCs
2production protocols reviewed

Verified findings

Manual review of open-source Solana / Anchor programs. Each critical ships a faithful, runnable PoC that mirrors the on-chain u128 arithmetic. PoCs on GitHub ↗

TargetVulnerabilitySeverityProof
FrankSol · stake_v2sol_to_franksol divides before multiplying → staking DoS + mispricingCriticalpoc_sol_to_franksol.mjs
FrankSol · stake_v2withdraw_from_yield applies yield PnL with inverted sign → insolvencyCriticalpoc_pnl_inversion.mjs
stake-flowunstake_locked ignores reward_debt → reward double-claim → vault drainCriticalpoc_stakeflow_double_claim.mjs
Zenonescape_amount validated against wrong (unset) field → curve funds lockedHighpoc_zenon_escape_amount.mjs
Zenoninitialize_market has no authority check → anyone creates marketsMediumsource review
MissionXUnconstrained init owner (literal // TODO) → protocol takeoverCriticalsource review

Reviewed clean

Real audit work is mostly disproving attack hypotheses. Two production, audited protocols reviewed in depth — no exploitable findings, the expected and demonstrable outcome for hardened code.

Morpho Midnight

0 violations
Solidity · fixed-rate lending · $400k Cantina competition · formally verified

Built a stateful invariant fuzzer in Foundry — two solvency invariants plus a reentrancy attacker across 128,000 randomized operation sequences (takes, liquidations, bad-debt realization, fee claims, callback reentrancy). Result: 0 invariant violations. Harness on GitHub ↗

MarginFi v2

No finding
Rust / Anchor · live lending protocol · $500k bug bounty

Reviewed the cross-protocol integration surface (Kamino / Drift / JupLend / Solend): oracle exchange-rate valuation (price and confidence scaled consistently) and withdraw paths with expected-vs-actual CPI reconciliation. Result: no exploitable finding.

Tooling stood up

  • Foundry (forge/anvil) — EVM build + invariant fuzzing, incl. bleeding-edge evm_version = osaka
  • Solana SBF toolchain — Rust + Agave cargo build-sbf, compiled a real Anchor program to BPF
  • Node / BigInt PoCs — faithful u128 arithmetic reproductions for root-cause proofs

Honest scope

The six findings come from the Solana Audit Arena — a practice arena of intentionally-vulnerable, AI-generated programs. They demonstrate real skill and method, not paid or novel disclosures.

Morpho and MarginFi are real, audited protocols; the clean results reflect genuine review, not lack of effort. Stating scope plainly is the point — it's what a serious audit team wants to see.

Next: building a public track record via CodeHawks First Flights → Code4rena / Sherlock contests.

All the code on GitHub ↗

Experience

The road
so far.

2026 — Present

Founder & Developer

Koalaified.com

Founded and built Koalaified.com — a ground-up reimagining of professional networking that folds a social platform, a professional network, and a job board into one product built around trust: real, verified job listings, genuine connections, and AI-assisted networking and career discovery. Owned it end to end — product, platform, front-end, and the partner program behind it.

2025 — Present

Author & Independent Publisher

Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing

Author of sixteen books — from technical references on blockchain and engineering to finance guides, thrillers, sci-fi, and fantasy — published globally via Amazon KDP.

2026 — Present

Content Writer & Automotive Consultant

TarmacnTorque.com

Build, author, and research for an automotive news and media platform — editorial content, newsletters, content strategy, and topic development covering industry trends, vehicle technology, performance, and motorsports.

2021 — Present

Independent Proprietary Trader

Self-Employed

Trade equities, bonds, and digital assets — spot, leverage, and perpetuals — with active DeFi participation (yield farming, liquidity provision, staking, ICOs). Built a cross-industry network of traders, founders, and institutional allocators; featured commentator and speaker across industry platforms — Alex Finn's X Spaces (CEO, Henry Intelligence Machines PBC), All About US Radio, and Juice Automation.

2023 — 2025

Contributor — Web3 Guerrilla Marketing Collective

Collaborative Web3 Growth Team

Collaborated with an elite 10-person Web3 growth team executing high-impact viral campaigns for cryptocurrency projects, tokens, and DeFi platforms — driving engagement, community growth, and user acquisition through precision-timed content distribution.

2021 — 2024

AI Infrastructure Manager & GPU Farm Operator

Contract Operator

Sole operator of a privately-owned multi-GPU compute cluster built for AI — training and inference for large language models and deep-learning workloads, plus dedicated compute for scientific research. Owned the full stack: server and cluster architecture, GPU performance tuning, cooling and power management, and uptime for production workloads.

Dec 2018 — 2021

Finance Research Analyst & BD Coordinator

SWFI (Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute)

Managed business development, data, and financial transactions across 400+ institutional organizations; led demand generation generating $250K+ in revenue. Opened first-contact communication lines with new partners and prospects, warming and qualifying each relationship before handing it to the sales team. Brought sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, and funds from around the world together for a major international financial conference — engaging the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), SkyBridge Capital, and many others — through global outreach and email marketing. Ran email and content marketing, and built and maintained the AUM (assets-under-management) datasets and analytics that powered SWFI's Bloomberg-style institutional data terminal — spanning university endowments and funds across global markets — presenting insights directly to the President and VP. Received a handwritten letter from the Mayor of Budapest recognizing the tourism boost driven by convening global partners in the city.

2014 — 2017

Founder & Operator

NeonNightz

Founded and operated a custom apparel and merchandise printing business — screen-printed apparel, custom stickers, and branded merchandise for businesses, brands, and events. Owned the full cycle end to end: client relationships, design, production, fulfillment, and day-to-day operations.

2014 — 2017

Manufacturing & Production Operations

Woodinville, WA

Concurrently worked in manufacturing and line operations at a Woodinville-area manufacturer, supporting production runs and floor operations with a focus on throughput, quality, and efficiency.

2012

Automotive Service & Lot Operations

Aston Martin

Worked service and lot operations for a luxury performance marque — vehicle handling, prep, and service-floor logistics. Early hands-on time around high-performance machinery that still informs how I write about cars today.

Education

MBA · BA · Alumnus

Northwest University · University of Washington

MBA, Business Administration — Northwest University, 2019 (GPA 3.8). CSR Award & 2nd-place medal in a cohort business simulation (Six Sigma / Lean); thesis on agile project management in the software development lifecycle. BA, Digital Media Marketing & Communications — University of Washington, 2017; University Podcast Director; capstone on behavioral economics & consumer marketing. Alumnus, Law, Economics & Public Policy — University of Washington, 2017. AA — Cascadia College, 2014.

🛠️Technical

Ethereum L1 / Smart Contracts90%
Full-Stack Web Development88%
AI / GPU Infrastructure86%

🔐Security Research

Solana / Anchor Review85%
Invariant Fuzzing (Foundry)82%
EVM / Solidity80%

💼Business & Finance

Institutional BD & Partnerships93%
Demand Gen & Revenue Ops88%
DeFi & Digital Asset Markets88%
Writing & books

Sixteen books.
And counting.

Across blockchain, finance, engineering, and science — plus a growing shelf of thrillers, sci-fi, and fantasy. All published on Amazon KDP.

The Definitive Guide to Blockchain Technology
TechnicalThe Definitive Guide to Blockchain Technology
Stock Trading and Crypto
FinanceStock Trading and Crypto
The Clear Path to Wealth
FinanceThe Clear Path to Wealth
An Engineering Marvel: The Complete Story of Mazda's Rotary Engine
EngineeringAn Engineering Marvel: Mazda's Rotary Engine
The Engineering of Folds: Origami Principles in Science and Technology
ScienceThe Engineering of Folds
The Hive and the World
ScienceThe Hive and the World
THE FRACTURE: A Political Thriller
ThrillerTHE FRACTURE
Launch Authority: An Ethan Wolfe Thriller
ThrillerLaunch Authority (Wolfe Protocol 1)
Leviathan: A Wolfe Protocol Novel
ThrillerLeviathan (Wolfe Protocol 2)
The Fifth Branch: A Callan Voss Thriller
ThrillerThe Fifth Branch
The Last Election
ThrillerThe Last Election
The Custodian
FictionThe Custodian
The Last Street Racer: A Novel
FictionThe Last Street Racer
The Ninth Awakening: Book One of the Awakening Cycle
FantasyThe Ninth Awakening
The World That Remembers Wrong
Sci-FiThe World That Remembers Wrong
The Theft of the Bellwood Spring
FantasyThe Theft of the Bellwood Spring
View all 16 on Amazon ↗

TarmacnTorque.com — Automotive media

I build, author, and research for TarmacnTorque — editorial and long-form features, newsletters, and content strategy, plus interviews with owners, builders, and enthusiasts, covering industry trends, vehicle technology, performance, car culture, motorsports, and events.

Visit the site ↗
The blog

Notes from
the trenches.

Business development, markets, and the games I can't stop thinking about. Written between builds.

Game Dev

Building Kings & Castles: shipping a real-time strategy game solo

A fantasy RTS in Godot 4 — streaming economy, mass armies, dragons. What building one taught me about systems design, balancing, and shipping something playable on day one.

July 2026 · 7 minRead →
Automotive

Speed used to be exotic. EVs made it ordinary — and that changes everything

For a century, real speed was a luxury only the wealthy could touch. Now it's a spec on a mainstream car. When the number stops being scarce, experience becomes the whole game.

July 2026 · 6 minRead →
AI × Business Development

AI just ate the top of the sales funnel. Here's what that means for BD

AI agents now prospect, research, and follow up on their own. The grunt work is getting automated — so the human edge is moving somewhere else.

July 2026 · 7 minRead →
Markets

Mid-2026 markets: the AI trade, a patient Fed, and where I'm looking

A fourth straight up year, rich valuations, and a Fed that won't commit. My read on the setup — and how I'm managing the risk.

June 2026 · 8 minRead →
Gaming

The gaming industry in 2026: convergence, creators & AI in the engine room

Hardware wars are over, cloud is finally real, and creators are getting paid. Why this is the most exciting the industry has been in a decade.

April 2026 · 6 minRead →
Business Development

How to build a pipeline from absolutely nothing

No list, no brand, no warm intros. Here's the playbook I've run from zero — at SWFI, at Koalaified, and everywhere in between.

March 2026 · 7 minRead →
Gaming × Web3

Gaming never needed blockchain — Steam already solved it

Web3 promised player-owned items, trading, and real marketplaces. CS:GO and the Steam Community Market delivered all of it a decade earlier — no wallet, no gas, no tokens.

February 2026 · 6 minRead →
Community

What running Discord communities taught me about building for players

Sticker packs, mod queues, and 2am arguments. The community is the product — and it taught me more about retention than any dashboard.

January 2026 · 5 minRead →
Engineering

Think like an attacker: what auditing smart contracts taught me about building anything

Every critical bug I've found came from one habit — assuming the system will be abused. Here's how adversarial thinking makes you a better builder.

December 2025 · 6 minRead →
Opinion

I built in crypto. I still don't think web3 gaming is coming — and I don't blame the haters

Too many scams, too many broken promises. Gamers rejected NFTs and blockchain gaming — and honestly, they were right to.

November 2025 · 5 minRead →