Deep systems engineering — from bare metal to production
SIMD/AVX-512 optimization, distributed architectures, mTLS/PKI, FFI, CUDA interop. Built a microkernel OS, container runtime, and orchestrator — all from scratch in Rust.
Custom training and inference engines in pure Rust — no PyTorch, no ONNX. Mixture-of-experts, RetNet, BitNet with int4 activations. Online-learning schedulers. From-scratch model registries.
Provisioned, hardened, and automated 10,000+ Linux servers. Extreme security hardening. Terraform/OpenTofu on AWS. Ansible fleet management. Built replacements for Docker, Kubernetes, and GitHub.
Full-node ops, mining software, SHA-256 structural analysis, block construction, wallet infrastructure. Novel cryptanalytic research reducing PoW search space by 65,000×.
Post-quantum mesh VPN with eBPF/XDP dataplane. Built PostgreSQL and S3 replacements. Gossip protocols, trust graphs, WireGuard-style tunneling.
Controller-level accounting, ERP implementations (NetSuite, QuickBooks, Sage), multi-entity close, fraud detection, process automation.
Watts Up Trading LLC is Beau and Chance Watts — a two-person team in Houston, TX.
Systems engineer. Background in high-stakes operations — healthcare, international logistics, financial management — before moving into systems programming. Builds things from first principles, usually from scratch, usually under pressure.
Operations. A decade of retail leadership and a trading business built from the ground up. Keeps the business running and makes sure things actually ship.
Available immediately for contract work, consulting, or project-based engagements.