Russell Castagnaro

Timeline

  1. AT&T Universal Card E-Commerce Site Apr 1996 – Aug 1997

    The first Java-based e-commerce website, shipped in 1996

    Java · CICS · Oracle · Sybase · MQ Series — Built during Claremont Technology Group

  2. 4Charity Donation Platform Sep 2000 – Apr 2002

    The donation engine that became the core of Network for Good

    Java · Oracle WebLogic · ACH · Credit Cards — Built during 4Charity.com

  3. HIC Payment Engine Sep 2003 – Nov 2016

    The payment platform behind $2B a year in Hawaii state and county transactions

    Java · PCI-DSS · ACH · Credit Cards · eChecks — Built during Hawaii Information Consortium, LLC (NIC subsidiary), Hawaii Information Consortium, LLC (NIC subsidiary), Hawaii Information Consortium, LLC (NIC subsidiary)

  4. eHawaii.gov Portal Sep 2003 – Nov 2016

    Hawaii's digital government, taken from the bottom 25% to best in the nation

    Java · AWS · WordPress · Drupal · Joomla · Alfresco · Jekyll — Built during Hawaii Information Consortium, LLC (NIC subsidiary), Hawaii Information Consortium, LLC (NIC subsidiary), Hawaii Information Consortium, LLC (NIC subsidiary)

  5. Hawaii Department of Health Digital Services Jan 2008 – Nov 2016

    Vital records, licensing, and one of the first three states reporting deaths to SSA in real time

    Java · Records Management · Government Integration — Built during Hawaii Information Consortium, LLC (NIC subsidiary)

  6. Bureau of Conveyances Modernization Jan 2010 – Nov 2016

    Statewide land-title recording and enterprise content management for every Hawaii county

    Java · ECM · eFiling · Records Management — Built during Hawaii Information Consortium, LLC (NIC subsidiary)

  7. eBench Warrants Jan 2010 – Dec 2014

    The 90,000-warrant backlog that defeated two prior initiatives, cleared by adoption, not mandates

    Java · Integration Architecture · Judiciary Systems — Built during Hawaii Information Consortium, LLC (NIC subsidiary)

  8. Wampei Register Jan 2017 – Jul 2020

    Peer-to-peer payments for businesses the banking system left behind

    Java · Python · AWS · Bitcoin · ACH · Credit Cards — Built during Wampei, Inc.

  9. myColorado / Colorado Digital ID Jul 2019 – Apr 2022

    The first DMV-issued digital driver license in the US, now used by 2M+ Coloradans

    iOS (Swift) · Android (Kotlin) · Ping Identity · MDL · Verifiable Credentials · AWS — Built during Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology

  10. Statewide Contact Center Migration Mar 2020 – Jul 2020

    Call centers moved to AI-powered Amazon Connect in 4 months, cutting handling time 40%

    Amazon Connect · AWS · AI/ML · Omnichannel — Built during Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology

  11. Colorado COVID Vaccination Verification Jan 2021 – Dec 2021

    Statewide vaccination verification integrated with the digital ID, for under $500K

    myColorado · Verifiable Credentials · CDPHE Integration — Built during Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology

  12. ColoradoJam Jun 2021 – Aug 2025

    A DAO-funded incubator pairing blockchain startups with Colorado state government

    Blockchain · Web3 · Government Pilots · DAO Governance — Built during Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology, Bufficorn Ventures

  13. ETHDenver 2024 Mar 2023 – Sep 2024

    The world's largest Web3 event, profitable for the first time in its history

    Event Operations · DAO Governance · Financial Controls — Built during SporkDAO / ETHDenver

  14. MyUnicornAccount Jan 2024 – Present

    Wallet-abstraction platform making Web3 invisible to the businesses that use it

    TypeScript · Vue · Solidity · AWS · ERC-721 · ERC-1155 · Account Abstraction — Built during Unicorns, Inc.