Cameron Wood
Co-founder & Managing Director @Shipyard
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WORK HISTORY
Co-founder & Managing Director @Shipyard
Berlin, DE
Co-founded and lead Shipyard, operating and scaling critical public IPFS and libp2p services (ipfs.io, dweb.link, bootstrap.libp2p.io) and stewarding the core implementations that power them. Provide executive and technical leadership across IPFS, libp2p, and Waterworks teams, owning reliability and scalability for public gateways serving hundreds of millions of requests per day Led the establishment of core business and operational functions from zero, including banking, payroll, accounting, communications, and internal operating systems Drive strategic planning and day-to-day decision-making across engineering, operations, finance, and partnerships Actively contribute to business development, including lead generation, early customer conversations, and partnership formation Engage advisors and ecosystem stakeholders to shape company strategy, technical priorities, and governance Own funding and grant strategy, leading application drafting, review processes, and negotiations with funding bodies
EDUCATION
University of Technology Sydney
Diploma of IT Professional Practice, Information Technology
University of Technology Sydney
Bachelor of Science, Information Technology
SKILLS
ABOUT CAMERON WOOD
I’m an engineering leader and senior individual contributor with deep experience building, operating, and stewarding critical infrastructure and distributed systems.Over the course of my career, I’ve worked across the full spectrum of technical and organisational scale; from hands-on systems and reliability engineering, through scaling teams and designing organisations, to founding and leading a company responsible for ecosystem-critical services.My background includes: Distributed systems, reliability, and production infrastructure Operating and scaling high-traffic, mission-critical platforms Leading teams through growth, reorganization, and high-pressure change Designing operating models, governance, and technical strategy Bridging deep technical work with business, funding, and stakeholder alignmentI’m particularly effective in ambiguous, high-trust environments where the work spans systems, people, and long-term stewardship.Currently, I’m co-founder and managing director at Shipyard, where I help operate and evolve core IPFS and libp2p infrastructure, including public gateways and the implementations behind them.I’m interested in senior leadership roles and Staff/Principal-level individual contributor roles where I can have durable impact on foundational systems, teams, and platforms.
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