Gitcoin username: llllvvuu
ETH Address: 0xCac66811f65DeF7F6EdEc327AF877Bb6ccaE4984
Statement of Intention / My Values & Reason for Joining:
I am deeply interested in markets and market failure. Mutually beneficial trades require a give-and-take of information and commitment. If there are too many parties, parties are distant, or parties are unable to make credible commitments in a fair game/sequence, this process fails.
Web2 closed the distance between us (or did it?), and now Web3 has the opportunity to build further upon this while empowering un-powerful people to make credible commitments, even in large groups.
I admire Gitcoin as a leader in applying these ideas to reality, to problems that really exist and matter.
As Gitcoin prepares to release its protocol to the broader world (Grants 2.0), its successful adoption and ability to shoulder more weight hinges upon the test of reproducible credibility. I believe that this deeply game-y challenge requires not just visionaries but sound technical and quantitative perspective. In this capacity I would be thrilled to serve in governance.
What Web3 Qualifications / Skills I have:
- Protocol Design in several DeFi projects
- Software Engineering at successful/exited startups in solar, voice interfaces, and autonomous vehicles
- Academic and industry experience in AI/ML, finance, and math
- Gaming and trading
- Local nonprofit leadership - leading volunteering, fundraising, web development, etc