Experience

Opolis

• United States
• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product & Web3 Advisor

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  Consulting and advising Opolis on product and Web3.

• Executive Steward, Product and Web3

  • Aug 2021 - Jul 2023

  Leading product at Opolis and leveraging Web3 technology to empower freelancers and self-employed workers to manage their payroll, benefits, and back-office services. - Led the creation of a new system for funding payrolls with cryptocurrencies from ideation to implementation delivering a 90% reduction in cost as compared to the previous system and then launched on three EVM compatible chains to support over $25mm in payroll payments. - Managed the creation of a new governance… Show more Leading product at Opolis and leveraging Web3 technology to empower freelancers and self-employed workers to manage their payroll, benefits, and back-office services. - Led the creation of a new system for funding payrolls with cryptocurrencies from ideation to implementation delivering a 90% reduction in cost as compared to the previous system and then launched on three EVM compatible chains to support over $25mm in payroll payments. - Managed the creation of a new governance token dashboard that supports over 1,000 stakers through over 3,000 unique staking transactions. - Formed partnership and created no-code system for legal entity creation resulting in a 3x improvement in new members completing that onboarding requirement. - Coordinate with our technical team to align feature creation and application refactoring around business and growth objectives from scoping new projects to developing QA plans to working with marketing to highlight new releases. - Analyze product data to understand member patterns and usage in order to prioritize high impact changes. - Collaborate with outside designers to develop high-fidelity wireframes to showcase new features and test UI and UX before those features are built.



Game7

• Blockchain Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product @ Summon.xyz

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  Building products to turn Web3 communities into MMOs (games) as a way of increasing engagement and building systems to power merit-based governance. Building products to turn Web3 communities into MMOs (games) as a way of increasing engagement and building systems to power merit-based governance.



Duke Center on Law & Tech

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder & Advisory Board Member

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  Co-founded and serve as an active advisor to the Duke Law Tech Lab, a virtual accelerator for early-stage companies changing the way legal services are delivered. Co-founded and serve as an active advisor to the Duke Law Tech Lab, a virtual accelerator for early-stage companies changing the way legal services are delivered.



DAOhaus

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Smart Contracts and Product

  • Jul 2020 - Dec 2022

  Focused on product and smart contract development, especially extending the functionality of the Molochv2 contract suite and the creation of the Molochv3 smart contract suite. - Worked closely with designers, developers, and other product managers to contribute to the design and implementation DAOhaus v2 platform, which has supported over $400mm in DAO treasuries since inception. - Co-led the smart contract development of new Moloch v2 DAO launching smart contracts that reduced… Show more Focused on product and smart contract development, especially extending the functionality of the Molochv2 contract suite and the creation of the Molochv3 smart contract suite. - Worked closely with designers, developers, and other product managers to contribute to the design and implementation DAOhaus v2 platform, which has supported over $400mm in DAO treasuries since inception. - Co-led the smart contract development of new Moloch v2 DAO launching smart contracts that reduced the cost of launching a new DAO on the platform by 80% -Coordinated with developers, designers, and product strategist from across the Ethereum DAO community to scope and build the Moloch v3 DAO smart contracts. Show less Focused on product and smart contract development, especially extending the functionality of the Molochv2 contract suite and the creation of the Molochv3 smart contract suite. - Worked closely with designers, developers, and other product managers to contribute to the design and implementation DAOhaus v2 platform, which has supported over $400mm in DAO treasuries since inception. - Co-led the smart contract development of new Moloch v2 DAO launching smart contracts that reduced… Show more Focused on product and smart contract development, especially extending the functionality of the Molochv2 contract suite and the creation of the Molochv3 smart contract suite. - Worked closely with designers, developers, and other product managers to contribute to the design and implementation DAOhaus v2 platform, which has supported over $400mm in DAO treasuries since inception. - Co-led the smart contract development of new Moloch v2 DAO launching smart contracts that reduced the cost of launching a new DAO on the platform by 80% -Coordinated with developers, designers, and product strategist from across the Ethereum DAO community to scope and build the Moloch v3 DAO smart contracts. Show less



Pool-Party (acquired by Opolis)

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet

• Co-Founder / Product + Smart Contract Engineering

  • Nov 2018 - Aug 2021

  Product and smart contract engineering lead of Peeps Democracy (d/b/a Pool-Party)where we built some of the earliest truly decentralized DAO platforms and products on the Ethereum network. - Raised close to $500K in a bear market to build DAO platforms that would empower communities to achieve their goals, first in the political and social spaces and later in the DeFi space. - Rapidly iterated through building three different DAO products in an 18 month period in order to find… Show more Product and smart contract engineering lead of Peeps Democracy (d/b/a Pool-Party)where we built some of the earliest truly decentralized DAO platforms and products on the Ethereum network. - Raised close to $500K in a bear market to build DAO platforms that would empower communities to achieve their goals, first in the political and social spaces and later in the DeFi space. - Rapidly iterated through building three different DAO products in an 18 month period in order to find product-market-fit. - Final DAO platform MVP (Pool-Party) was the first DAO to directly integrate with a DeFi lending platform on Ethereum and had a through-put of over $100K across six plus DAOs. Show less Product and smart contract engineering lead of Peeps Democracy (d/b/a Pool-Party)where we built some of the earliest truly decentralized DAO platforms and products on the Ethereum network. - Raised close to $500K in a bear market to build DAO platforms that would empower communities to achieve their goals, first in the political and social spaces and later in the DeFi space. - Rapidly iterated through building three different DAO products in an 18 month period in order to find… Show more Product and smart contract engineering lead of Peeps Democracy (d/b/a Pool-Party)where we built some of the earliest truly decentralized DAO platforms and products on the Ethereum network. - Raised close to $500K in a bear market to build DAO platforms that would empower communities to achieve their goals, first in the political and social spaces and later in the DeFi space. - Rapidly iterated through building three different DAO products in an 18 month period in order to find product-market-fit. - Final DAO platform MVP (Pool-Party) was the first DAO to directly integrate with a DeFi lending platform on Ethereum and had a through-put of over $100K across six plus DAOs. Show less



WilmerHale

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporate Associate

  • Feb 2017 - Oct 2018

  Advised startups and technology companies on venture financings, complex licensing and partnership deals, corporate governance, M&A and a range of other matters.

• Corporate Law Clerk

  • Sep 2016 - Feb 2017



Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-President

  • Sep 2015 - Aug 2016

  Led the year-long startup competition for student entrepreneurs, which included working with alumni judges, startups and Duke's I&E team. Led the year-long startup competition for student entrepreneurs, which included working with alumni judges, startups and Duke's I&E team.



WilmerHale

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Associate

  • May 2015 - Jul 2015

  Worked with startups and emerging companies on venture financings and other legal needs. Worked with startups and emerging companies on venture financings and other legal needs.



Duke University School of Law

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Assistant, Prof. Jerome Reichman

  • Sep 2014 - May 2015

  Researched topics related to international intellectual property, copyright, science policy, and scientific resource governance, including for the book Governing Digitally Integrated Genetic Resources, Data, and Literature. Researched topics related to international intellectual property, copyright, science policy, and scientific resource governance, including for the book Governing Digitally Integrated Genetic Resources, Data, and Literature.



Duke University School of Law

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research Assistant, Prof. Steven L. Schwarcz

  • May 2014 - Jul 2014

  Performed original research on emerging macroprudential regulatory frameworks to deal with systemic risk in the banking and financial services sectors. Performed original research on emerging macroprudential regulatory frameworks to deal with systemic risk in the banking and financial services sectors.



Perkins Coie LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Compliance Specialist

  • Feb 2011 - Jul 2013

  Managed and consulted on operations and campaign finance compliance for House leadership campaigns, rapidly scaling Senate campaigns and PACs, which included creating new processes to drive improvements in compliance and back-end systems. Managed and consulted on operations and campaign finance compliance for House leadership campaigns, rapidly scaling Senate campaigns and PACs, which included creating new processes to drive improvements in compliance and back-end systems.



DCCC

• United States
• Political Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Finance Operations Assistant

  • Aug 2010 - Dec 2010

  Worked closely with regional fundraising teams to provide operational support for a multi-million dollar finance operation. Raised money for and staffed large-dollar donor events. Worked closely with regional fundraising teams to provide operational support for a multi-million dollar finance operation. Raised money for and staffed large-dollar donor events.