Season 6 Nominations: Developer Advisory Board

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Developer Advisory Board Nomination

If you are a delegate, please provide the link to your delegate profile:
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If you are a delegate, please indicate what % of votable supply is delegated to you:
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If you are a delegate, please indicate your voting participation rate in OP governance to date:
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Please link to your voting history and any voting rationale you’ve shared:
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Are you a representative of OP Labs:
No.

Please elaborate on your technical background. Please include information about the layer of the stack you have the most expertise on:

My primary interest lies in security. I began my journey in the space in early 2023 by competing in Code4rena and have been part of approximately 40 solo audits throughout the year.

At the end of 2023, I co-founded Renascence Labs with some of the industry’s brightest minds and have conducted ~25 audits with them.

In addition to my audit work, I have also developed BountyLens, a Telegram bot designed as a public good. It provides instant, real-time updates about bug bounties on Immunefi, leveling the playing field for white hats by notifying users about:

  • Asset additions/removals
  • New bounties
  • Bounty removals

Another project I developed as a public good is FindAudit. The first permissionless P2P security marketplace. It enables protocols to access hundreds of quotes from security providers entirely free of charge.

Currently, I am scaling smart contract security with Code4rena.

Please demonstrate any non-Optimism experience you believe is relevant to this role:

Beyond my security expertise within the EVM system, the highlights of my career are:

  • CTO at a VC-funded B2B SaaS startup based in New York. (JS/TS)
  • CTO at a headless eCommerce B2B platform based in the EU (JS/TS)
  • Open source contributions to React/Next.js (JS/TS)

I have successfully scaled two startups as an engineering and product leader, managing teams of over 40 people.

This experience has equipped me with the ability to recognize patterns beyond the specifics of blockchain technology, which is highly relevant to my application.

I am proficient in multiple programming languages and have experience in web and mobile development. I have also developed various internal tools using Babel and Webpack.

Additionally, I have contributed to widely recognized open-source repositories.

All of this demonstrates my ability to manage, execute, and build while ensuring the best security outcomes.

Have you previously served in a representative (appointed or elected) role in the Collective? If so, please specify which:

No

Please outline your contributions, and their impact, to the Optimism ecosystem to date:

While I have made significant contributions to the broader space, I have not yet contributed directly to Optimism. If elected, this will mark the beginning of my direct involvement and contributions to the Optimism ecosystem.

Please describe your philosophy on what makes a good Mission Application:

A good mission application should be clear, concise, and aligned with the specified intent. It should demonstrate how the project supports the mission’s goals and provide a realistic, step-by-step plan to achieve these goals.

The application should explain why the team is uniquely qualified to deliver the project and outline its strategy for solving potential issues.

Justifying why the proposed solution is the best option, while considering alternatives, adds to the application’s strength.

It should demonstrate the team’s capability to deliver and provide a solid plan for success.

Overall, a good mission application is concise, contextually relevant, and outlines a clear scope and specifications.

Please demonstrate your ability to explain complex technical topics to a non-technical audience:

I have numerous blog posts and long-form twitter content, here are some examples:

Please disclose any anticipated conflicts of interest: If you are a top 25 delegate in another ecosystem, hold an elected position in another DAO, and/or are a multisig signer in another community please disclose here:

I’m not a top 25 delegate, I do not hold an elected position and I’m not a multisig signer in another community.

Please verify that you understand you may be removed from this role via the Representative Removal proposal type in the Operating Manual 2:

I understand this.

Are you interested in the Ops Lead or Upgrade Czar roles? If so, please share relevant experience and one idea you have for how the role could contribute to the collective.

I’m interested in the Ops Lead role. Throughout my career, I’ve led engineering organizations consisting of multiple teams.

I have plenty of applicable experience working on processes and improvements and clearing organizational debt.

I have no problem with taking the driver’s seat as that will be a natural role for me.

I believe that the Ops Lead can contribute significantly to the collective by:

  • Demonstrating extreme ownership, identifying inefficiencies, and having the courage to propose necessary changes, even if they are challenging to implement.
  • Be actively involved and take the lead in every board initiative.
  • Ensuring sufficient transparency that is aligned with the ethos of what we do and the space we’re in
  • Networking with other councils to build relationships, to help cross-council decision-making.

I do not have specific ideas for the role yet, as I need to understand the nature of the work better before I can develop a worthy proposal.

Please verify that you understand KYC will be required to receive Council rewards at the end of Season 6:

I understand this.

Please verify that you are able to commit ~20 hours / month to Board operations:

I verify.

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