Season 6 Nominations: Grants Council

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Note: Based on our experience in the Builders Subcommittee of the Grants Council during Season 5, SEED Latam presents this nomination with @leo.sagan (github here) for taking this role. As we usually do with other positions, we conceive the inclusion of support members for internal work of the reviewer. In this opportunity with support from @Pumbi, an Optimism Ambassador. This approach aims to improve the review process of Optimism Governance Proposals by providing timely feedback and valuable insights to the proposers, ensuring the best possible outcome for each proposal.

Council sub-committee: (if applicable)
Audit and Special Mission Reviewer

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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Do you have a technical background?: If so, please elaborate

Leo:

• Experienced IT consultant with 20+ years of professional experience in the industrial and commercial fields. Driven by a passion for design and R&D he worked as Head of R&D, Chief Technology Officer, Consultant and other Full Stack positions

• Past participations in renown projects include: Maker Growth, Mode Network, Bloq inc., 8-bit LLC,

• Programming: TS/JS, C#, GoLang, Python, Java, Bitbucket, Github

• Frameworks/Tools: NextJS, VueJS, React Native, Xamarin, TailwindCSS, VictoryCharts, Stripe, Bitbucket, Docker, Serverless, Vercel

• Protocols/APIs: Lens SDK, OpenAI, Push Protocol, Lit Protocol, Ceramic Network, Arweave, IPFS, SubSocial network

• Blockchain/Web3 tools: Ethers.js, Web3.js, RainbowKit, Wagmi, HardHat, TheGraph, Infura, Alchemy • Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL Server, Firebase, ClickHouseDB, Goldsky • Miscellaneous: IoT Development, GIS/ERP systems

Please demonstrate any non-Optimism experience you believe is relevant to this role and/or your sub-committee:
Leo:

  • Co-Founder and Technical Lead at Nata Social: Co-Founder and Technical Lead for a decentralized social media platform.
  • Full Stack Engineer at ETH LATAM: Set up and launched the quadratic funding round and its faucet on the Optimism network for the participating projects.
  • Full Stack Engineer at Maker Growth: Developed a business intelligence platform for marketing campaigns of the MakerDAO ecosystem.
  • Full stack developer & blockchain consultant at Bloq:
    • Main projects included:
      • Bloq.Stake, Ethereum POS staking services infrastructure
      • Vesper.Finance, DeFi platform across multiple chains including Ethereum, Polygon, and Avalanche
      • Bloq.Cloud, managed nodes infrastructure
      • An Algorand-based vertical application (proof of concept)
      • Pure.Finance, dapp toolkit platform
  • Blockchain Consultant at Coinspace: Conducted cryptocurrency markets research, tokenomics analysis.
  • Full Stack Engineer at Mode Network: Developed with the Mode team the backend logic for the airdrop seasons
  • Head of development and Blockchain research en 8-BIT LLC

Pumbi:

  • Team Leader of Optimism Español

  • Head of Content at Solow Cripto

  • Optimism Ambassador

Have you previously served in a representative (appointed or elected) role in the Collective? If so, please specify which:
Pumbi is lead at @OptimismEsp and member of @SEEDGov optimism delegation.

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

Please describe your philosophy on what makes a good Mission Application:
Our perspective on what makes a strong Mission Application centers on a thorough understanding and alignment with the objectives set in the season 6 intents. Effective proposers should actively engage in office hours to resolve any uncertainties, invest time in grasping the different phases of the Season 6 schedule, and continually seek feedback from evaluators. This approach helps formulate a strategy that benefits all stakeholders.
A solid Mission Application should align with the Optimistic Vision, provide detailed impact and execution plans, have a reasonable cost structure, manage expectations and risks, emphasize community and sustainability, and uphold the open-source philosophy. In contrast, ineffective applications often overlook traction, present vague distribution plans, and offer suspiciously self-serving incentives, targeting multiple ecosystems without contributing long-term value to Optimism.

What types of Mission Requests do you think will help achieve the Season 6 Intents?:
Mission Requests that will achieve the Season 6 Intents—Progress Towards Decentralization, Growing application developers on the Superchain, and Bringing chains to the Superchain—should focus on direct development of the Superchain and its applications. We are particularly interested in projects that enhance decentralized mechanisms, support developers with resources and tools, and facilitate the integration of new chains.
Our team, with Pumbi’s as an experienced ambassador and Leo’s technical skills, is well-equipped to evaluate these projects thoroughly. Effective Mission Requests should advance decentralization, grow the developer community, and integrate new chains into the Superchain ecosystem.

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.
Any related to the organizations SEED Latam, Optimism Español and as well as any other that might be related to our developer assistant and contributors. Any identification will be duly communicated in the future.

Please verify that you understand you may be removed from this role via the Representative Removal proposal type in the Operating Manual 1:
Yes, we understand

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

Please verify that you are able to commit ~20 hours / week to reviewing grant applications and other Council operations:
Yes, we are able

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