Daly City, California, United States
Global tokenomics strategist with 8+ years in crypto & DeFi leadership, specializing in end-to‐end token ecosystem design, incentive modeling, and governance frameworks. Managed $10M+ in DAO treasury assets for ShapeShift, driving a 45% revenue increase through dynamic fee-sharing and staking incentive models. Expert in blockchain economics, game-theoretic simulations (Python, Excel), and regulatory compliance (AML/KYC, securities law). Proven at partnering with Product, Legal & Compliance teams to translate data-driven insights into scalable go-to-market strategies and real-time decision dashboards (Dune, Flipside).
Partnered hand-in-hand with the Product and Engineering teams to design and ship the rFOX 3.0 token program, enabling seamless cross-chain FOX staking with automatic monthly USDC distributions. Automated complex payment workflows by designing rFOX 3.0 to require absolutely zero claims or oversight from users or the DAO. Implemented minimal multisig supervision for immediate security, intentionally building in architectural hooks to transition to 100% automated distribution once multisig technology matures. Directed research and proposals for fee basis points (bps) changes, serving as the primary instigator for all strategic pricing conversations. Successfully presented data-driven arguments to optimize protocol revenues by eliminating the "no fees on trades under $1,000" policy and abolishing the 100% fee discount for FOX holders, after my empirical analysis proved the discount failed to incentivize new token acquisition. Acted as the economic architect for the Product workstream’s "portfolio of bets" and initiative-driven development pipeline. Embedded deeply with product squads to ensure any feature touching economics, incentives, or tokenomics was tied to strict revenue and user-growth KPIs. Supported the transition toward an AI-native, agentic future by designing the economic parameters and business cases for new product lines, including a multi-wallet, multi-chain asset sweeper POC and an emerging suite of decentralized mini-apps.
Engaging and informed teacher who wants all students to be successful, life-long learners and works to create a classroom environment (online & in-person) that is stimulating, encouraging, and adaptive to the varied needs of students.
Designed and delivered advanced economics curriculum—including mechanism design, game-theoretic models, blockchain tokenomics case studies, and Python-based data analytics labs. Directed the regional SBA Small Business Development Center (SBDC), successfully orchestrating over $5.5M in capital infusion through data-driven financial modeling and stress-testing.
Developed original curriculum and course material while instructing online and in-person economics and finance courses in the Department of Business, including Managerial Economics (MBA-level), Corporate Finance (MBA-level), Principles of Macro/Micro. Taught all MBA-level classes exclusively with real-world exercises and case studies using Microsoft Excel walkthroughs Directed the Center for Economic Education at Chadron State College where I developed innovative financial literacy programs for rural middle and high schools.
Fulfilled data science and financial planning needs for capital management firms and early-stage companies. Created and presented models for relevant stakeholders using Tableau and ggplot. Optimized process development and project management efforts. Strategic Business Consulting. Created custom spreadsheet macros for individual company needs. Performed honest due diligence assessments and valuations of early-stage companies. Ghostwrite white papers and technical reports Data Mining and Analytics. Collected, cleaned, provided modeling and analysis of structured and unstructured data for key business initiatives resulting in: a 20% reduction in advertising costs, improved demand forecasting to reduce backorders by 14% and improved customer conversion by 18%. Dashboards. Create visually stunning dashboards in Tableau and Excel to report data by using pivot tables and VLOOKUP function. Identified key metrics and transformed data into meaningful, actionable information for stakeholders. Extracted, interpreted and analyzed data from APIs and cloud platforms. eCommerce. Designed, built, and tested statistical models to accelerate sales funnels at all levels (top of funnel, middle-funnel, bottom of funnel) to increase online sales while minimizing advertisement spend. Lowered cart-abandonment rate by 32% through a/b split testing.