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+\geometry{a4paper, margin=0.5in} +\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} +\setlength{\parskip}{2pt} +\columnratio{0.3} + +\begin{document} + +{\centering + {\Huge \textbf{Prad Nukala}}\\[2pt] + {\large Founding Engineer \& Full-Stack Generalist} + \par +} +\vspace{14pt} + +\begin{paracol}{2} +\raggedright +\small +{\bfseries Contact}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\href{mailto:prnk28@gmail.com}{prnk28@gmail.com}\\[2pt] ++ 1 646-508-7789\\[2pt] +\href{https://prad.nu}{Website}\\[2pt] +\href{https://linkedin.com/in/pradn}{LinkedIn}\\[2pt] +\href{https://github.com/prdlk}{GitHub}\\[2pt] +\href{https://twitter.com/basedprad}{Twitter} + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Skills}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Languages}\\[1pt] +Golang, Python, SQL, TypeScript, Rust, JavaScript, Protobufs\\[5pt] +\textbf{Backend \& Systems}\\[1pt] +API Design, Backend Systems, Distributed Systems, Security, System Architecture, CI/CD\\[5pt] +\textbf{AI \& Automation}\\[1pt] +Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT\\[5pt] +\textbf{Frameworks \& Infra}\\[1pt] +React.js, Next.js, Cloudflare Workers, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions\\[5pt] +\textbf{Leadership}\\[1pt] +Technical Leadership, Cross-Functional Collaboration\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Honors}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Guest Lecturer, Crypto Finance (15.492)}\\[1pt] +MIT Sloan School of Management \hfill \textit{2022}\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Organizations}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Decentralized Identity Foundation}\\[1pt] +Working Group for UCAN/DWN\\[4pt] +\textbf{World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}\\[1pt] +Working Group for DID/WebAuthn/WASM\\[2pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + + +\switchcolumn +\normalsize +\raggedright +{\bfseries Experience}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Co-Founder \& CEO} \hfill \textit{Mar 2021 -- Present}\\ +\textit{Sonr --- New York, USA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Founded the company, secured \$4.7M, and owned a peer-to-peer identity and asset platform end to end --- architecture through production operations.} + \item \small{Directed technical strategy for a cross-functional team spanning the full stack: React Native product surfaces, a custom Cosmos SDK Layer-1 backend, and edge infrastructure on Cloudflare Workers.} + \item \small{Built and operated production cloud infrastructure (GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible), managing complex multi-node network deployments.} + \item \small{Drove open-source growth to the 4th-highest global GitHub contributions (Oct 2021--Oct 2022) and onboarded 120+ first-time developers through hands-on workshops and SDK support.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Founder \& iOS Developer} \hfill \textit{Jul 2016 -- May 2019}\\ +\textit{Britetwist --- Ashburn, VA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Founded an independent app studio and shipped three consumer apps to 1M+ downloads (15,000 peak DAU), owning design through full-stack development.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Projects}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Client SDK \& Motr Enclave} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2023} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Built an edge-native orchestration layer on Cloudflare Workers (Durable Objects, KV, Service Bindings) managing persistent sessions, smart routing, and state synchronization across a decentralized network.} + \item \small{Architected ``Motr,'' a Go-to-WASM cryptographic enclave in sandboxed Web Workers --- MPC signing and UCAN tokens without exposing private keys.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Layer-1 Blockchain \& Identity} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Designed capability-based permissions (UCAN + Decentralized Web Nodes): granular, time-bound, delegatable access to encrypted data vaults.} + \item \small{Integrated automated compliance tooling into the blockchain CLI --- cryptographic proofs and legal filings as auditable, verifiable records.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Beam --- Decentralized E2EE Chat} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2025} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Led a 6-engineer cross-functional team across mobile, infrastructure, and product, shipping a cross-platform React Native messenger with end-to-end encryption over a customized Matrix protocol.} + \item \small{Replaced centralized email/phone auth with WebAuthn passkeys and DIDs, abstracting decentralized routing and cryptographic key management behind a frictionless ``Web2-grade'' chat UX.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Core Cryptography Library} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Implemented Zero-Knowledge Proof systems (Bulletproofs, accumulators) and MPC/DKG threshold-signature protocols (ECDSA/Ed25519, FROST), eliminating single points of failure in signing infrastructure.} + \item \small{Verified correctness with exhaustive automated security tests, race-condition checks, and benchmarks --- constant-time elliptic-curve arithmetic hardened against side-channel timing attacks.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Education}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{B.S. in Applied Math} \hfill \textit{2017 -- 2020}\\ +\textit{Virginia Commonwealth University} +\vspace{4pt} + + +\end{paracol} + +\end{document} diff --git a/documents/cv/PradNukala_FoundingEngineer_FinTech.tex b/documents/cv/PradNukala_FoundingEngineer_FinTech.tex new file mode 100755 index 0000000..74893bd --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/cv/PradNukala_FoundingEngineer_FinTech.tex @@ -0,0 +1,129 @@ +\documentclass[11pt]{article} +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} +\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} +\usepackage{geometry} +\usepackage{enumitem} +\usepackage{paracol} +\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} +\geometry{a4paper, margin=0.5in} +\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} +\setlength{\parskip}{2pt} +\columnratio{0.3} + +\begin{document} + +{\centering + {\Huge \textbf{Prad Nukala}}\\[2pt] + {\large Founding Engineer \& Full-Stack Generalist} + \par +} +\vspace{8pt} + +\begin{paracol}{2} +\raggedright +\small +{\bfseries Contact}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\href{mailto:prnk28@gmail.com}{prnk28@gmail.com}\\[2pt] ++ 1 646-508-7789\\[2pt] +\href{https://prad.nu}{Website}\\[2pt] +\href{https://linkedin.com/in/pradn}{LinkedIn}\\[2pt] +\href{https://github.com/prdlk}{GitHub}\\[2pt] +\href{https://twitter.com/basedprad}{Twitter} + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Skills}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Core}\\[1pt] +TypeScript, Next.js, Python, C\#, Go, Full-Stack Development, SQL, Protobufs\\[5pt] +\textbf{Cloud \& Infra}\\[1pt] +Cloudflare Workers, AWS, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions\\[5pt] +\textbf{Systems}\\[1pt] +System Architecture, Distributed Systems, API Design, CI/CD, Technical Leadership, Stakeholder Communication\\[5pt] +\textbf{AI \& Dev Tools}\\[1pt] +Cursor, AI-Assisted Development, Linux (Arch), Vim\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Honors}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Guest Lecturer, Crypto Finance (15.492)}\\[1pt] +MIT Sloan School of Management \hfill \textit{2022}\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Organizations}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Decentralized Identity Foundation}\\[1pt] +Working Group for UCAN/DWN\\[4pt] +\textbf{World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}\\[1pt] +Working Group for DID/WebAuthn/WASM\\[2pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + + +\switchcolumn +\normalsize +\raggedright +{\bfseries Experience}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Co-Founder \& CEO} \hfill \textit{Mar 2021 -- Present}\\ +\textit{Sonr --- New York, USA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Founded the company and secured \$4.7M to take a peer-to-peer identity and asset-management platform 0-to-1 into production, owning architecture, implementation, and reliability end to end.} + \item \small{Directed a cross-functional team spanning the full stack: React Native front-ends, an event-driven Cosmos SDK Layer-1 ledger with asynchronous cross-chain (IBC) messaging, and Cloudflare Workers infrastructure.} + \item \small{Built and operated production infrastructure on Google Cloud --- Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible --- managing multi-node network deployments.} + \item \small{Ranked 4th globally in GitHub contributions (Oct 2021--Oct 2022); onboarded 120+ first-time developers through hands-on workshops and SDK support.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Data Science Intern} \hfill \textit{May 2019 -- Aug 2019}\\ +\textit{Unissant --- Herndon, VA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Deployed a machine-learning fraud-detection model on AWS SageMaker (Python) and built a client-facing React app on serverless AWS Lambda to query it in real time.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Founder \& iOS Developer} \hfill \textit{Jul 2016 -- May 2019}\\ +\textit{Britetwist --- Ashburn, VA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Founded an independent app studio and shipped three consumer apps to 1M+ downloads (15,000 DAU), owning design through full-stack development.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Projects}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Client SDK \& Motr Enclave} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2023} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Built an edge orchestration layer on Cloudflare Workers (Durable Objects, KV, Service Bindings) managing persistent sessions and state synchronization.} + \item \small{Architected a Go-to-WASM cryptographic enclave executing MPC signing and UCAN token generation without exposing private keys.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Layer-1 Blockchain \& Identity} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Designed a capability-based permissions system (UCAN + Decentralized Web Nodes) granting time-bound, delegatable access to encrypted IPFS vaults.} + \item \small{Integrated automated legal-compliance tooling into the blockchain CLI, generating cryptographic proofs and regulatory filings (Wyoming DAO LC).} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Token Economics \& Payment Design} \hfill \textit{2022} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Architected the network token model with 6 PhD economists (Prysm Group): allocation, supply schedules, velocity, and staking-reward emissions.} + \item \small{Structured the token as the means of payment across protocol modules, translating economic models into Layer-1 state-machine logic.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Beam --- Decentralized E2EE Chat} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2025} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Led a 6-engineer cross-functional team shipping a cross-platform React Native messenger with end-to-end encryption over a customized Matrix protocol.} + \item \small{Replaced centralized auth with WebAuthn passkeys and DIDs, abstracting routing and key management behind a frictionless ``Web2-grade'' chat UX.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Education}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{B.S. in Applied Math} \hfill \textit{2017 -- 2020}\\ +\textit{Virginia Commonwealth University} +\vspace{4pt} + + +\end{paracol} + +\end{document} diff --git a/documents/cv/PradNukala_FullstackEngineer_Divine.tex b/documents/cv/PradNukala_FullstackEngineer_Divine.tex new file mode 100755 index 0000000..9efe841 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/cv/PradNukala_FullstackEngineer_Divine.tex @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@ +\documentclass[11pt]{article} +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} +\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} +\usepackage{geometry} +\usepackage{enumitem} +\usepackage{paracol} +\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} +\geometry{a4paper, margin=0.5in} +\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} +\setlength{\parskip}{2pt} +\columnratio{0.3} + +\begin{document} + +{\centering + {\Huge \textbf{Prad Nukala}}\\[2pt] + {\large Senior Full-Stack Engineer --- React Native \& TypeScript} + \par +} +\vspace{14pt} + +\begin{paracol}{2} +\raggedright +\small +{\bfseries Contact}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\href{mailto:prnk28@gmail.com}{prnk28@gmail.com}\\[2pt] ++ 1 646-508-7789\\[2pt] +\href{https://prad.nu}{Website}\\[2pt] +\href{https://linkedin.com/in/pradn}{LinkedIn}\\[2pt] +\href{https://github.com/prdlk}{GitHub}\\[2pt] +\href{https://twitter.com/basedprad}{Twitter} + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Skills}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Languages}\\[1pt] +TypeScript, JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Go, Dart, SQL\\[5pt] +\textbf{Mobile \& Web}\\[1pt] +React Native, React.js, Next.js, Flutter\\[5pt] +\textbf{Blockchain}\\[1pt] +Viem, Wagmi, Cosmos SDK, CosmWasm, IPFS, libp2p, Matrix Protocol\\[5pt] +\textbf{Data \& Infrastructure}\\[1pt] +PostgreSQL, Cloudflare Workers, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Fastlane\\[5pt] +\textbf{AI \& Automation}\\[1pt] +ChatGPT\\[5pt] +\textbf{Methodology}\\[1pt] +Full-Stack Development, CI/CD, Test-Driven Development, System Architecture, API Design, Open Source, Technical Leadership\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Honors}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Guest Lecturer, Crypto Finance (15.492)}\\[1pt] +MIT Sloan School of Management \hfill \textit{2022}\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Organizations}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Decentralized Identity Foundation}\\[1pt] +Working Group for UCAN/DWN\\[4pt] +\textbf{World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}\\[1pt] +Working Group for DID/WebAuthn/WASM\\[2pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + + +\switchcolumn +\normalsize +\raggedright +{\bfseries Experience}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Co-Founder \& CEO} \hfill \textit{Mar 2021 -- Present}\\ +\textit{Sonr --- New York, USA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Founded the startup and secured \$4.7M to build a peer-to-peer identity and asset management system on DIDs, WebAuthn, and IPFS.} + \item \small{Led a cross-functional engineering team building a cross-platform React Native chat app for iOS and Android on the decentralized Matrix protocol.} + \item \small{Scaled cloud hosting and networking on Google Cloud, orchestrating server deployments with Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform.} + \item \small{Architected a custom Layer-1 blockchain on the Cosmos SDK, optimizing backend data serialization and network communication with Protobufs.} + \item \small{Drove open-source growth to the 4th-highest global GitHub contributions (Oct 2021--Oct 2022), mentoring 120+ first-time blockchain developers.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Projects}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Beam --- Decentralized E2EE Chat} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2025} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Led a 6-engineer cross-functional team building Beam, a cross-platform E2EE React Native messenger for iOS and Android.} + \item \small{Swapped email/phone login for WebAuthn passkey wallets and DIDs, partnering with product and design to ship a seamless Web2-grade chat UX.} + \item \small{Architected and operated a self-hosted Matrix homeserver, customizing the protocol for censorship-resistant, self-custodied messaging.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Client SDK \& Motr Enclave} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2023} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Architected ``Motr,'' a Go-to-WASM cryptographic enclave in Web Workers, running MPC signing and token generation with private keys never exposed.} + \item \small{Built an edge orchestration layer on Cloudflare Workers (Durable Objects, KV) managing cross-platform sessions, smart routing, and state synchronization.} + \item \small{Implemented account-isolated offline persistence with Dexie.js (IndexedDB), caching cryptographic state, delegated capabilities, and DWN records.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Layer-1 Blockchain \& Identity} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Engineered a ``Gasless Onboarding'' pipeline with custom Cosmos AnteHandlers validating WebAuthn passkeys at the mempool level, abstracting away seed phrases and transaction fees.} + \item \small{Bridged Web3 ecosystems with full EVM compatibility and CosmWasm smart contracts, supporting multi-chain token mappings and IBC operations.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Decentralized File-Sharing Platform} \hfill \textit{2020 -- 2021} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Built native iOS Share Extensions in Swift and Android Intent filters over a Go/libp2p networking core bound into Dart via Gomobile.} + \item \small{Designed a reactive, high-performance UI with GetX state management and Lottie/Rive animations for real-time peer-discovery and transfer feedback.} + \item \small{Built a local caching layer with Moor (SQLite) to store identity profiles, transfer history, and media metadata offline.} + \item \small{Automated CI/CD with Fastlane, Makefiles, and GitHub Actions to ship App Bundles and iOS Archives to the Play Store and App Store TestFlight.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Education}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{B.S. in Applied Math} \hfill \textit{2016 -- 2020}\\ +\textit{Virginia Commonwealth University}\\[2pt] +\small{Published 3 apps in 3 years with over 1M total downloads.} +\vspace{4pt} + + +\end{paracol} + +\end{document} diff --git a/documents/cv/PradNukala_SeniorBackendEngineer_EllipsisLabs.tex b/documents/cv/PradNukala_SeniorBackendEngineer_EllipsisLabs.tex new file mode 100755 index 0000000..407d916 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/cv/PradNukala_SeniorBackendEngineer_EllipsisLabs.tex @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +\documentclass[11pt]{article} +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} +\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} +\usepackage{geometry} +\usepackage{enumitem} +\usepackage{paracol} +\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} +\geometry{a4paper, margin=0.5in} +\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} +\setlength{\parskip}{2pt} +\columnratio{0.3} + +\begin{document} + +{\centering + {\Huge \textbf{Prad Nukala}}\\[2pt] + {\large Senior Backend \& Protocol Engineer} + \par +} +\vspace{14pt} + +\begin{paracol}{2} +\raggedright +\small +{\bfseries Contact}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\href{mailto:prnk28@gmail.com}{prnk28@gmail.com}\\[2pt] ++ 1 646-508-7789\\[2pt] +\href{https://prad.nu}{Website}\\[2pt] +\href{https://linkedin.com/in/pradn}{LinkedIn}\\[2pt] +\href{https://github.com/prdlk}{GitHub}\\[2pt] +\href{https://twitter.com/basedprad}{Twitter} + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Skills}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Core}\\[1pt] +Golang, Rust, C, C++, AWS, TypeScript, Protobufs\\[5pt] +\textbf{Backend \& Infrastructure}\\[1pt] +Unix, Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Google Cloud, CI/CD\\[5pt] +\textbf{Blockchain \& DeFi}\\[1pt] +Solana, Cosmos SDK, CosmWasm, IBC, EVM, IPFS, libp2p, WebAuthn, DIDs\\[5pt] +\textbf{Management \& AI Tools}\\[1pt] +Engineering Management, Claude, ChatGPT\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Honors}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Guest Lecturer, Crypto Finance (15.492)}\\[1pt] +MIT Sloan School of Management \hfill \textit{2022}\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Organizations}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Decentralized Identity Foundation}\\[1pt] +Working Group for UCAN/DWN\\[4pt] +\textbf{World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}\\[1pt] +Working Group for DID/WebAuthn/WASM\\[2pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + + +\switchcolumn +\normalsize +\raggedright +{\bfseries Experience}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Co-Founder \& CEO} \hfill \textit{Mar 2021 -- Present}\\ +\textit{Sonr --- New York, USA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Founded the company and secured \$4.7M to build a peer-to-peer identity and asset network, owning systems end to end --- specification, architecture, implementation, testing, and maintenance.} + \item \small{Architected a custom Layer-1 blockchain on the Cosmos SDK, optimizing data serialization and inter-node network communication with Protobufs.} + \item \small{Deployed and operated production infrastructure on Google Cloud, managing complex network deployments with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, and comprehensive Linux administration.} + \item \small{Drove open-source growth to the 4th-highest global GitHub contributions (Oct 2021--Oct 2022) and onboarded 120+ first-time blockchain developers.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Projects}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Layer-1 Blockchain \& Identity} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Engineered a ``Gasless Onboarding'' transaction pipeline with custom Cosmos AnteHandlers intercepting and validating WebAuthn credentials at the mempool level, abstracting away seed phrases and fees.} + \item \small{Built and operated multi-node testnets with Kubernetes (Starship), Docker, and Devbox, automating multi-architecture CI/CD with GoReleaser.} + \item \small{Delivered full EVM compatibility alongside CosmWasm contracts, supporting multi-chain token mappings and cross-chain IBC operations.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Core Cryptography Library} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Engineered constant-time elliptic curve arithmetic in Go (secp256k1, Ed25519, BLS12-381), strictly hardened against side-channel timing attacks, signature malleability, and nonce reuse.} + \item \small{Implemented Zero-Knowledge Proof systems --- Bulletproofs and cryptographic accumulators --- with Fiat-Shamir non-interactive verification.} + \item \small{Shipped MPC and Distributed Key Generation protocols (Threshold ECDSA/Ed25519, FROST), backed by exhaustive automated security tests, race-condition checks, and performance benchmarks.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Token Economics \& Governance} \hfill \textit{2022} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Architected the token model and macroeconomic parameters --- allocation, supply schedules, velocity, and staking emissions --- for a DPoS network, benchmarked against DeFi protocols Uniswap and Compound.} + \item \small{Translated economic models --- price-shock absorption, lockup vesting, and subsidy schedules --- into Layer-1 state machine and smart-contract logic alongside 6 PhD economists from Prysm Group.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Client SDK \& Motr Enclave} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2023} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Built an edge-native orchestration layer on Cloudflare Workers (Durable Objects, KV, Service Bindings) managing persistent sessions, smart routing, and real-time state synchronization across a decentralized network.} + \item \small{Architected ``Motr,'' a Go-to-WASM cryptographic enclave running in client-side Web Workers, handling MPC and signing without exposing private keys to the main thread.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Education}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{B.S. in Applied Math} \hfill \textit{2017 -- 2020}\\ +\textit{Virginia Commonwealth University} +\vspace{4pt} + + +\end{paracol} + +\end{document} diff --git a/documents/cv/PradNukala_SeniorBackendEngineer_MuralPay.tex b/documents/cv/PradNukala_SeniorBackendEngineer_MuralPay.tex new file mode 100755 index 0000000..2b4d133 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/cv/PradNukala_SeniorBackendEngineer_MuralPay.tex @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@ +\documentclass[11pt]{article} +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} +\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} +\usepackage{geometry} +\usepackage{enumitem} +\usepackage{paracol} +\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} +\geometry{a4paper, margin=0.5in} +\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} +\setlength{\parskip}{2pt} +\columnratio{0.3} + +\begin{document} + +{\centering + {\Huge \textbf{Prad Nukala}}\\[2pt] + {\large Senior Backend \& Protocol Engineer} + \par +} +\vspace{14pt} + +\begin{paracol}{2} +\raggedright +\small +{\bfseries Contact}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\href{mailto:prnk28@gmail.com}{prnk28@gmail.com}\\[2pt] ++ 1 646-508-7789\\[2pt] +\href{https://prad.nu}{Website}\\[2pt] +\href{https://linkedin.com/in/pradn}{LinkedIn}\\[2pt] +\href{https://github.com/prdlk}{GitHub}\\[2pt] +\href{https://twitter.com/basedprad}{Twitter} + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Skills}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Core}\\[1pt] +TypeScript, Golang, JavaScript, React, SQL, AWS, Protobufs\\[5pt] +\textbf{Backend \& Infrastructure}\\[1pt] +API Design (REST/gRPC), Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, AWS Lambda, Cloudflare Workers, PostgreSQL, CI/CD\\[5pt] +\textbf{Blockchain \& Payments}\\[1pt] +Cosmos SDK, IBC, EVM, CosmWasm, DeFi, Solana, WebAuthn, DIDs\\[5pt] +\textbf{Management \& AI Tools}\\[1pt] +Engineering Management, Claude, ChatGPT\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Honors}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Guest Lecturer, Crypto Finance (15.492)}\\[1pt] +MIT Sloan School of Management \hfill \textit{2022}\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Organizations}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Decentralized Identity Foundation}\\[1pt] +Working Group for UCAN/DWN\\[4pt] +\textbf{World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}\\[1pt] +Working Group for DID/WebAuthn/WASM\\[2pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + + +\switchcolumn +\normalsize +\raggedright +{\bfseries Experience}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Co-Founder \& CEO} \hfill \textit{Mar 2021 -- Present}\\ +\textit{Sonr --- New York, USA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Founded the company and secured \$4.7M to build a peer-to-peer identity and asset network, owning systems end to end --- specification, architecture, implementation, testing, and maintenance.} + \item \small{Architected a custom Layer-1 blockchain in Go on the Cosmos SDK --- a modular state machine exposing Protobuf/gRPC services and REST gateways.} + \item \small{Operated production infrastructure --- 4 distributed validator nodes on Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform --- sustaining 99\% operational uptime.} + \item \small{Drove open-source growth to the 4th-highest global GitHub contributions (Oct 2021--Oct 2022) and onboarded 120+ first-time blockchain developers to the platform's SDKs and APIs.} + \item \small{Led the company's 2026 pivot to B2B through hands-on customer discovery, repositioning the platform as white-label wallet infrastructure.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Projects}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Layer-1 Blockchain \& Cross-Chain Payments} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Engineered a ``Gasless Onboarding'' transaction pipeline with custom Cosmos AnteHandlers intercepting and validating WebAuthn credentials at the mempool level, abstracting away seed phrases and fees.} + \item \small{Delivered full EVM compatibility alongside CosmWasm contracts, supporting multi-chain token mappings and cross-chain value transfer over IBC.} + \item \small{Built and operated multi-node testnets with Kubernetes (Starship), Docker, and Devbox, automating multi-architecture CI/CD with GoReleaser.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Token Economics \& Payment Design} \hfill \textit{2022} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Structured the token as the means of payment across protocol modules, aligning DPoS validator incentives with cross-chain payments over IBC.} + \item \small{Translated economic models --- price-shock absorption, lockup vesting, and subsidy schedules --- into Layer-1 state machine and smart-contract logic alongside 6 PhD economists from Prysm Group.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Client SDK \& Edge Orchestration} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2023} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Built an edge-native orchestration layer on Cloudflare Workers (Durable Objects, KV, Service Bindings) managing persistent sessions, smart routing, and real-time state synchronization across a decentralized network.} + \item \small{Bridged WebAuthn passkeys and OAuth 2.0 into a TypeScript client SDK, giving developers passwordless, seed-phrase-free user onboarding.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Core Cryptography Library} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Shipped MPC and Distributed Key Generation protocols (Threshold ECDSA/Ed25519, FROST), backed by exhaustive automated security tests, race-condition checks, and performance benchmarks.} + \item \small{Engineered constant-time elliptic curve arithmetic in Go (secp256k1, Ed25519, BLS12-381), strictly hardened against side-channel timing attacks, signature malleability, and nonce reuse.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Education}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{B.S. in Applied Math} \hfill \textit{2017 -- 2020}\\ +\textit{Virginia Commonwealth University} +\vspace{4pt} + + +\end{paracol} + +\end{document} diff --git a/documents/cv/PradNukala_StaffSoftwareEngineer_Circle.tex b/documents/cv/PradNukala_StaffSoftwareEngineer_Circle.tex new file mode 100755 index 0000000..7203d29 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/cv/PradNukala_StaffSoftwareEngineer_Circle.tex @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +\documentclass[11pt]{article} +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} +\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} +\usepackage{geometry} +\usepackage{enumitem} +\usepackage{paracol} +\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} +\geometry{a4paper, margin=0.5in} +\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} +\setlength{\parskip}{2pt} +\columnratio{0.3} + +\begin{document} + +{\centering + {\Huge \textbf{Prad Nukala}}\\[2pt] + {\large Staff Software Engineer --- Blockchain \& Payments Infrastructure} + \par +} +\vspace{14pt} + +\begin{paracol}{2} +\raggedright +\small +{\bfseries Contact}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\href{mailto:prnk28@gmail.com}{prnk28@gmail.com}\\[2pt] ++ 1 646-508-7789\\[2pt] +\href{https://prad.nu}{Website}\\[2pt] +\href{https://linkedin.com/in/pradn}{LinkedIn}\\[2pt] +\href{https://github.com/prdlk}{GitHub}\\[2pt] +\href{https://twitter.com/basedprad}{Twitter} + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Skills}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Languages}\\[1pt] +Go (Golang), Java, TypeScript, SQL, Solidity, Protobufs\\[5pt] +\textbf{Blockchain \& Payments}\\[1pt] +Cosmos SDK, IBC, EVM, CosmWasm, API Design (REST/gRPC), WebAuthn, DIDs\\[5pt] +\textbf{Infrastructure}\\[1pt] +Kubernetes, Docker, Microservices, AWS, Google Cloud, Terraform, CI/CD\\[5pt] +\textbf{Leadership \& Communication}\\[1pt] +Technical Presentations, Cross-functional Communication, Developer Relations, Fundraising\\[5pt] +\textbf{AI \& Automation}\\[1pt] +ChatGPT, AI-assisted Development Workflows\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Honors}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Guest Lecturer, Crypto Finance (15.492)}\\[1pt] +MIT Sloan School of Management \hfill \textit{2022}\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Organizations}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Decentralized Identity Foundation}\\[1pt] +Working Group for UCAN/DWN\\[4pt] +\textbf{World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}\\[1pt] +Working Group for DID/WebAuthn/WASM\\[2pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + + +\switchcolumn +\normalsize +\raggedright +{\bfseries Experience}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Co-Founder \& CEO} \hfill \textit{Mar 2021 -- Present}\\ +\textit{Sonr --- New York, USA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Architected a custom Layer-1 blockchain in Go on the Cosmos SDK --- modular state machine with Protobuf/gRPC services and REST gateways --- and secured \$4.7M to build the platform.} + \item \small{Directed technical strategy for a cross-functional engineering team across protocol, cryptography, and client SDKs; onboarded 120+ first-time blockchain developers to public APIs during DevNet.} + \item \small{Built production infrastructure on Kubernetes and Google Cloud with Terraform --- multi-node testnets and GoReleaser multi-architecture CI/CD --- with test coverage gating continuous delivery.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Mobile App Developer} \hfill \textit{Aug 2020 -- May 2021}\\ +\textit{Leidos --- Herndon, VA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Shipped features for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mobile Passport app used by millions of travelers, meeting strict federal security, privacy, and accessibility standards.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Founder \& iOS Developer} \hfill \textit{Jul 2016 -- May 2019}\\ +\textit{Britetwist --- Ashburn, VA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Founded an independent app studio and shipped three consumer apps to 1M+ total downloads, owning product end-to-end from design through full-stack development.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Projects}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Cross-Chain Value Transfer \& Tokenization} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Implemented full EVM compatibility alongside CosmWasm smart contracts, supporting multi-chain token mappings and cross-chain value transfer over IBC.} + \item \small{Engineered a ``Gasless Onboarding'' pipeline with custom Cosmos AnteHandlers validating WebAuthn passkeys at the mempool level --- an API surface hiding seed phrases and fees behind familiar Web2 flows.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Token Economics \& Payment Design} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2023} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Architected the network token model with 6 PhD economists (Prysm Group) --- allocation, supply schedules, velocity, and staking emissions --- benchmarked against Uniswap, Compound, and Algorand.} + \item \small{Structured the token as the means of payment across protocol modules and designed DPoS validator incentives aligning network security with cross-chain payments over IBC.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Core Cryptography \& Key Management} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Implemented MPC and Distributed Key Generation protocols (Threshold ECDSA/Ed25519, FROST) in Go, removing single points of failure from transaction-signing infrastructure.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Education}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{B.S. in Applied Math} \hfill \textit{2016 -- 2020}\\ +\textit{Virginia Commonwealth University} +\vspace{4pt} + + +\end{paracol} + +\end{document} diff --git a/documents/cv/cryptography.tex b/documents/cv/cryptography.tex new file mode 100755 index 0000000..3b6010c --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/cv/cryptography.tex @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +\documentclass[11pt]{article} +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} +\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} +\usepackage{geometry} +\usepackage{enumitem} +\usepackage{paracol} +\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} +\geometry{a4paper, margin=0.5in} +\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} +\setlength{\parskip}{2pt} +\columnratio{0.3} + +\begin{document} + +{\centering + {\Huge \textbf{Prad Nukala}}\\[2pt] + {\large Applied Cryptography \& Security Engineer} + \par +} +\vspace{14pt} + +\begin{paracol}{2} +\raggedright +\small +{\bfseries Contact}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\href{mailto:prnk28@gmail.com}{prnk28@gmail.com}\\[2pt] ++ 1 646-508-7789\\[2pt] +\href{https://prad.nu}{Website}\\[2pt] +\href{https://linkedin.com/in/pradn}{LinkedIn}\\[2pt] +\href{https://github.com/prdlk}{GitHub}\\[2pt] +\href{https://twitter.com/basedprad}{Twitter} + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Skills}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Languages}\\[1pt] +Go, Rust, C, TypeScript\\[5pt] +\textbf{Cryptography}\\[1pt] +Zero-Knowledge Proofs, MPC / DKG, Threshold Signatures, Elliptic Curves, WebAuthn, WASM\\[5pt] +\textbf{Security}\\[1pt] +Constant-Time Implementation, Side-Channel Hardening, Security Testing, Protocol Design\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Honors}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Guest Lecturer, Crypto Finance (15.492)}\\[1pt] +MIT Sloan School of Management \hfill \textit{2022}\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Organizations}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Decentralized Identity Foundation}\\[1pt] +Working Group for UCAN/DWN\\[4pt] +\textbf{World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}\\[1pt] +Working Group for DID/WebAuthn/WASM\\[2pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + + +\switchcolumn +\normalsize +\raggedright +{\bfseries Experience}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Co-Founder \& CEO} \hfill \textit{Mar 2021 -- Present}\\ +\textit{Sonr --- New York, USA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Led development of a peer-to-peer identity system built on decentralized identifiers (DIDs), WebAuthn, and IPFS, securing \$4.7M to build the platform.} + \item \small{Shaped global web standards as a W3C Working Group Member for DIDs, WebAuthn, and WebAssembly (WASM), and as a DIF member for UCAN/DWN.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Projects}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Core Cryptography Library} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Implemented Zero-Knowledge Proof systems --- Bulletproofs (range and inner-product proofs) and cryptographic accumulators --- using the Fiat-Shamir heuristic for non-interactive verification.} + \item \small{Designed MPC and Distributed Key Generation protocols (Threshold ECDSA/Ed25519, FROST, Gennaro) for decentralized infrastructure without single points of failure.} + \item \small{Engineered constant-time elliptic curve arithmetic (secp256k1, Ed25519, BLS12-381, NIST P-Curves) hardened against side-channel timing attacks, signature malleability, and nonce reuse.} + \item \small{Hardened security with AES-GCM authenticated encryption and Argon2id key derivation, backed by exhaustive automated security tests, race-condition checks, and benchmarks.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Motr Cryptographic Enclave} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2023} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Architected ``Motr,'' a Go-to-WASM cryptographic enclave running in client-side Web Workers, handling MPC, signing, and UCAN token generation without exposing private keys to the main thread.} + \item \small{Built a WebAuthn (Passkeys/Biometrics) + OAuth 2.0 authentication bridge enabling passwordless, seed-phrase-free onboarding directly within the SDK.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Education}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{B.S. in Applied Math} \hfill \textit{2016 -- 2020}\\ +\textit{Virginia Commonwealth University} +\vspace{4pt} + + +\end{paracol} + +\end{document} diff --git a/documents/cv/founding-engineer.tex b/documents/cv/founding-engineer.tex new file mode 100755 index 0000000..850c9cb --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/cv/founding-engineer.tex @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +\documentclass[11pt]{article} +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} +\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} +\usepackage{geometry} +\usepackage{enumitem} +\usepackage{paracol} +\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} +\geometry{a4paper, margin=0.5in} +\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} +\setlength{\parskip}{2pt} +\columnratio{0.3} + +\begin{document} + +{\centering + {\Huge \textbf{Prad Nukala}}\\[2pt] + {\large Founding Engineer \& Full-Stack Builder} + \par +} +\vspace{14pt} + +\begin{paracol}{2} +\raggedright +\small +{\bfseries Contact}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\href{mailto:prnk28@gmail.com}{prnk28@gmail.com}\\[2pt] ++ 1 646-508-7789\\[2pt] +\href{https://prad.nu}{Website}\\[2pt] +\href{https://linkedin.com/in/pradn}{LinkedIn}\\[2pt] +\href{https://github.com/prdlk}{GitHub}\\[2pt] +\href{https://twitter.com/basedprad}{Twitter} + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Skills}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Languages}\\[1pt] +TypeScript, Go, JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Dart\\[5pt] +\textbf{Frameworks}\\[1pt] +React, React Native, Next.js, Flutter, Cosmos SDK, Cloudflare Workers\\[5pt] +\textbf{Leadership}\\[1pt] +Fundraising, Technical Strategy, Product Management, Team Leadership, Developer Relations\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Honors}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Guest Lecturer, Crypto Finance (15.492)}\\[1pt] +MIT Sloan School of Management \hfill \textit{2022}\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Organizations}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Decentralized Identity Foundation}\\[1pt] +Working Group for UCAN/DWN\\[4pt] +\textbf{World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}\\[1pt] +Working Group for DID/WebAuthn/WASM\\[2pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + + +\switchcolumn +\normalsize +\raggedright +{\bfseries Experience}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Co-Founder \& CEO} \hfill \textit{Mar 2021 -- Present}\\ +\textit{Sonr --- New York, USA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Founded the startup and led executive fundraising, securing \$4.7M to build a peer-to-peer identity and asset management platform from zero to production.} + \item \small{Directed technical strategy and led a cross-functional engineering team across mobile (React Native), a Cosmos SDK Layer-1, and edge infrastructure.} + \item \small{Drove open-source growth to the 4th-highest global GitHub contributions (Oct 2021--Oct 2022) and onboarded 120+ developers through hands-on technical workshops.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Founder \& iOS Developer} \hfill \textit{Jul 2016 -- May 2019}\\ +\textit{Britetwist --- Ashburn, VA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Founded an independent app studio and shipped three apps to 1M+ total downloads, including 15,000 DAU for the game Space Bolt and a peer-to-peer volunteer network.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Projects}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Beam --- Decentralized E2EE Chat} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2025} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Led a cross-functional team building a cross-platform React Native messenger with end-to-end encryption over a heavily customized decentralized Matrix protocol.} + \item \small{Replaced centralized auth with passwordless DID onboarding, abstracting key management into a frictionless ``Web2-grade'' chat experience.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Client SDK \& Motr Enclave} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2023} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Architected a Go-to-WASM cryptographic enclave and an edge orchestration layer on Cloudflare Workers (Durable Objects, KV) for persistent cross-platform sessions.} + \item \small{Shipped a WebAuthn + OAuth 2.0 auth bridge giving developers passwordless, seed-phrase-free onboarding out of the box.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Education}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{B.S. in Applied Math} \hfill \textit{2016 -- 2020}\\ +\textit{Virginia Commonwealth University} +\vspace{4pt} + + +\end{paracol} + +\end{document} diff --git a/documents/cv/protocol.tex b/documents/cv/protocol.tex new file mode 100755 index 0000000..3b00e91 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/cv/protocol.tex @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +\documentclass[11pt]{article} +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} +\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} +\usepackage{geometry} +\usepackage{enumitem} +\usepackage{paracol} +\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} +\geometry{a4paper, margin=0.5in} +\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} +\setlength{\parskip}{2pt} +\columnratio{0.3} + +\begin{document} + +{\centering + {\Huge \textbf{Prad Nukala}}\\[2pt] + {\large Senior Blockchain \& Protocol Engineer} + \par +} +\vspace{14pt} + +\begin{paracol}{2} +\raggedright +\small +{\bfseries Contact}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\href{mailto:prnk28@gmail.com}{prnk28@gmail.com}\\[2pt] ++ 1 646-508-7789\\[2pt] +\href{https://prad.nu}{Website}\\[2pt] +\href{https://linkedin.com/in/pradn}{LinkedIn}\\[2pt] +\href{https://github.com/prdlk}{GitHub}\\[2pt] +\href{https://twitter.com/basedprad}{Twitter} + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Skills}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Languages}\\[1pt] +Go, Rust, TypeScript, Protobufs, Solidity\\[5pt] +\textbf{Protocols \& Frameworks}\\[1pt] +Cosmos SDK, CosmWasm, IBC, EVM, IPFS, libp2p, WebAuthn, DIDs\\[5pt] +\textbf{Infrastructure}\\[1pt] +Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Google Cloud, GoReleaser, CI/CD\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Honors}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Guest Lecturer, Crypto Finance (15.492)}\\[1pt] +MIT Sloan School of Management \hfill \textit{2022}\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Organizations}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Decentralized Identity Foundation}\\[1pt] +Working Group for UCAN/DWN\\[4pt] +\textbf{World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}\\[1pt] +Working Group for DID/WebAuthn/WASM\\[2pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + + +\switchcolumn +\normalsize +\raggedright +{\bfseries Experience}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Co-Founder \& CEO} \hfill \textit{Mar 2021 -- Present}\\ +\textit{Sonr --- New York, USA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Architected a custom Layer-1 blockchain on the Cosmos SDK, optimizing data serialization and inter-node communication with Protobufs, and secured \$4.7M to build the platform.} + \item \small{Drove open-source growth to the 4th-highest global GitHub contributions (Oct 2021--Oct 2022) and onboarded 120+ first-time blockchain developers to the SDK during DevNet.} + \item \small{Shaped global web standards as a W3C Working Group Member for DIDs, WebAuthn, and WebAssembly (WASM).} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Projects}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Layer-1 Blockchain \& Identity} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Engineered a ``Gasless Onboarding'' pipeline with custom Cosmos AnteHandlers validating WebAuthn passkeys at the mempool level, abstracting away seed phrases and transaction fees.} + \item \small{Bridged Web3 ecosystems with full EVM compatibility alongside CosmWasm contracts, supporting multi-chain token mappings and cross-chain operations over IBC.} + \item \small{Designed a capability-based authorization system (UCAN + Decentralized Web Nodes) for granular, delegatable access to IPFS-backed encrypted data vaults.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Token Economics \& Governance} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2023} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Architected the core token model and macroeconomic parameters --- allocation, supply schedules, velocity, and staking emissions --- benchmarked against Uniswap, Compound, and Algorand.} + \item \small{Designed on-chain governance and DPoS validator incentives, aligning protocol security with cross-chain payments across IBC-connected modules.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Core Cryptography Library} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Implemented MPC and Distributed Key Generation protocols (Threshold ECDSA/Ed25519, FROST) enabling decentralized infrastructure without single points of failure.} + \item \small{Engineered constant-time elliptic curve arithmetic (secp256k1, Ed25519, BLS12-381) hardened against side-channel attacks, signature malleability, and nonce reuse.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Education}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{B.S. in Applied Math} \hfill \textit{2016 -- 2020}\\ +\textit{Virginia Commonwealth University} +\vspace{4pt} + + +\end{paracol} + +\end{document} diff --git a/documents/cv/react-native.tex b/documents/cv/react-native.tex new file mode 100755 index 0000000..84cf822 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/cv/react-native.tex @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +\documentclass[11pt]{article} +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} +\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} +\usepackage{geometry} +\usepackage{enumitem} +\usepackage{paracol} +\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref} +\geometry{a4paper, margin=0.5in} +\setlength{\parindent}{0pt} +\setlength{\parskip}{2pt} +\columnratio{0.3} + +\begin{document} + +{\centering + {\Huge \textbf{Prad Nukala}}\\[2pt] + {\large Senior React Native Engineer} + \par +} +\vspace{14pt} + +\begin{paracol}{2} +\raggedright +\small +{\bfseries Contact}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\href{mailto:prnk28@gmail.com}{prnk28@gmail.com}\\[2pt] ++ 1 646-508-7789\\[2pt] +\href{https://prad.nu}{Website}\\[2pt] +\href{https://linkedin.com/in/pradn}{LinkedIn}\\[2pt] +\href{https://github.com/prdlk}{GitHub}\\[2pt] +\href{https://twitter.com/basedprad}{Twitter} + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Skills}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Languages}\\[1pt] +TypeScript, JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Objective-C, Dart, Go\\[5pt] +\textbf{Frameworks}\\[1pt] +React Native, React.js, Flutter, Next.js, Docker, GitHub Actions, Fastlane\\[5pt] +\textbf{Methodology}\\[1pt] +Agile, CI/CD, Test-Driven Development, Mobile Security, API Design, Technical Leadership\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Honors}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Guest Lecturer, Crypto Finance (15.492)}\\[1pt] +MIT Sloan School of Management \hfill \textit{2022}\\[4pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + +{\bfseries Organizations}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Decentralized Identity Foundation}\\[1pt] +Working Group for UCAN/DWN\\[4pt] +\textbf{World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)}\\[1pt] +Working Group for DID/WebAuthn/WASM\\[2pt] + +\vspace{8pt} + + +\switchcolumn +\normalsize +\raggedright +{\bfseries Experience}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Co-Founder \& CEO} \hfill \textit{Mar 2021 -- Present}\\ +\textit{Sonr --- New York, USA} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Founded the startup and led executive fundraising, securing \$4.7M to build a peer-to-peer identity and asset management system leveraging DIDs, WebAuthn, and IPFS.} + \item \small{Directed technical strategy and led a cross-functional engineering team building a React Native mobile chat application powered by the decentralized Matrix protocol.} + \item \small{Drove open-source growth to the 4th-highest global GitHub contributions (Oct 2021--Oct 2022) and shaped web standards as a W3C Working Group Member for DIDs, WebAuthn, and WASM.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Projects}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{Beam --- Decentralized E2EE Chat} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2025} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Led a cross-functional team building Beam, a high-performance cross-platform React Native messenger with end-to-end encryption over a heavily customized decentralized Matrix protocol.} + \item \small{Replaced centralized email/phone auth with Sonr DIDs for passwordless onboarding, abstracting key management into a frictionless ``Web2-grade'' chat experience.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Client SDK \& Motr Enclave} \hfill \textit{2022 -- 2023} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Architected ``Motr,'' a Go-to-WASM cryptographic enclave running in client-side Web Workers, handling MPC, signing, and UCAN token generation without exposing private keys to the main thread.} + \item \small{Built a WebAuthn + OAuth 2.0 auth bridge and an edge orchestration layer on Cloudflare Workers (Durable Objects, KV) for persistent cross-platform sessions.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Layer-1 Blockchain \& Identity} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Engineered a ``Gasless Onboarding'' pipeline with custom Cosmos AnteHandlers validating WebAuthn passkeys at the mempool level, abstracting away seed phrases and transaction fees.} + \item \small{Designed a capability-based authorization system (UCAN + Decentralized Web Nodes) for granular, delegatable access to IPFS-backed encrypted data vaults.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{4pt} +\textbf{Core Cryptography Library} \hfill \textit{2022 -- Present} +\begin{itemize}[leftmargin=*, nosep, topsep=2pt] + \item \small{Implemented Zero-Knowledge Proof systems (Bulletproofs, accumulators) and MPC/DKG protocols (Threshold ECDSA/Ed25519, FROST) for decentralized infrastructure without single points of failure.} + \item \small{Engineered constant-time elliptic curve arithmetic (secp256k1, Ed25519, BLS12-381) hardened against side-channel timing attacks, signature malleability, and nonce reuse.} +\end{itemize} +\vspace{6pt} + +{\bfseries Education}\\[2pt] +\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}\\[4pt] +\textbf{B.S. in Applied Math} \hfill \textit{2016 -- 2020}\\ +\textit{Virginia Commonwealth University} +\vspace{4pt} + + +\end{paracol} + +\end{document} diff --git a/documents/postings/jobs.db b/documents/postings/jobs.db new file mode 100755 index 0000000..8ad72e0 Binary files /dev/null and b/documents/postings/jobs.db differ diff --git a/documents/sources/about/AGENTS.md b/documents/sources/about/AGENTS.md new file mode 100755 index 0000000..93c319f --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/about/AGENTS.md @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ + + + +# about + +## Purpose +Identity, contact, education, and recognition — the role-independent blocks shared by every résumé variant. (Consolidates what older docs called `information/` + `recognition/`.) + +## Key Files +| File | Description | +|------|-------------| +| `profile.yml` | Name, contact (email/phone/website/linkedin/github/twitter), and per-role `summary` entries used as the résumé header blurb. | +| `education.yml` | VCU, Applied Mathematics (2017–2020), coursework skills, `activities`, and refs to school-era `projects`. | +| `honors.yml` | List of honors (e.g. MIT Sloan guest lecture) — feeds the Honors block. | +| `organizations.yml` | Standards-body memberships (W3C, DIF) — feeds the Organizations block. | + +## For AI Agents + +### Working In This Directory +- `honors.yml` and `organizations.yml` are top-level YAML *lists* of objects, not maps — keep that shape. +- `education.yml` `projects:` uses relative refs into `../projects/`. Keep valid. +- `profile.yml` `summary` is a list of `{role, summary}` — one tailored blurb per résumé variant; match a new variant's title here. + +### Testing Requirements +```bash +python3 -c "import yaml; yaml.safe_load(open('.yml'))" +``` + +## Dependencies +### Internal +- Consumed by `../../src/*.tex` (Contact / Honors / Organizations / Education blocks, identical across variants) by hand. + + diff --git a/documents/sources/about/education.yml b/documents/sources/about/education.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..47cd8ad --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/about/education.yml @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +school: Virginia Commonwealth University +degree: Bachelor of Applied Science +field: Applied Mathematics +start: 2017 +end: 2020 +skills: + - Vectors + - Topological Data Analysis + - Number Theory + - Linear Algebra +activities: | + Attended 5 MLH Hackathons, Published 3 Apps in 3 Years with over 1M Downloads, Wrote 3 Articles with over 120k reads. +projects: + - ../projects/likely.yml + - ../projects/pool.yml + - ../projects/swiper-no-mauling.yml + - ../projects/timeboard.yml diff --git a/documents/sources/about/honors.yml b/documents/sources/about/honors.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..b2db818 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/about/honors.yml @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +- title: Guest Lecturer, Crypto Finance (15.492) + date: 2022-02-01 + institution: MIT Sloan School of Management diff --git a/documents/sources/about/organizations.yml b/documents/sources/about/organizations.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..eaf30a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/about/organizations.yml @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +- name: Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) + url: https://identity.foundation/ + title: Working Group for UCAN/DWN + +- name: World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) + url: https://www.w3.org/ + title: Working Group for DID/WebAuthn/WASM diff --git a/documents/sources/about/profile.yml b/documents/sources/about/profile.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..dcc8f7c --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/about/profile.yml @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +full-name: Prad Nukala +email: prnk28@gmail.com +phone: +1 (646) 508-7789 +website: https://prad.nu +linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pradn +github: https://github.com/prdlk +twitter: https://twitter.com/basedprad +summary: + - role: Senior React Native Developer + summary: | + Senior Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience in mobile development, specializing in React Native. Proven track record in defining architecture patterns and leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact features. Adept in product strategy and stakeholder management, I am eager to drive innovative solutions for a mission-driven fintech organization serving immigrant communities. diff --git a/documents/sources/experience/AGENTS.md b/documents/sources/experience/AGENTS.md new file mode 100755 index 0000000..bbae450 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/experience/AGENTS.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ + + + +# experience + +## Purpose +One YAML file per employer — the canonical record of each role Prad has held. Templates draw experience bullets from here; nothing is generated. + +## Key Files +| File | Description | +|------|-------------| +| `sonr.yml` | Co-Founder / CEO at Sonr (2021–). Richest entry — DIDs, WebAuthn, Matrix, Cosmos L1, fundraising. Lists 7 project refs. | +| `britetwist.yml` | Consumer mobile work (1M+ downloads era). | +| `leidos.yml` | Defense/government engineering. | +| `hobsons.yml` | Earlier engineering role. | +| `unissant.yml` | Earlier engineering role. | + +## Schema +```yaml +title: Co-Founder / CEO # role title +company: Sonr +start: 2021-03-01 # ISO YYYY-MM-DD; omit end: for Present +end: 2020-12-01 # optional +location: New York, USA +profile-heading: ... # optional one-liner +description: | # block scalar of "- " bullets + - Bullet… +skills: # canonical names, reused across files + - React Native +projects: # relative refs into ../projects/ + - ../projects/beam-chat.yml +``` + +## For AI Agents + +### Working In This Directory +- `projects:` and any cross-refs use relative paths (`../projects/.yml`). Keep valid on rename/move. +- Skill names must match the canonical spelling used elsewhere (`Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs)`, `WebAssembly (WASM)`) so they dedupe across files. +- `description` bullets are the raw pool; templates condense them to fit one page — do not assume verbatim use. + +### Testing Requirements +```bash +python3 -c "import yaml; yaml.safe_load(open('.yml'))" +``` + +## Dependencies +### Internal +- Referenced by `../projects/*.yml` via `associated-with`; consumed by `../../src/*.tex` by hand. + + diff --git a/documents/sources/experience/britetwist.yml b/documents/sources/experience/britetwist.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..0723df6 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/experience/britetwist.yml @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +title: iOS Developer +company: Britetwist +start: 2016-07-01 +end: 2019-05-01 +location: Ashburn, VA, USA +description: | + - Founded an independent mobile app studio, driving end-to-end product development—from ideation and UI/UX design to full-stack programming—for three successful applications. + - Scaled the company's portfolio to over 1 million total downloads, encompassing a peer-to-peer volunteer network (VolunTree) and highly engaging mobile games (Space Bolt, Yuē). + - Achieved peak user engagement metrics, including 15,000 Daily Active Users (DAU) for Space Bolt and 1,250 Monthly Active Users (MAU) for VolunTree. + - Fostered strong developer community engagement by authoring technical architecture and game development articles that accumulated over 40,000 reads. +skills: + - Executive Leadership + - iOS Development + - Game Development + - C# + - Unity + - Product Management + - User Interface Design +projects: + - ../projects/superball.yml + - ../projects/floadt.yml + - ../projects/voluntree.yml + - ../projects/yue.yml + - ../projects/spacebolt.yml diff --git a/documents/sources/experience/hobsons.yml b/documents/sources/experience/hobsons.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..f3883c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/experience/hobsons.yml @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +title: Software Engineering Intern +company: Hobsons +start: 2018-05-01 +end: 2018-08-01 +location: Arlington, VA, USA +description: | + - Architected a robust backend monitoring system using Java and the Spring Boot framework to track data synchronization between CommonApp documents and the Naviance platform. + - Built an internal frontend dashboard using JavaScript and AngularJS to seamlessly consume, display, and filter REST API JSON responses. + - Empowered the sales team to independently troubleshoot and answer customer QA inquiries by creating self-serve tools, drastically reducing response times from several days to just a few minutes. +skills: + - Java + - AngularJS + - Spring Boot + - REST API + - Backend Development + - Algorithms diff --git a/documents/sources/experience/leidos.yml b/documents/sources/experience/leidos.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..502dc77 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/experience/leidos.yml @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +title: Mobile App Developer +company: Leidos +start: 2020-08-01 +end: 2021-05-01 +location: Herndon, VA, USA +description: | + - Engineered and deployed features for the official Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Mobile Passport application, a high-visibility tool utilized by millions of travelers to expedite entry into the United States. + - Leveraged the Flutter framework and Dart to build and maintain a seamless, high-performance cross-platform experience for both iOS and Android users. + - Collaborated within a highly regulated, hybrid agile environment to ensure the application met strict federal security, privacy, and accessibility standards. +skills: + - Flutter + - Dart + - Cross-Platform Development + - Mobile App Development + - Agile Methodologies + - Mobile Security diff --git a/documents/sources/experience/sonr.yml b/documents/sources/experience/sonr.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..ae5aaa3 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/experience/sonr.yml @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +title: Co-Founder / CEO +company: Sonr +start: 2021-03-01 +location: New York, USA +profile-heading: Founder building Decentralized Identity | W3C Working Group Member for DIDs, WebAuthn, and WASM | 6000+ Github Contributions 2021-2023 +description: | + - Founded the startup and successfully led executive fundraising efforts, securing $4.7M in capital to build a peer-to-peer identity and asset management system leveraging decentralized identifiers (DIDs), WebAuthn, and IPFS. + - Directed technical strategy across 7 full-time staff (including a technical writer) and two specialist agencies — a 6-person token-economics team and a 6-engineer mobile team — with all reporting lines direct to CEO, co-developing a React Native mobile chat application powered by the decentralized Matrix protocol. + - Architected a custom Layer 1 blockchain using the Cosmos SDK, optimizing data serialization and network communication with Protobufs. + - Operated the Sonr Testnet across 4 geographically distributed validator nodes (San Francisco, New York, Virginia, Asia) with 4+ environments and 4 distinct validator profiles secured via KMS, sustaining 99% operational uptime; ran the initial DevNet on Google Cloud and orchestrated Beam's self-hosted Matrix homeserver with Ansible, alongside Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform infrastructure. + - Drove massive open-source community growth, achieving the 4th highest global GitHub contributions (Oct 2021 – Oct 2022) for the platform's MVP, and successfully onboarding over 120 first-time blockchain developers to the Motor SDKs during DevNet. + - Actively shaped global web standards as a W3C Working Group Member for DIDs, WebAuthn, and WebAssembly (WASM); implemented the DID specification to full spec compliance and built the first W3C-conformant WebAuthn implementation tied to DIDs recorded on a blockchain, enabling passkey-based wallet identity. + - Pivoted the company to B2B (2026), leading customer discovery for a white-label wallet system positioned as an open-source alternative to Privy, while winding down consumer operations. +scale: + org: "7 FTE (incl. technical writer) + 6-person tokenomics agency + 6-person app agency, all reporting to CEO" + infra: "4 testnet nodes (SF/NY/VA/Asia), 4+ environments, 4 validator profiles (KMS), 99% uptime" +skills: + - Executive Leadership + - Startup Fundraising + - Cosmos SDK + - React Native + - Kubernetes + - Docker + - Google Cloud + - Terraform + - Ansible + - Protocol Buffers + - Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) + - WebAuthn + - WebAssembly (WASM) + - IPFS + - Matrix Protocol + - Technology Strategy + - DevOps + - Linux Administration +projects: + - ../projects/appchain.yml + - ../projects/beam-chat.yml + - ../projects/cryptography-library.yml + - ../projects/decentralized-airdrop.yml + - ../projects/ecosystem-devrel.yml + - ../projects/client-sdk.yml + - ../projects/token-economics.yml +press: + - "Fast Company: 'What Web3 can learn from the Mac and the iPhone' (byline Prad Nukala, 2022-11-26)" +evidence: + - fact: "Authored Fast Company op-ed 'What Web3 can learn from the Mac and the iPhone', published 2022-11-26 under byline Prad Nukala" + source: https://www.fastcompany.com/90814899/web3-lessons-mac-iphone + retrieved: 2026-07-03 + - fact: "Medium (@prnk28, 288 followers): 'How We Authenticate Every Twitter User' (Jul 2022), 'Introducing the Venus Upgrade' (Sonr Blog, Apr 2023)" + source: https://medium.com/@prnk28 + retrieved: 2026-07-03 diff --git a/documents/sources/experience/unissant.yml b/documents/sources/experience/unissant.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..9adb217 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/experience/unissant.yml @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +title: Data Science Intern +company: Unissant +start: 2019-05-01 +end: 2019-08-01 +location: Herndon, VA, USA +description: | + - Engineered and deployed a machine learning fraud detection model utilizing AWS SageMaker to identify irregular patterns in healthcare data. + + - Developed a custom, client-facing web application using React, integrated with serverless AWS Lambda functions to interact with the predictive model in real-time. + + - Delivered a successful proof-of-concept (POC) to a consulting client, demonstrating the firm's technical capabilities in advanced data management and automated fraud prevention. +skills: + - Machine Learning + - Data Science + - AWS Lambda + - React.js + - AWS SageMaker + - Python + - Serverless Computing diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/appchain.yml b/documents/sources/projects/appchain.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..b22a39d --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/appchain.yml @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +title: Layer-1 Blockchain & Decentralized Identity Ecosystem +start: 2022-01-01 +project-url: https://github.com/sonr-io/sonr +skills: + - Go + - Kubernetes + - WebAuthn + - Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) + - IPFS + - Distributed Networking + - Blockchain Architecture +description: | + - Engineered a revolutionary "Gasless Onboarding" pipeline by writing custom Cosmos AnteHandlers to intercept and validate WebAuthn (Passkeys/Biometrics) credentials directly at the mempool level, completely abstracting away seed phrases and transaction fees for new users. + - Designed a capability-based authorization system integrating User-Controlled Authorization Networks (UCAN) and Decentralized Web Nodes (DWN) to provide granular, time-bound, and delegatable access to IPFS-backed encrypted data vaults. + - Bridged Web3 ecosystems by implementing full EVM compatibility alongside CosmWasm smart contracts, supporting multi-chain token mappings and cross-chain operations via IBC protocols. + - Built enterprise-grade DevOps infrastructure leveraging Kubernetes (Starship), Docker, and Devbox to orchestrate multi-node testnets and local development environments, utilizing GoReleaser for automated, multi-architecture CI/CD pipelines. + - Integrated automated legal compliance tooling directly into the blockchain CLI, generating cryptographic proofs and automated filings for Wyoming DAO LC amendments. +associated-with: ../experience/sonr.yml +status: active +evidence: + - fact: "GitHub repo sonr-io/sonr: 642 stars, 38 forks, GPL-3.0, ~90% Go, last pushed Dec 2025" + source: https://github.com/sonr-io/sonr + retrieved: 2026-07-03 + - fact: "prdlk is top contributor with 692 commits; next human contributor has 23" + source: https://api.github.com/repos/sonr-io/sonr/contributors + retrieved: 2026-07-03 + - fact: "README confirms Cosmos SDK v0.50.14, CometBFT v0.38.17, IBC v8.7.0, CosmWasm v1.5.8, EVM via Evmos, IPFS storage, WebAuthn gasless onboarding, UCAN permissions, DWN vaults, Starship testnets" + source: https://github.com/sonr-io/sonr/blob/master/README.md + retrieved: 2026-07-03 diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/beam-chat.yml b/documents/sources/projects/beam-chat.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..04003f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/beam-chat.yml @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +title: Beam — Lead Architect | E2EE Messaging · Matrix Protocol · Decentralized Identity +start: 2022-08-01 +end: 2025-08-01 +project-url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plaYwlGl4NM +associated-with: ../experience/sonr.yml +skills: + - React Native + - Matrix Protocol + - WebAuthn + - Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) + - Cryptography +description: | + - Led the architecture and hands-on development of Beam, a cross-platform end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) mobile messaging application built in React Native, directing a 6-engineer cross-functional team across mobile, infrastructure, and product. + - Architected and managed a self-hosted Matrix homeserver, customizing the decentralized Matrix protocol to deliver end-to-end encrypted (E2EE), censorship-resistant messaging with self-custodied message history. + - Engineered a passkey-based authentication layer as a drop-in replacement for the Matrix authorization server, swapping centralized email/phone login for WebAuthn passkey wallets and Sonr Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) to enable passwordless, self-sovereign onboarding and cryptographic key exchange. + - Abstracted decentralized routing and cryptographic key management behind a Web2-grade chat UX, guiding frontend and product teams to deliver a frictionless messaging experience over fully decentralized identity and transport infrastructure. +evidence: + - fact: "Public demo video 'Beam Demo' on the Sonr YouTube channel, described as 'July 2022 - Beam Beta Demo'" + source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plaYwlGl4NM + retrieved: 2026-07-03 diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/client-sdk.yml b/documents/sources/projects/client-sdk.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..08aa61d --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/client-sdk.yml @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +title: Client SDK & Motr Cryptographic Enclave +start: 2022-06-01 +end: 2023-08-01 +project-url: https://pub.dev/packages/motor_flutter +associated-with: ../experience/sonr.yml +skills: + - API Design + - React.js + - Flutter + - WebAuthn + - Cryptography + - WebAssembly (WASM) + - TypeScript + - Developer Relations +description: | + - Architected "Motr," a WebAssembly (WASM) cryptographic enclave compiled from Go, designed to run entirely in client-side Web Workers. This sandboxed environment securely handles Multi-Party Computation (MPC), data signing, and UCAN token generation without ever exposing private keys to the main application thread. + - Built an edge-native orchestration layer using Cloudflare Workers, utilizing Durable Objects, KV namespaces, and Service Bindings to manage persistent cross-platform sessions, smart routing, and state synchronization across the decentralized network. + - Pioneered a "Web2-to-Web3" authentication bridge by integrating WebAuthn (Passkeys/Biometrics) and standard OAuth 2.0 flows directly into the SDK, allowing developers to offer passwordless, seed-phrase-free onboarding to their users. + - Implemented account-isolated client persistence leveraging Dexie.js (IndexedDB) to create a robust offline caching layer for cryptographic states, delegated capabilities, and decentralized web node (DWN) records. diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/cryptography-library.yml b/documents/sources/projects/cryptography-library.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..3fe65fa --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/cryptography-library.yml @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +title: Core Cryptography Library (ZKP & MPC Infrastructure) +start: 2022-01-01 +end: 2026-02-01 +project-url: https://github.com/sonr-io/crypto +associated-with: ../experience/sonr.yml +skills: + - Go + - Security Testing + - Cryptography +description: | + - Implemented advanced Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) systems, including Bulletproofs (Range Proofs and Inner Product Proofs) and cryptographic accumulators, leveraging the Fiat-Shamir heuristic for efficient, non-interactive verification. + - Designed Multi-Party Computation (MPC) and Distributed Key Generation (DKG) protocols, enabling decentralized infrastructure through Threshold ECDSA/Ed25519, FROST, and Gennaro signature schemes without single points of failure. + - Engineered highly secure, constant-time elliptic curve arithmetic across multiple standards (secp256k1, Ed25519, BLS12-381, NIST P-Curves), strictly enforcing safeguards against side-channel timing attacks, signature malleability, and nonce reuse. + - Hardened system security by integrating AES-GCM authenticated encryption and Argon2id memory-hard key derivation, backed by an exhaustive suite of automated security tests, race-condition checks, and performance benchmarks. +status: active +evidence: + - fact: "Repo sonr-io/crypto: Apache-2.0, ~99% Go, sole contributor prdlk; releases v1.0.0/v1.0.1 Oct 2025; last pushed Jan 2026" + source: https://github.com/sonr-io/crypto + retrieved: 2026-07-03 + - fact: "README package list includes accumulator, bulletproof, dkg, ecies, mpc, ot, paillier, sharing, signatures, tecdsa, ted25519, ucan, zkp" + source: https://github.com/sonr-io/crypto/blob/main/README.md + retrieved: 2026-07-03 + - fact: "File tree confirms BLS12-381/BLS12-377/secp256k1/P-256/Ed25519 curve implementations, AES-GCM AEAD, Argon2 KDF, Bulletproof range and inner-product proofs" + source: https://github.com/sonr-io/crypto + retrieved: 2026-07-03 diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/decentralized-airdrop.yml b/documents/sources/projects/decentralized-airdrop.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..61f4e87 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/decentralized-airdrop.yml @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +title: Decentralized File-Sharing Platform +start: 2020-10-01 +end: 2021-12-01 +project-url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeBcg4P3Ipw +associated-with: ../experience/sonr.yml +skills: + - Flutter + - Dart + - Swift + - Kotlin + - Java + - FFI (Foreign Function Interface) + - Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) + - SQLite + - Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) + - Libp2p +description: | + - Engineered deep native OS integrations by writing custom iOS Share Extensions (Swift) and Android Intent filters, allowing users to seamlessly share photos, videos, and files directly from the OS-level share sheet into the decentralized libp2p network. + - Integrated a custom Go-based networking core using Gomobile, creating strict type-conversion bindings to translate low-level libp2p data streams, cryptographic keypairs, and Namebase decentralized routing into Dart. + - Designed a reactive, high-performance UI/UX utilizing the GetX framework for state management, combined with complex Lottie and Rive animations to provide intuitive, real-time feedback during peer discovery and file transfers. + - Built a robust local caching layer using Moor (SQLite) to securely store decentralized identity profiles, transfer history, and media metadata offline. + - Automated the entire CI/CD pipeline by configuring custom Makefiles, Fastlane lanes, and GitHub Actions to fetch core framework submodules, manage code-generation (build_runner), and seamlessly deploy App Bundles and iOS Archives to the Play Store and App Store TestFlight. diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/ecosystem-devrel.yml b/documents/sources/projects/ecosystem-devrel.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..7f6fdea --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/ecosystem-devrel.yml @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +title: Web3 Developer Ecosystem & DevNet Launch +start: 2022-01-01 +end: 2022-06-01 +project-url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy6Xkh9Mvcs +associated-with: ../experience/sonr.yml +skills: + - Developer Relations + - Technical Workshops + - Web3 Ecosystem + - Public Speaking + - API Design +description: | + Spearheaded the launch of the Sonr DevNet at premier collegiate hackathons, including PennApps XXII and UC Berkeley’s CalHacks, to drive grassroots adoption of decentralized identity protocols. + + - Designed and hosted hands-on technical workshops aimed at abstracting away the friction of Web3 development, successfully onboarding dozens of first-time blockchain developers to build decentralized applications (dApps) without requiring deep cryptographic expertise. + - Provided direct architectural mentorship and SDK support (utilizing the Sonr Motor API and DID modules), enabling developers to seamlessly integrate decentralized identity, secure messaging, and token marketplaces within 48-hour constraints. + - Fostered a thriving early-stage ecosystem that produced highly innovative dApps, including Ptolemy (an on-chain/off-chain validator reputation scoring system), Faiza (a decentralized, token-incentivized health forum), and WalkWithMe (a secure, DID-authenticated peer-to-peer transit network). +evidence: + - fact: "Presented 'Building in the decentralized web with Sonr' workshop (with Michael Amoako) at ETHGlobal's HackFS 2022, run in partnership with Protocol Labs; 26-min video on ETHGlobal's channel, published 2022-07-19" + source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy6Xkh9Mvcs + retrieved: 2026-07-03 diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/floadt.yml b/documents/sources/projects/floadt.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..ed810ac --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/floadt.yml @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +title: Floadt +start: 2013-05-01 +end: 2015-10-01 +project-url: https://github.com/prdlk/floadt +skills: + - REST APIs + - User Interface Design + - Social Media Integration + - Network Architecture + - Frontend Development +description: | + - Developed a unified social media client designed to aggregate and display Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter feeds within a single, Pinterest-style user interface. + - Engineered advanced social management features, including cross-platform scheduled publishing, feed filtering to hide specific users, and mutual-follower verification. + - Gained deep, hands-on experience in network architecture and complex REST API integration prior to major platform policy changes that restricted third-party developer access. +associated-with: ../experience/britetwist.yml +evidence: + - fact: "Open-source iOS client (MIT): 1.86 MB Objective-C plus Swift; AFNetworking OAuth1/OAuth2 clients; asset bundles for Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter; active commits Jul-Sep 2015" + source: https://github.com/prdlk/floadt + retrieved: 2026-07-03 diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/likely.yml b/documents/sources/projects/likely.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..b494bd5 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/likely.yml @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +title: Like.ly +start: 2017-05-01 +end: 2017-08-01 +project-url: https://github.com/prdlk/like.ly +skills: + - React Native + - Machine Learning + - scikit-learn + - Computer Vision + - REST APIs +description: | + - Engineered a predictive analytics tool leveraging scikit-learn supervised regression models (linear regression, SVR, polynomial features) to forecast Instagram post engagement and likes. + - Developed an intuitive user interface by building a cross-platform mobile application using React Native and Expo. + - Aggregated public Instagram post data via the official Instagram API with OAuth authentication to train the model and optimize prediction accuracy. + - Integrated the Microsoft Computer Vision API to analyze visual post content and extract key features for the machine learning pipeline. +associated-with: ../about/education.yml +evidence: + - fact: "Repo has 3 stars, 1 fork; README lists contributors Arun Kanamuru, Prad Nukala, Varun Patel; README stack: Eve REST API, MongoDB, SciKit, TensorFlow, React Native" + source: https://github.com/prdlk/like.ly + retrieved: 2026-07-03 + - fact: "Code confirms Microsoft Computer Vision API for image-tag features and scikit-learn (LinearRegression, SVR, PolynomialFeatures) for like prediction; React Native 0.46.1 + Expo 19 app" + source: https://github.com/prdlk/like.ly + retrieved: 2026-07-03 diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/pool.yml b/documents/sources/projects/pool.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..e7e802b --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/pool.yml @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +title: Pool +start: 2019-08-01 +end: 2019-08-01 +project-url: https://github.com/prdlk/pool-tutorial-part-1 +skills: + - Flutter + - Dart + - Cross-Platform Development + - User Interface Design + - Technical Writing +description: | + - Designed and engineered the frontend architecture for an event-sharing mobile application utilizing the Flutter framework and Dart. + - Translated complex Dribbble UI/UX designs into fully functional programmatic widget hierarchies, implementing custom TableView cells, dynamic navigation, and animated backgrounds using the simple-animations library. + - Authored and published a two-part technical series ("A Deep Dive into Flutter") in Medium's Flutter Community publication, detailing the application's structural development to educate developers on cross-platform best practices. + - Architected a scalable, modular codebase designed to seamlessly integrate with future Node.js and MongoDB backend implementations. +associated-with: ../about/education.yml +evidence: + - fact: "Tutorial repo has 37 stars, 6 forks and is marked as a GitHub template" + source: https://github.com/prdlk/pool-tutorial-part-1 + retrieved: 2026-07-03 + - fact: "README links the Medium article 'A Deep Dive into Flutter: The 22nd Century Frontend Framework'; pubspec confirms simple_animations ^1.3.3" + source: https://github.com/prdlk/pool-tutorial-part-1 + retrieved: 2026-07-03 + - fact: "'A Deep Dive into Flutter: The 22nd Century Frontend Framework' published in Medium's Flutter Community publication on 2019-08-08 (Part 1) and 2019-09-15 (Part 2)" + source: https://medium.com/flutter-community/deep-dive-in-flutter-b0b827440a49 + retrieved: 2026-07-03 diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/spacebolt.yml b/documents/sources/projects/spacebolt.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..e6b5c2b --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/spacebolt.yml @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +title: Space Bolt +start: 2016-08-01 +end: 2018-07-01 +project-url: https://github.com/prdlk/spacebolt +skills: + - Game Development + - C# + - Social Integration + - API Design + - Microtransactions +description: | + - Designed and developed an endless-runner space game, successfully scaling the player base to 15,000 daily active users and 850,000 total downloads by 2018. + - Engineered a custom API and server-side caching system to generate, retrieve, and distribute shareable gameplay GIFs. + - Integrated Facebook leaderboards to drive user engagement, retention, and global competition among players. +associated-with: ../experience/britetwist.yml +evidence: + - fact: "Unity project 'Space Bolt - Unity' (~5.1 MB C#); README features include Action Replay and Shareable GIF Replay" + source: https://github.com/prdlk/spacebolt + retrieved: 2026-07-03 diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/superball.yml b/documents/sources/projects/superball.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..2e07039 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/superball.yml @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +title: Superball +start: 2011-12-01 +end: 2012-04-01 +project-url: https://vimeo.com/172015296 +skills: + - Game Development + - Objective-C + - Cocos2d +description: | + - Developed and launched a puzzle-based casual game for iOS using the Cocos2D framework and Objective-C at age 12. + - Navigated the constraints of early iOS development by successfully managing memory allocation manually, prior to the introduction of built-in automated memory management. + - Designed the complete game loop, mechanics, and user interface tailored specifically for the mobile casual gaming market. +associated-with: ../experience/britetwist.yml +evidence: + - fact: "Promo video 'Superball Promo' (1:24) uploaded by Prad Nukala to Vimeo in 2016" + source: https://vimeo.com/172015296 + retrieved: 2026-07-03 diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/swiper-no-mauling.yml b/documents/sources/projects/swiper-no-mauling.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..7cb44df --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/swiper-no-mauling.yml @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +title: Swiper No Mauling +start: 2019-02-01 +end: 2019-02-01 +project-url: https://github.com/prdlk/CV-Livestock-Protection +skills: + - Python + - TensorFlow + - YOLOv3 + - Computer Vision + - Machine Learning + - Twilio API +description: | + - Engineered a financially viable, AI-powered computer vision application designed to help farmers autonomously monitor livestock and prevent predator attacks. + - Implemented the YOLOv3 object detection model using Python and TensorFlow to accurately identify predators and assess hostility levels within live camera frames. + - Integrated the Twilio API to build an automated, real-time alert system that immediately dispatches SMS notifications to farmers the moment a threat is detected. + - Designed an architectural roadmap to transition the computationally heavy detection model to a cloud-based infrastructure, with planned expansions for wildlife researchers to track events of interest. +associated-with: ../about/education.yml +evidence: + - fact: "PennApps Spring 2019 submission per repo README; 99.6% Python; README confirms TensorFlow, YOLOv3, Twilio API stack" + source: https://github.com/prdlk/CV-Livestock-Protection + retrieved: 2026-07-03 + - fact: "Devpost submission to PennApps XIX (project started by Prad Nukala, 2019-02-03; 3-person team); built-with tags python, tensorflow, twilio, yolov3; includes YouTube demo" + source: https://devpost.com/software/swiper-no-mauling + retrieved: 2026-07-03 diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/timeboard.yml b/documents/sources/projects/timeboard.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..6318d9b --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/timeboard.yml @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +title: Timebo[AR]d +start: 2017-10-01 +end: 2017-10-01 +project-url: https://github.com/anthonyanader/timeboARd +skills: + - Swift + - iOS Development + - ARKit +description: | + - Collaborated at HackHarvard 2017 to build a native iOS Augmented Reality application designed to capture, store, and share physical whiteboard sessions. + - Developed a feature mapping 2D whiteboard drawings into navigable, cloud-stored 3D models using just two screen taps. + - Implemented a "time machine" versioning system, enabling users to step through and view saved virtual frames in real-time. + - Provided a scalable solution for teams and students to archive architectural diagrams and course notes for future collaborative editing. +associated-with: ../about/education.yml +evidence: + - fact: "Repo has 14 stars; contributors API shows prdlk tied for most contributions (41 commits); README lists Prad Nukala under Contributors and Maintainers" + source: https://github.com/anthonyanader/timeboARd + retrieved: 2026-07-03 + - fact: "README confirms HackHarvard 2017, ARKit + Firebase/GCP + Facebook Login stack, custom vertical-plane detection (unsupported by ARKit at the time); links Devpost submission and YouTube demo" + source: https://github.com/anthonyanader/timeboARd + retrieved: 2026-07-03 + - fact: "Devpost submission to HackHarvard 2017, tagline 'We're Git for brainstorming through the use of AR'; stated role: 'I worked with implementing ARKit within the iOS Application, also helped cleanup some front-end code'; includes YouTube demo" + source: https://devpost.com/software/timeboard + retrieved: 2026-07-03 diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/token-economics.yml b/documents/sources/projects/token-economics.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..4bd20ae --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/token-economics.yml @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +title: Network Token Economics & Economic Design +start: 2022-02-01 +end: 2022-06-01 +associated-with: ../experience/sonr.yml +skills: + - Tokenization + - Economic Modeling + - Game Theory + - Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) + - Incentive Structuring + - System Architecture + - Cross-functional Team Leadership + - On-chain Governance +description: | + Directed the comprehensive token economic design for the Sonr Network, collaborating directly with 6 PhD economists from Prysm Group to architect a sustainable, highly secure Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) ecosystem. + - Architected the core financial model and token mechanics, defining critical macroeconomic parameters including dynamic token allocation, circulating supply schedules, token velocity, and staking reward emissions to maximize long-term fundamental value. + - Designed the on-chain governance and utility flow, establishing robust mechanisms for protocol voting, validator reputation scoring, and decentralized treasury/grant management. Modeled these frameworks using empirical data and opportunity cost analyses against major networks like Uniswap, Compound, and Algorand. + - Aligned protocol incentives with network security, structuring the token to act as a seamless means of payment across Sonr's Highway modules, registries, and buckets, while ensuring validators are properly incentivized to maintain decentralization via Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC). + - Bridged academic theory and engineering execution, successfully translating complex economic models—such as price shock absorption, lockup vesting, and subsidy schedules—into actionable smart contract and Layer-1 state machine logic. diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/voluntree.yml b/documents/sources/projects/voluntree.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..6700ec9 --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/voluntree.yml @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +title: VolunTree +start: 2015-11-01 +end: 2017-10-01 +project-url: https://github.com/prdlk/voluntree +skills: + - Objective-C + - iOS Development + - Database Design +description: | + - Engineered an iOS application to digitize and legitimize volunteer hour tracking for high school students via a peer-to-peer verification system. + - Scaled the platform to 1,250 monthly active users and achieved 15,000 total downloads in 2016. + - Integrated social and community features enabling users to follow peers and discover over 15 daily volunteer opportunities. + - Built an organizational portal allowing local non-profits to post updates and connect directly with the student volunteer community. + - Implemented an export feature allowing students to seamlessly transfer verified hours to their schools for academic credit. +associated-with: ../experience/britetwist.yml +evidence: + - fact: "Repo 'Volunteer Hour Tracking': 3.67 MB Objective-C iOS codebase" + source: https://github.com/prdlk/voluntree + retrieved: 2026-07-03 diff --git a/documents/sources/projects/yue.yml b/documents/sources/projects/yue.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..5efe55d --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/projects/yue.yml @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +title: Yue +start: 2018-03-01 +end: 2019-02-01 +project-url: https://github.com/prdlk/yue +skills: + - C# + - Procedural Generation + - Cross-Platform Development + - Game Design +description: | + - Developed and published a fully functional, low-poly 3D space adventure game to both iOS and Android platforms in 26 hours. + - Engineered a custom algorithm for procedural generation, ensuring unique 3D planet environments for every individual game session. + - Designed an in-app economy and digital storefront allowing users to exchange earned currency for game assets. + - Authored two technical articles detailing the game's rapid development process, accumulating over 40,000 reads. +associated-with: ../experience/britetwist.yml +evidence: + - fact: "16 release tags (v0.9.0-v1.1); v1.0.3 (2018-11-07) and v1.1 (2019-01-13) each ship both an Android APK and an iOS IPA" + source: https://github.com/prdlk/yue/releases + retrieved: 2026-07-03 + - fact: "Built with Unity 2018.1.3f1; v1.1 changelog lists Procedural Planet Spawn and In Game Currency; README references BriteTwist provisioning profile for iOS publishing" + source: https://github.com/prdlk/yue + retrieved: 2026-07-03 + - fact: "Wiki contains draft article 'How I made an MVP in 24 Hours' stating 'the final total time spent was 26 hours'" + source: https://github.com/prdlk/Yue/wiki/Article:-24Hr-MVP + retrieved: 2026-07-03 + - fact: "Article 'How I Made My Minimum Amazing Product In A Day' published in The Startup on Medium, 2018-03-30, subtitled 'After spending 17 months on my first Unity3D project, I decided it was time to do it all over again… This time in 24 Hours'" + source: https://medium.com/swlh/map-day-84dd2fe11b1a + retrieved: 2026-07-03 diff --git a/documents/sources/skills/frameworks.yml b/documents/sources/skills/frameworks.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..bdea59e --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/skills/frameworks.yml @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +# Mobile +- React Native +- Flutter +- Unity +- Cocos2d +# Web +- React.js +- Next.js +- Astro +- Svelte +- Vue +- Nuxt +- HTMX +- Spring Boot +- AngularJS +# Blockchain / Decentralized +- Solana +- DeFi +- Viem +- Wagmi +- Cosmos SDK +- CosmWasm +- IPFS +- libp2p +- Matrix Protocol +# Infrastructure / DevOps +- AWS +- Docker +- Kubernetes +- Terraform +- Ansible +- Cloudflare Workers +- AWS Lambda +- GitHub Actions +- Fastlane +# Data +- PostgreSQL +# AI & Automation +- ChatGPT +- Claude +- Gemini diff --git a/documents/sources/skills/languages.yml b/documents/sources/skills/languages.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..eaa809a --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/skills/languages.yml @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +expert: + - Go + - JavaScript + - TypeScript + - Dart + - Protobufs +strong: + - Python + - Objective-C + - Swift + - Kotlin + - Java + - C# + - SQL + - HTML/CSS + - Makefile +familiar: + - C + - C++ + - Rust + - PHP + - Ruby + - Perl + - MATLAB + - R + - Lua + - Zig diff --git a/documents/sources/skills/methodology.yml b/documents/sources/skills/methodology.yml new file mode 100755 index 0000000..99d7eed --- /dev/null +++ b/documents/sources/skills/methodology.yml @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +- Continuous Integration +- Continuous Delivery +- Agile +- DevOps +- Test-Driven Development +- Security Testing +- API Design +- System Architecture +- Backend Systems +- Distributed Networking +- Blockchain Architecture +- Cryptography (ZKP & MPC) +- Technical Leadership +- Engineering Management +- Cross-Functional Collaboration +- Developer Relations +- Product Management +- Mobile Security +- Full-Stack Development +- Open Source