\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:prad@nuka.la}{prad@nuka.la}\\[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}