\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}