From 34d6ea043298f2b5c1ff1419b2c8eeb4ae7b9389 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Prad Nukala Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 16:36:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?docs:=20interview=20pass=20=E2=80=94=20sonr=20e?= =?UTF-8?q?xperience?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- docs/.interview-queue.yaml | 7 ++----- docs/experience/sonr.yml | 12 ++++++++---- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/.interview-queue.yaml b/docs/.interview-queue.yaml index 810fad2..5bd019f 100644 --- a/docs/.interview-queue.yaml +++ b/docs/.interview-queue.yaml @@ -2,16 +2,13 @@ # Status: pending | in-progress | done | deferred | declined queue: - entry: experience/sonr.yml - status: in-progress + status: done answered: - "Status: pivoted to B2B, winding down consumer operations (still active — no end date)" - "Org: 6 FTE + tokenomics agency (5) + Beam app agency (6); user says 18 total reporting to him (6+5+6=17 — clarify)" - "DevOps: DevNet on GCP; Matrix homeserver for Beam orchestrated via Ansible; Testnet = 4 nodes in SF/NY/VA/Asia; 4+ environments, 4 validator profiles with KMS; 99% operational uptime (as stated)" gaps: - - "B2B pivot: what is the B2B product/offering? (fills current-work hole)" - - "W3C bullet: what did he actually contribute — spec text, proposals, meetings?" - - "Conflict: tokenomics agency team of 5 vs token-economics.yml '6 PhD economists from Prysm Group'" - - "Conflict: 18 total reports vs 6+5+6=17" + - "Residual: stated total 18, but confirmed components 7 FTE + 6 + 6 = 19 — bullet written with components only, no total; confirm if a total should appear" - entry: projects/appchain.yml status: pending gaps: diff --git a/docs/experience/sonr.yml b/docs/experience/sonr.yml index f7113ee..4a8c49e 100644 --- a/docs/experience/sonr.yml +++ b/docs/experience/sonr.yml @@ -5,11 +5,15 @@ 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 and led a cross-functional engineering team in the co-development of a React Native mobile chat application powered by the decentralized Matrix protocol. + - 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. - - Orchestrated advanced DevOps and server deployments across Google Cloud (GCP), managing complex network infrastructure using Kubernetes (K8s), Docker, Terraform, Ansible, and comprehensive Linux administration. + - 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). + - 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 @@ -35,5 +39,5 @@ projects: - ../projects/cryptography-library.yml - ../projects/decentralized-airdrop.yml - ../projects/ecosystem-devrel.yml - - ../projects/motr-sdk.yml + - ../projects/client-sdk.yml - ../projects/token-economics.yml