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+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
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+title: Software Engineering Intern
+company: Sonr
+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
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+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
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+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 and led a cross-functional engineering team in the co-development of 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.
+
+  - 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).
+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/motr-sdk.yml
+  - ../projects/token-economics.yml
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+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
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+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
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+full-name: Prad Nukala
+email: prnk28@gmail.com
+phone: +1 (646) 508-7789
+website: https://prad.nu
+linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pradn
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+- 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.
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+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
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+title: Beam (Decentralized E2EE Chat Application)
+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)
+  - Mobile App Development
+  - Cryptography
+description: |
+  - Directed the technical strategy and execution for a cross-functional engineering team in the co-development of Beam, a high-performance, cross-platform mobile messaging application built with React Native.
+  - Architected the secure messaging infrastructure by heavily customizing and integrating the decentralized Matrix protocol, delivering robust, end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) communication that ensures absolute data privacy and censorship resistance.
+  - Pioneered Web3 identity integration by completely replacing traditional, centralized authentication (emails/phone numbers) with Sonr Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs). This enabled passwordless onboarding, self-sovereign user profiles, and seamless cryptographic key exchanges.
+  - Bridged the gap between complex cryptography and consumer UX, guiding the frontend and product teams to abstract away the underlying decentralized routing and key management, resulting in a frictionless, "Web2-grade" chat experience.
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+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.
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+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
+  - Quantum Computing
+  - 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.
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+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.
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+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).
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+title: Floadt
+start: 2013-05-01
+end: 2015-10-01
+project-url:
+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.
+media:
+  - url: https://vimeo.com/172015296
+    caption: Superball Promo Video
+associated-with: ../experience/britetwist.yml
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+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
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+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.