From b55184bfe57223974d00667a151da12ae5bd9f55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Prad Nukala Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:46:12 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs(docs): add personal portfolio and project documentation --- docs/experience/britetwist.yml | 24 ++++++++++++++ docs/experience/hobsons.yml | 16 +++++++++ docs/experience/leidos.yml | 16 +++++++++ docs/experience/sonr.yml | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/experience/unissant.yml | 19 +++++++++++ docs/information/education.yml | 17 ++++++++++ docs/information/profile.yml | 5 +++ docs/information/summary.yml | 3 ++ docs/projects/appchain.yml | 18 ++++++++++ docs/projects/beam-chat.yml | 17 ++++++++++ docs/projects/client-sdk.yml | 19 +++++++++++ docs/projects/cryptography-library.yml | 15 +++++++++ docs/projects/decentralized-airdrop.yml | 22 +++++++++++++ docs/projects/ecosystem-devrel.yml | 17 ++++++++++ docs/projects/floadt.yml | 16 +++++++++ docs/projects/likely.yml | 0 docs/projects/pool.yml | 0 docs/projects/spacebolt.yml | 0 docs/projects/superball.yml | 13 ++++++++ docs/projects/swiper-no-mauling.yml | 0 docs/projects/timeboard.yml | 0 docs/projects/token-economics.yml | 19 +++++++++++ docs/projects/voluntree.yml | 0 docs/projects/yue.yml | 0 docs/recognition/memberships.yml | 0 docs/recognition/open-source.yml | 0 docs/recognition/teaching.yml | 0 docs/skills/frameworks.yml | 0 docs/skills/programming.yml | 0 29 files changed, 300 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/experience/britetwist.yml create mode 100644 docs/experience/hobsons.yml create mode 100644 docs/experience/leidos.yml create mode 100644 docs/experience/sonr.yml create mode 100644 docs/experience/unissant.yml create mode 100644 docs/information/education.yml create mode 100644 docs/information/profile.yml create mode 100644 docs/information/summary.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/appchain.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/beam-chat.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/client-sdk.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/cryptography-library.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/decentralized-airdrop.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/ecosystem-devrel.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/floadt.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/likely.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/pool.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/spacebolt.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/superball.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/swiper-no-mauling.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/timeboard.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/token-economics.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/voluntree.yml create mode 100644 docs/projects/yue.yml create mode 100644 docs/recognition/memberships.yml create mode 100644 docs/recognition/open-source.yml create mode 100644 docs/recognition/teaching.yml create mode 100644 docs/skills/frameworks.yml create mode 100644 docs/skills/programming.yml diff --git a/docs/experience/britetwist.yml b/docs/experience/britetwist.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0723df6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/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/docs/experience/hobsons.yml b/docs/experience/hobsons.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5233665 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/experience/hobsons.yml @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +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 diff --git a/docs/experience/leidos.yml b/docs/experience/leidos.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..502dc77 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/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/docs/experience/sonr.yml b/docs/experience/sonr.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e5c36a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/experience/sonr.yml @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +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 diff --git a/docs/experience/unissant.yml b/docs/experience/unissant.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9adb217 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/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/docs/information/education.yml b/docs/information/education.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..47cd8ad --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/information/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/docs/information/profile.yml b/docs/information/profile.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..176be39 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/information/profile.yml @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +full-name: Prad Nukala +email: prnk28@gmail.com +phone: +1 (646) 508-7789 +website: https://prad.nu +linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pradn diff --git a/docs/information/summary.yml b/docs/information/summary.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..852f7b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/information/summary.yml @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +- 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/docs/projects/appchain.yml b/docs/projects/appchain.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b3465fa --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/projects/appchain.yml @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +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 diff --git a/docs/projects/beam-chat.yml b/docs/projects/beam-chat.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7391ca1 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/projects/beam-chat.yml @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +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. diff --git a/docs/projects/client-sdk.yml b/docs/projects/client-sdk.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..08aa61d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/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/docs/projects/cryptography-library.yml b/docs/projects/cryptography-library.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9d18a35 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/projects/cryptography-library.yml @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +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. diff --git a/docs/projects/decentralized-airdrop.yml b/docs/projects/decentralized-airdrop.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..61f4e87 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/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/docs/projects/ecosystem-devrel.yml b/docs/projects/ecosystem-devrel.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..42cd11a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/projects/ecosystem-devrel.yml @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +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). diff --git a/docs/projects/floadt.yml b/docs/projects/floadt.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..33f9923 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/projects/floadt.yml @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +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 diff --git a/docs/projects/likely.yml b/docs/projects/likely.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/docs/projects/pool.yml b/docs/projects/pool.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/docs/projects/spacebolt.yml b/docs/projects/spacebolt.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/docs/projects/superball.yml b/docs/projects/superball.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d3a4b50 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/projects/superball.yml @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +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 diff --git a/docs/projects/swiper-no-mauling.yml b/docs/projects/swiper-no-mauling.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/docs/projects/timeboard.yml b/docs/projects/timeboard.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/docs/projects/token-economics.yml b/docs/projects/token-economics.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4bd20ae --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/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/docs/projects/voluntree.yml b/docs/projects/voluntree.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/docs/projects/yue.yml b/docs/projects/yue.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/docs/recognition/memberships.yml b/docs/recognition/memberships.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/docs/recognition/open-source.yml b/docs/recognition/open-source.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/docs/recognition/teaching.yml b/docs/recognition/teaching.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/docs/skills/frameworks.yml b/docs/skills/frameworks.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/docs/skills/programming.yml b/docs/skills/programming.yml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29