Recognition & Writing
Grants & Awards
Ethereum Foundation Grant: PSE Ecosystem Support (Q4 2023)
A second grant from the Ethereum Foundation's Ecosystem Support Program (ESP), continuing work on Privacy & Scaling Explorations (PSE) projects: the PSE website, learning courses, and jubmoji.quest. Category: Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs.
Ethereum Foundation Grant: PSE Ecosystem Support (Q3 2023)
Awarded by the Ethereum Foundation's Ecosystem Support Program (ESP) for work on Privacy & Scaling Explorations (PSE) projects: the PSE website, learning courses, and jubmoji.quest. Category: Cryptography & zero knowledge proofs.
blockParty: ETH San Francisco 2022 Hackathon Awards
Built blockParty at ETHSanFrancisco 2022 with Patrick Workman (Product Manager) and Chiali Tsai (Product Designer) as frontend engineer. Won the ApeCoin Foundation Best Contribution prize and a Lens Protocol integration award.
UDT Grantee Class 1: Unlock Protocol
Grantee (Milan, Italy) in Unlock Protocol's first UDT grantee class, funded to build Unlock Showcase, a site collecting websites and apps built on Unlock Protocol, with a blog and social profiles sharing Unlock Protocol content. Stack: TypeScript, Vue/React, GraphCMS.
Bill Ambassador: the Talent Garden Tech Track
Selected as one of four Tech Ambassadors from 300+ participants for Bill, a digital payment app by Sisal Group. Conducted UX/UI analysis, competitive benchmarking, and provided insights for feature enhancements.
Press & Mentions
Inside the Ethereum Foundation: How to Break Into Web3
Interviewed on the OPIT EDGE Podcast about frontend architecture at the Ethereum Foundation and how to break into web3.
Featured by zuAfrique
Recognized by zuAfrique for my work at the intersection of technology and the African diaspora, bridging web3 and community impact.
Unlock Protocol: Checkout Feature Launch
Unlock Protocol shared the launch of the new checkout experience, a feature I contributed to as part of the frontend engineering team.
Unlock Protocol Grant Recipient
Mentioned by Unlock Protocol for contributions to the open-source ecosystem and decentralized membership infrastructure.
Talks
Speaker at SpaghettETH
Spoke at SpaghettETH, the Italian Ethereum community conference, about Unlock Protocol and building open-source membership infrastructure on Ethereum.
Tour Inside GraphQL: FEVR Talk
A talk at Frontenders Verona (FEVR), September 2018: schemas, queries, resolvers, and why GraphQL beats REST for frontend work.
Writing
Certifications Launch: Unlock Protocol
Announcing on-chain certifications: verifiable credentials as non-transferable NFTs with airdrop-by-email. Written by me, about a feature I built.
Events Page Redesign: Unlock Protocol
Announcing the redesigned event pages: cover images, custom slugs, and walletless RSVP by email. Written by me, about a feature I built.
Transaction Receipts: Unlock Protocol
Announcing printable, privacy-scoped receipts for NFT purchases, for expense reporting and accounting. Written by me, about a feature I built.
Lock Settings Redesign: Unlock Protocol
Announcing the redesigned settings page for membership smart contracts: five logical groups, no block explorer needed. Written by me, about a feature I built.
Checkout Builder Release: Unlock Protocol
Announcing the Checkout Builder: a no-code tool to configure and customize the Unlock Protocol checkout flow. Written by me, about a feature I built.