DAO Appointed Board Observer Application

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DAO Observer

I am submitting my application for the role of Board Observer and participate as both a technical and industry leader.

I believe I already play a key role in the evolution and sustainability of the Pocket Network Protocol, but do not hold a formal affiliation with the Pocket Network Foundation.

Why you want to join PNF’s board.

  1. Make Pocket Network a top 3 protocol across the entire industry.
  2. Provide the board of directors with guidance on where/how resources (personnel, time, focus, capital, etc) should be spent.
  3. Formalizing my active responsibilities in order to have the authority and legitimacy of speaking on behalf of Pocket Network both in public (conferences, podcasts, etc) and in private (1:1s, meetings, etc).

How your background and experience meet PNF’s identified talent needs?

Within the Pocket Ecosystem:

  1. I was an advisor to early founding members before the protocol was launched
  2. I have led the launches of RC 0.10 and RC 0.11
  3. I actively lead the Protocol team at GROVE
  4. I have contributed to the evangelism, specification, documentation and implementation of both Morse & Shannon
  5. I have represented the Pocket Network protocol at numerous conferences, X spaces and other public mediums

Outside the Pocket Ecosystem:

  1. I have more than 10 years of experience leading projects in the tech industry spanning both large & mid-tech companies, including Social Media, Augmented Reality, Autonomous Vehicles
  2. I have contributed to more than a dozen patents & publications
  3. I regularly study, write about and communicate on various cutting-edge topics

You can find everything about me at https://olshansky.info/

What do you propose to contribute to the board and the wider POKT Network ecosystem?

  1. Making Pocket Network the top open-source self-sustainable protocol to not just survive, but thrive. This entails everything from making it accessible to onboarding others until it does not need the support of a core protocol team.
  2. Connections and introductions to other leaders in the space, with the goal of leading to symbiotic affiliations and collaborations.
  3. Provide deep guidance & expertise on all technical decisions.

How do you plan to communicate with the DAO about your role and performance?

If the DAO chooses to appoint me for this role, I want to emphasize that my participation & communication will remain largely the same, with changes on an as-needed basis.

I will continue doing the following:

  1. Periodically posting on the forum
  2. Periodically presenting at ecosystem or builder calls
  3. Posting announcements and updates on Discord
  4. Publically speaking & writing about Pocket
  5. Leading the protocol team to design and implement the protocol

Disclaimers

  1. I am a member of GROVE
  2. I am a holder of POKT
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