Contact Information

Telegram: @ugbuericsam

Email: [email protected]

Professional Summary

Business Developer and Partnerships Specialist with over 2 years of experience in the crypto space. Proven expertise in DAOs, community building, networking, and crafting effective content marketing strategies. Skilled in driving growth, fostering partnerships, and contributing to decentralized ecosystems.

Professional Experience

Govnerd - Optimism Collective

• Collaborated with the Grants Council, leveraging business development and networking expertise to ensure accurate presentation of community budget spreadsheets between Charmverse and the Optimism budget tracker
• Tackled voting apathy in governance, achieving a 40% increase in participation rates
• Conducted research revealing low participation rates in RPGF (Retroactive Public Goods Funding) rounds compared to similar events on other chains
• Part of a group initiative post-Season 6 to onboard and engage more builders in RPGF rounds, driving greater involvement in future funding rounds
• Moderated/built Optimism governance forums and Discord community for over 6 months
• Created educational content on Optimism Collective topics, growing personal audience from zero to 800 within 5 months
• Conducted business development research on Superchain oracles, resulting in the idea of integrating an oracle to unify the ecosystem

Community Builder - Riftlend

• Built a thriving community for Riftlend, an interoperability-focused lending platform, growing Discord (0-3k members) and X (Twitter) from zero to over 2500 followers
• Developed strategic partnerships and networks with projects like Polymers and Nano (pre-launch stages)

Freelance Business Developer - Hypersonic

• Worked with Hypersonic to secure a Sonic Labs partnerships and strengthening networking efforts for their DEX aggregator project

Content Marketing Strategist - Lighthousegov