Applicant Name: Brian Adam (Sixty)
Applicants dYdX Address (for compensation): dydx1g8wtl2ppxxfkj9me73l6hm7gq2w8qj2kqxuyu3
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Pitch Summary (One-liner):
I am committed to promoting the growth of the dYdX ecosystem through the foundational principles of Integrity, Decentralized Governance, Transparency, and Long-Term Sustainability.
Detailed Pitch:
Hey guys, I am currently a key governance contributor and community member of Push Protocol / Push DAO, the leading web3 native communications network. I am also the co-founder of daospace (still in development), a decentralized application that will allow DAO contributors to store all the contributions they have made across different DAOs as an on-chain resume.
I have been involved in DAO Governance and Community Growth initiatives of different DAOs for the past 4 years, and I intend to bring my knowledge and experience to the STBP Council of Experts. Below I will highlight some of the relevant experiences that would make me a good fit for the Council.
I have been involved in both sides of the Grants process so I have a unique perspective of the needs and pain points of both Grantors and Grantees. Most recently, I have led the designing and structuring of the Push Grants Program v3. This was the third iteration of the Push Grants Program, and it was created to enhance the DAO’s legitimacy and provide greater visibility and transparency across processes, resource allocation, and overall DAO activity. This program was successful in leveraging a decentralized network of contributors throughout the web3 space to participate in the DAO. The program was also similar to the STBP in that an independently community-elected council was selected to steward a Grants Council in a transparent and accountable manner using web3 native tools such as Push Protocol, Charmverse, and Hedgey Finance.
As mentioned above, I am also a co-founder of an in-development dapp. While applying for Grants to support our project, I have experienced many of the pain points highlighted by community members in the original STBP post, such as non-responsiveness by program managers, lack of transparency, and lack of experimentation. So if selected, my top priority will be to ensure that the STBP program is frictionless and operationally efficient to ensure that grantees have a world-class experience in terms of application process, speed, responsiveness, and communication.
Before my time at Push Protocol / Push DAO, I led a Governance Operations Working Group for the DeFi protocol Index Coop. While leading this group, we successfully increased voter participation by close to 300% (over 12 months). I was also in charge of creating and sharing regular reports on the OKRs and KPIs specific to the working group using governance analytics.
I was also part of the Index Coop MetaGovernance Committee, which meant I was part of a multi-sig that controlled millions of dollars in voting power across several DeFi protocols (Aave, Compound, Uniswap, Balancer, etc.). The remit of this committee was to ensure the participation of Index Coop in the governance of all of these protocols. This allowed me to gain vast experience in the governance operations and workings of leading DAOs in the DeFi space. This role also allowed me to build a strong network across these DAOs which I can leverage as a member of the STBP Council.