👋 gm, I am David (@davwals). An Irish guy based mostly in Portugal these days.
| Project | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| > Ethereum Foundation | Enterprise | Joined the Ethereum Foundation as its first Enterprise team hire. My mandate is to ensure that the world's largest financial institutions and enterprises continue to choose Ethereum and/or its L2s when deploying products onchain. |
| > Alluvial | Head of Ecosystem | Worked growing the Liquid Collective protocol (LsETH) and Alluvial's Stake Management System (SMS). Joined when Liquid Collective had ~3k ETH (~$15M) in TVL and helped to scale it to over ~280k ETH (~$700M) without public incentives or a token launch by the time I left (~9k% increase). Liquid Collective partners include Coinbase, Anchorage, Galaxy, Kraken, Blockdaemon, Figment, BitGo, and others. We also signed 3iQ to use our products in their staking ETPs. |
| > Staking Rewards | Head of Commercial | Helped to grow the user base to 400k unique monthly users while expanding the client base to 150+ enterprises including Bloomberg, Binance, Kraken, and Coinbase. Founded and gained the successful uptake of the Verified Staking Provider program and the Staking Summit. Grew company revenues 3.5x within first 12 months, making the company a profit-making entity. |
| > EY | Senior Consultant | Excel, PPT, project management, etc. |
| > Other Stuff | Supporter | Angel investor in some projects and an advisor in others. |
| > Education | Student | MSc in Management from University College Dublin, Ireland and a BA in Economics from University College Cork, Ireland. |
> Ecosystem Development
> Ecosystem Growth
> Partnerships
> Strategy
> Staking
> Sales
> BD
> Partnership & collaboration opportunities
> Investment/advisor opportunities
