i specialize in
forward deployed engineering

about

• born and raised in Ukraine 🇺🇦
• ethnically Vietnamese 🇻🇳
• based in Canada 🇨🇦
• speak 4 languages
• I build, learn, and ship in public
• i support builders and founders @sozuhaus
• i'm addicted to well-built and well-designed products

LayerZero is a technology that enables applications to move data across blockchains, uniquely supporting censorship-resistant messages and permissionless development through immutable smart contracts.

• I work with smart-contracts and teams that build on LayerZero:
  • Stripe + Paradigm: [ Tempo ] - blockchain for payments at scale
  • BitGo: [ WBTC ] - ~11.5B USD TVL
  • EtherFi: [ weETH ] - ~7.5B USD TVL
  • Ethena: [ ENA, USDE, sUSDE ] - ~7B USD TVL
  • Tether: [ USDT0, XAUT0 ] - ~5B USD TVL
  • PayPal: [ PYUSD, PYUSD0 ] - ~4B USD TVL
  • Ondo Global Markets: [ 150+ Tokenized Stocks ] - ~400M USD TVL

builder / founder residency program supporting teams building from 1 → 100.

• prev. editions: bangkok, denver, mallorca, cannes, and many more.
• worked with some of the most amazing builders in this industry, who built:
  • pump.fun
  • funny.money
  • berry
  • peanut
  • clave
  • exo labs
  • and many more...
• hosted and supported >200 builders.

L2 built for financial applications, we also build and incubate many products like: meth, ftbc, and ur. here're some of my contributions:

• mantle network: testnet → mainnet, $0 → $2B TVL.
• led devex, devsuccess. worked across devrel, infra, product, engineering.
• some products i built / contributed to:
  • rewards station
  • refuel app
  • mantle sepolia faucet
  • builders hub
  • developer documentation
  • and many more...
• took part in building and educating the developer community from scratch.
• supported founders via: hackathons, grants, and residencies.

co-built two experimental products with petravoice — arguably the most viral ct artist — alongside one of the founding engineers of pump.fun.

• boys nft collection — fully-minted in 10 minutes. ~110k mnt collected, ~250k mnt volume on exchanges. (announcement)
• just a boy — what began as an experiment became the largest ever mint on mantle: 652,155 mints, ~500k txs, ~10k unique holders. consumer-friendly ux built with privy + a custom gas abstraction backend. (announcement, post-mortem)
• many reputable individuals on ct supported both projects.

a complex defi product, offering a new way to take leverage in DeFi: compounding exposure without the usual drag.

• built the auth module and staking page.
• learnt a ton about smart-contracts in defi.
• met good people and frens.

my first position in this space, which taught me so much and lead me to meeting @dcbuilder, @0xveer, and @doctorgm who changed my life, if you're reading this - thank you! 🙏