Kylix

My motivation is rooted in being deeply invested, both professionally and personally, in Cardano's success, and I believe my hands-on experience building DeFi protocols and open-source tools provides me with unique insights that can help ensure treasury resources are allocated to projects that truly advance our ecosystem's technical capabilities, growth and real-world impact.

My objectives fall under 3 main categories: Technical/Development Focused, Ecosystem Growth and Governance & Community.

Technical/Development Focused:
- Supporting open-source development
- Ensuring best practices that build the foundation for higher security dApp development
- Promoting developer experience improvements that lower the entry-barrier to build on Cardano

Ecosystem Growth:
- Advancing DeFi protocols and financial inclusion
- Supporting projects that increase Cardano adoption, which I believe primarily consist in:
1. Stablecoin liquidity and variety
2. L1/L2 scaling solutions, like Ouroboros Leios and Midgard
3. Low entry-barrier open-source tooling
4. Innovative dApps, DeFi platforms and protocols

Governance & Community:
- Ensuring transparent and accountable treasury spending
- Supporting community-driven initiatives
- Promoting inclusive participation in governance
- Ensuring that technical expertise and developer perspectives are meaningfully represented

My qualifications are:
- 2+ years Cardano-focused software development experience
- Bachelor's degree in Software and Systems Engineering at Coimbra Institute of Engineering, which lays the foundation for who I am as a software engineer today
- Experience leading the development of complex projects as Technical Project Manager at Liqwid Labs
- Co-founder of Artifex Labs, experience delivering fully open-source community-oriented projects like OpenDJED (formerly named ReverseDJED)