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I design and build governance systems, organizational protocols, and coordination infrastructure. Based in Berlin.

As Director of the ZKsync Association, I architected the protocol’s governance system—a three-body structure of Token Assembly, Security Council, and Guardians that went live on mainnet in 2024. The work spans system design, token governance, risk frameworks, regulatory architecture, and the operational machinery that turns a protocol into a functioning institution.

At the Protocol Institute, I lead the Protocols for Business Special Interest Group, researching how protocol design applies beyond crypto—most recently publishing an AI Capability Maturity Model mapping how organizations adopt and govern AI at scale.

Earlier, I was a Core Researcher in the Summer of Protocols, where I studied how digital swarms and online formations emerge through their underlying protocols. I also curated Folklore, an online cultural institute exploring the social technologies that make collective action possible.

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