Hello, I am Redwan

• Based in Brooklyn, NY, I work for ChainSafe System, the leading Crypto and Blockchain research and development firm. I lead the Developer Tooling Program and a team of 4 senior project managers. Among many things, we manage the Web3.js library, with about 2M downloads per month.

• I have more than 15 years of experience in start-up and large organization program management in industries from Investment Banking to Hospitality, with a focus on Blockchain / Web3 cross-functional teams and global operations.

Career

• 2008> 2016 Project and Program management for Aerospace and Investment Bank. Mostly doing application integration for large international projects.
• In 2017, I bought my first Bitcoins out of curiosity.
• In 2019, I fell in love with Blockchain through the Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition in NYC and especially Timocah Tillemann
• In 2020, I founded Lease On The Block Non-Profit using smart contracts to increase trust in the affordable housing market in NYC.

• In 2021, I joined ChainSafe where I manage the consulting team and delivery for clients such as Filecoin, Ethereum Foundation, The Graph, in highly technical areas from Web3 Gaming to DeFi to Protocol R&D.

• April 2022, I am responsible for building and mentoring a team of 4 senior technical project managers. I lead on various cross-company strategic projects, including the implementation of our capacity planning process, aligning it with our financial and business strategies. This initiative, overseen directly by the executive team, aims to enhance our company’s overall delivery performance.

• February 2024, took the leadership of the developer tooling program at Chainsafe. Led the strategy and execution of this 13 people program.

Project Portfolio Sample As Program Manager

• Polkadot Index Network Token (PINT🍺)
• Proof of Concept - EVM Gasless Transaction As A Service - “Private Repo”
• Implementing front-end Metamask Sign-in
• Filecoin Substrate Bridge
• Create Token Drop software using EVM chain data from Dune & The Graph
• The Graph Arweave Implementation
• RUST implementation of API3’s Beacon Server
• Polywrap SDK Wrapper for Substrate and Polkadot
• Rust implementation of W-OTS+ (Winternitz One-Time Signatures) for XXNetwork Substrate Chain
• Allow Metamask users to interact with Near chain using Snap
• Uniswap V3 Rust implementation—Composable Finance
• The Graph Erigon Instrumentation
• Zcash Web Wallet - Feasibility Study
• Maintenance of the Web3.js library

Speaking / Community Engagements

• Dec 2021: CSCON - “Cross Chain Messaging (XCM): a use case with the PINT index” Video
• Feb 2022: IPFS Force - “Filecoin Substrate Bridge—Limitations and perspectives link
• Jun 2022: CONSENSUS - “Smart Contract Wallets Introduction to EIP 3074” - Video
• Aug 2022: EthToronto - Mentor and Judge
• Sep 2022: TOKEN2049 / Singapore Filecoin Summit - “Values in Web3”

Conferences Attendee

• Oct 2021: LisCon
• Feb 2022: EthDenver
• Jun 2022: Consensus Austin
• Aug 2022: Blockchain Futurist Conference 2022 Toronto
• Sep 2022: Asia Blockchain Week Singapore
• Oct 2022: DevCon Bogotá - “Ethereum is more than NFT, best social impact talks”
• Jul 2023: EthCC Paris
• Nov 2023: Staking Summit
• Nov 2023: ETH DevConnect Istanbul

A little more about me

I am particularly passionate about the intersection of technology and social impact, and how the new paradigms created by Blockchain can change the way humans work together. I am an avid reader of all the work of Michel Bauwens (P2P Foundation) and Marcel Mauss. Especially The Common Economy. I am a partner in my sister Restaurant in France since 2020 and nurture strong ties with the hospitality industry in NYC. In my spare time, when I am not attending conferences or traveling, I mentor young french professionals in their Web3 journey

Some of my POAP https://app.poap.xyz/scan/numnum.eth