sydneysweck

-Spearheading growth and operations at a blockchain startup, contributing to various products and projects. -Leading marketing efforts (including developing and executing marketing strategies) on social media such as X (Twitter), Telegram, Discord, and blogs. -Writing technical content including user and developer documentation, website content, pitch decks, investor materials, and more relating to DeFi, crypto, Web3, AI, and related topics. -Coordinating all research efforts, including establishing and managing grant-based research partnerships with leading universities and researchers, developing and assessing grant milestones/KPIs, executing research tasks, and discussing our research on our research forum. -Contributing to research papers, including co-authoring Competitive solvers in action: strategic optimization across CoWs and multi-chain AMMs. Blockchain 2025(2):0013. https://doi.org/10.55092/blockchain20250013. -Assisting people management and operations including hiring, business development, investor relations, organizational structuring, company-wide meetings, and departmental goal setting/KPIs.

-Developed, delivered, and assessed high-quality undergraduate laboratory curriculum in Human Anatomy & Physiology I and II (BIO 221 and BIO 223) lab courses for approximately 50 sections comprising 2,000 students per year, coordinating with lecture professors to ensure cohesive delivery of materials. -Onboarded and managed 15 graduate teaching assistants and 25 undergraduate teaching assistants per semester. - Developed and delivered effective pedagogy curriculum for all graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants, including training materials, training sessions, weekly lab meetings, and teaching assistant performance evaluation. -Managed 4 teaching laboratory rooms and all equipment and materials, overseeing all inventory and ordering.

-In Fall 2021, taught 2 sections of Anatomy & Physiology I (BIO 220) lecture and 1 section of Principles of Biology I (BIO 101) lecture, totaling 262 students. Took on an additional Anatomy & Physiology I (BIO 221) lab (20 students). -Created course syllabi and schedules, designed and maintained course sites, created and graded assessments, and generated and delivered teaching materials to enhance learning. -In Spring 2021, taught 1 section of BIO 101 (121 students) while also assisting in management of the Anatomy I & II labs, mirroring the responsibilities of my previous Lab Technician role, as described below. -Continued Fall 2021 tasks, integrating my experience, diversity/inclusion trainings, and student feedback.

-Assisted the Lab Specialist in running Anatomy & Physiology I & II instructional laboratories, together supervising 15 graduate teaching assistants, 30 undergraduate teaching assistants, and 1,000 students each semester. -Designed and implemented learning and assessment materials. -Completed organizational and administrative tasks such as updating and managing student rosters, responding to student and teaching assistant emails/questions, and creating and analyzing teaching assistant assessments. -Stood in for the lab specialist or teaching assistants as necessary.

-Coordinated a research study evaluating physical and mental health in middle-aged women.

-Independently taught 19 lab sections (over 350 students) a curriculum including histology, the integumentary system, the skeletal system, the muscular system, and the nervous system. -Responsibilities included lecturing, designing assessment materials, grading, and providing assignment feedback. -Recipient of the Dept. of Biological Sciences 2020 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award: awarded by Department Leadership (Lab Specialists, Assistant Dean, Professors) for leadership and excellence in the Teaching Assistant role.

-Fulfilled leadership, organizational, and content-creation roles for a multitude of blockchain-based organizations of all sizes (startups to multinational companies), particularly in the DeFi space. -Produced business documents (whitepapers, pitch decks, business plans, technical documentation) and digital materials (websites, blogs, wikis) for a wide range of audiences, applied for grants and patents, managed contacts and databases, contributed to company leadership/organization, and performed other various roles.