Alexander Chopan Email & Phone Number

San Diego, CA, US

The web is jittery because accounts get in the way. Crypto is supposed to be better, but nothing works together.Try Intersend, a marketplace for mini-apps, with a smart account for stablecoins. Auto-connect to apps, auto-convert to stablecoins, and create smartprofiles for different activities. Web app: app.intersend.ioTelegram app.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

Users: Identified challenges from interviews with game developers, players, and studios; specifically, users struggled with managing fragmented accounts which led to confusion over game requirements and asset locations.Product: Developed a controller concept based on user feedback that streamlined account management and asset discovery; designed.

Users: Defined developer personas, user journey, and growth metrics for Pimlico’s paymaster and bundler. Interviewed developers about their goals, problems with sponsoring userops, monitoring, and handling errors. Largest insight was permissions take time. Developers spent more time managing accounts and waiting for API keys than on their core product..

Took personal time off and researched consumer identity online and onchain. TLDR: The web is jittery because accounts get in the way. The web is a lot of switching apps, copy/paste, and manual actions to use your own data. You can't use your profiles and apps together.SmartProfiles - abstract from individual accounts to aggregated activities (like browser.

Remote, AE

https://polygon.technology

Remote, AE

Users: Consumer product teams want users to use the Polygon network securely, smartly, and quickly. Aligned product roadmaps and supported partner releases. Products: Created Polygon wallet strategy focused on consumer identity and user experience. Prioritized mobile-first partnerships with user product teams, using account abstraction, and zero-knowledge.

New York, NY, US

Users: Simplified POAP user journeys and improved experience for consumer collectors, web2 brands, and web3 developers.Products: Brand and website refresh, mobile and web app releases, and internal tools for content curation.Organization: Transformed into a product machine based on user feedback, product metrics, and user problems.

Fort Worth, TX, US

Users: Implemented continuous discovery focused on retention and generated insights for ConsenSys' $450M raise.Products: Managed design, analysis, rapid discovery, research, ops, and data support to product teams from 0-1 for all MetaMask monetized: On-Ramps and Swaps; MetaMask Institutional, Staking, Assets, Payments products.Organization: Transformed.

Wilmington, DE, US

Users: Retail consumers and large traders who exchange Bitcoin for alternative payment methods. Simplified onboarding, created a VIP loyalty program with Trusted Trader scores, and drove traffic to Trusted VIP traders. Improved user retention.Products: A trading platform for cryptocurrency with 350+ payment methods available on mobile and web apps.

Boston, MA, US

Users: Created personas for web3 protocol teams, investors, and financial services analysts who can’t analyze web3 data in detail.Products: Transformed existing Flipside products from an unpaid cryptocurrency rating API into a subscription-as-a-service network analytics dashboard. Created first paid product from discovery to MVP — a web app with self-serve.

Scottsdale, Arizona, US

Users: Created personas for our consumers in distressed economic environments and businesses in high-risk industries, such as cannabis (bank flags) and online gambling (chargebacks), who want to participate in the crypto economy and escape local conditions. Products: Bitcoin fork protocol. UTXO model. The first DAO, with layer 2 of “masternodes,” instant.

Westport, Connecticut, US

Users: Created culture metrics and evaluated each department. Coached managers, mediated conflicts, and diagnosed business issues.Products: Created 2015—2016 business plans and digital roadmaps. Created new reporting/metrics; Co-CEOs shared with departments as examples.Organization: Awarded “Top 20” Performer (2014-2015); Transformed department operations.

Users: Launched a telecom consulting company and delivered secure communications to clients.Products: Created custom hardware, software, data, and logistics services worldwide.Organization: Awarded a $2M federal contract in year one.

Arlington, VA, US

Users: Launched Strategic Capabilities Office, created by the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and developed “technology surprise” products for wartime leaders.Product: As Head of Special Activities, led experiments using existing clandestine technology programs (hardware and software) in new ways. Organization: Led product managers, designed concepts, ran.

Washington, DC, US

Users: Disrupted competitors by rapidly developing advanced technology products for clandestine military activities. Founded venture arm + new product platform "Sensitive Integration Office" for $3B Joint IED Defeat Fund / Organization in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics. Products: As Head of Sensitive.

Washington, DC, US

Detailed as early advisor, helped launch new office & business intelligence services in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Capabilities and Resource Integration. Office was lead for Navy inputs to Defense Department Quadrennial Defense Review (Congressionally-mandated 4-year strategic planning and resource development). Designed.

Washington, DC, US

Detailed as early advisor to startup Operations Integration Office for the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Helped Sensitive Activities Director retool governance of sensitive activity programs.

Washington, DC, US

Founding member of DEEP RED office for the Director, Navy Intelligence. Forecasted technology surprise. Created product line; analyzed competitors using technology to deceive foreign observers. Published 25+ scenario studies; helped clients devise countermeasures.

Washington, DC, US

Scaled startup office at Defense Intelligence Agency as Asia lead. Identified foreign military leader decision patterns, and new options for new clients. Indexed data sets; turned 2-page bios into 20-page behavior profiles; discovered vulnerabilities in competitor organization designs. Built new product lines, services, partners.

Washington, DC, US

Research Assistant to Guest Scholar Joel Wit for "Going Critical: The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis" (Brookings, 2004)

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government

Master'S Degree, International Affairs