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David Utrobin

Hi! I'm a professional based in Tampa, Florida with several years of experience in business development and operations. I have a deep passion for promoting powerful products and for improving the organizations that produce them. I've worked in academia, ecommerce, and crypto.

Skills

My colleagues would tell you I'm analytical, easy-going, charismatic, communicative, and emotionally intelligent. I'm a reference for communications and operational best practices.

Below I list my hard skills, attributes, and tools I've worked with. I'm also experienced in project management methodologies, analytical exercises, and design methodologies.

Hard Skills Attributes Tools
budgeting adaptable airtable
call facilitation analytical, creative, & critical thinker diagrams.net
cryptocurrency wallet management conflict resolver excalidraw
editing & writing emotionally intelligent excel/sheets
interviewing great sense of humor figma
mediation & moderation high integrity git
note taking large crypto industry professional network jira
performance tracking leads by example lucid.app
policy design & enforcement morale booster mailchimp
project design & management proactive markdown
public speaking punctual photoshop
research quick decision maker trello
role & workflow design reads a lot vscode
strategic planning sharp communicator
team management skeptical & truth oriented
training

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Corporate Communications, Baruch College (2011 – 2016)

Experience

Supportive LLC: Founder (2024/01 - current)

  • Won Ajna as a client through a grant proposal.
  • Launched ajnamatch.com, a matching site for borrowers and lenders as an attempt to solve a key UX problem.
  • Pursue partners, projects, and interests on behalf of the Ajna Protocol.
  • Serve as a voting delegate for the Grants Program.
  • Advise, analyze, and vote on grant proposals.
  • Create bi-annual reports on the state of the business.

Ajna: VP of Community and Grants (2023/01 - 2024/01)

  • Created documentation; FAQs, ELI5, Whitepaper fixes, and more.
  • Created a database of stakeholders.
  • Developed relationships with builders, marketers, partners, and potential end users.
  • Managed the online community properties; Discord and the Forum.
  • Designed the Grants Program.
  • Executed administrative plan for the Grants program.
  • Created and maintained various trackers.
  • Attended industry conferences to network and sell our product.

MakerDAO: Managing Director (2021/08 - 2023/01)

  • Founded and led the Governance Communications Core Unit, a team focused on improving knowledge management and transparency by developing organization-wide programs.
  • Conducted a winddown of the team and returned excess funds.
  • Contributed to multiple organization improvement proposals.
  • Identified needs, designed full and part-time roles, and sourced, interviewed, and onboarded 15 individuals.
  • Facilitated weekly office hour calls.
  • Led cross-team collaborations.
    • Led emergency communications support program.
    • Piloted cross-team project management initiative to train teams to follow SOPs for coordination of projects.
  • Led program to create a GDPR-compliant stakeholder database.
  • Led teamwide people management activities, including invoice payments, onboarding, payroll, performance monitoring, professional development, and recruitment.
  • Managed a team of 15 with three direct reports.
  • Moderated the public forums.
  • Operated the team's multi-sig wallets.
  • Participated in conferences and workshops.
  • Performed parallel accounting and published monthly public financials.
  • Raised over $750,000 to fund the team.
  • Supported organization-wide calls.
    • Created slide decks, banners, and thumbnails.
    • Contributed to call strategy and improvement.
    • Facilitated and co-facilitated calls.
  • Underwent media & call facilitation training.

MakerDAO: MIP Editor (2021/05 - 2021/08)

  • Advised proposal authors.
  • Coordinated proposal-related actions with the governance team.
  • Moderated the proposal forum category.
  • Reviewed proposals and enforced formatting rules.
  • Transfered proposals from the forum to the official git repository.

MakerDAO: Community Development Lead (2018/11 - 2021/05)

  • Created and managed several community-growth-related projects.
  • Edited and wrote copy including the MakerDAO FAQs.
  • Hosted a weekly community call series, coordinating demos, Q&As, topic discussions, and interviews.
  • Led a team that produced meeting minutes for public calls.
  • Maintained a resource library called Awesome MakerDAO
  • Operated a meetup grants program sponsoring over 200 events in 49 countries.
  • Participated in conferences and workshops.
  • Recruited and advised contributors.
  • Served on a committee that reviewed contributor project proposals.
  • Underwent media training.

Vitozon: Operations Manager, Human Resource Officer (2017/02 – 2018/10)

  • Assigned positions and tasks.
  • Created and enforced standard operating procedures.
  • Executed business improvement plans.
  • Managed human resource-related activities, including compliance, onboarding, payroll, performance monitoring, and recruitment.
  • Managed customer service needs.
  • Worked with our software engineer to develop the back-end logistics system.

Baruch College, Arts Administration MA Program: Program Administrator (2016/01 – 2017/07)

  • Assisted fundraising efforts by scheduling dinners, identifying potential donors, and writing messages.
  • Drafted agendas for meetings.
  • Drafted and advised on various documents such as grant proposals, reports, memos, and more.
  • Managed Director's schedule.
  • Managed program's Facebook group.
  • Processed reimbursements for the program.
  • Sat in on classes.

Baruch College: Teacher Assistant (2015/09 – 2016/01)

  • Assisted a course called "Organizations, Ethics, and Leadership", taught by Professor Bruce Lloyd Payne, which dissected a dozen short stories and treated them like case studies for exploring leadership ethics, dilemmas, successes, and failures.
  • Advised students on the course and their term projects.
  • Graded in-class quizzes and essay assignments.

New York Cares: Data Analysis & Site Design Intern (2015/09 – 2016/01)

  • Analysed database information to identify problems within volunteer programs.
  • Collaborated on projects including survey revisions, home page redesign, and data illustration.
  • Reviewed volunteer evaluations.

Every Nation: Sound & Equipment Engineer, Service Coordinator (2012/10 – 2017/06)

  • Coordinated logistics for the Sunday evening church service.
  • Oversaw all volunteer efforts for the evening service.
  • Operated sound boards & stage lighting panels, fine-tuned audio for various venues and set up and packed away equipment.

Public Appearances & Content