technical expertise in crypto, business operations, venture capital, and cybersecurity, with a strong foundation in technical research.

grew up in lebanon, went on to found a successful company in dubai, and now based in california, bringing a global perspective to my work. i do onchain sleuthing for fun.

reach out on x, farcaster, linkedin, or ens.

relevant work experience gidorah | venture capital (echo group) | founder | 2025 ****social capital | venture capital | research associate | 2024 once upon | crypto startup | product strategy and growth | 2023 verve ventures | venture capital | head of ops | 2021 axon technologies | cybersecurity | founder | 2017

side projects

• GIDORAH on paragraph | publish essays as part of a broader effort in onchain sensemaking {crypto x culture}
• farcaster/base app onchain mini-apps | Million Clanker Homepage, $TiLT, Loot (for Farcasters), Bagel Shop, $Vibes
• flow | transform bank transactions into visual flows and data
• blocko | blockchain visualizer
• pixelglyphs | nft project from 2021 with over $1.4m in total volume
• zora | creator coin
• /defi farcaster channel | 4.9k members
• the glyph | weaves onchain narratives across social media posts and a farcaster channel, making sense of onchain data through data-driven insight and lore. recipient of a base builder grant. → some of the work related to the glyph: greatest nft trading pnl of all time, etherRocks lore, alien punks, euler exploit, ghost address, blur farming, base nft, $pepe whales, mooncat rescue, conspiracy corner…
• published deep technical research examples
  • A Primer on Stablecoins
  • A Primer on Cryptocurrencies

education american university of beirut | bsc computer science cass business school london | msc investment banking

certifications

GIAC security leadership (GSLC)

GIAC advisory board member