Please provide a detailed budget breakdown of the proposed work and resources.
Grants for awarded applicants
$15 000* x 3 projects = $45 000
*This value may be rebalanced between awarded proposals based on their complexity and weight in the overall grants program.
Maestro advisory and support
$50/hr x 1hr/week/project x 30 weeks x 3 projects = $4 500
Maestro promotion, proposal assessments, debriefs
$50/hr x 40hrs = $2 000
TOTAL ($) = $51 500
TOTAL ($0.3/ADA) = 171 666 ADA
Who is in the project team and what are their roles?
Stakeholders:
Marvin Bertin - Maestro Co-Founder & CEO - <https://www.linkedin.com/in/marvinbertin>
Marvin co-founded Maestro a Cardano infrastructure provider and dApp development platform. He also co-founded Genius Yield an advanced order-book DEX on Cardano. Marvin's background is in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. Before getting into blockchain, he spent years working in a biotech developing an early cancer detection blood tests using next-generation DNA sequencing. Later he worked as a senior crypto consultant, developing DeFi products for clients on the Ethereum and Cosmo blockchains.
Varderes Barsegyan - Engineering Manager, Software Architect and Go Developer - <https://www.linkedin.com/in/barsegyanvarderes>
Maestro CTO, Genius Yield TPM;
Varderes Barsegyan is an engineer with a diverse background in physics, computer science, aerospace engineering, bioinformatics, and blockchain technology. As the Co-founder and CTO of Maestro, a leading provider of blockchain infrastructure for Cardano, he is trailblazing the way for the financial operating system of the world.
Jamie Harper - Senior Rust Engineer - <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-h-8bb539114/>
Maestro engineer, Cardano open source contributor;
James is a Rust developer with unique experience in the Cardano ecosystem. Over a period of three years, he has been involved in auditing the Cardano ledger and related codebases, earning recognition as a contributor in the Cardano Babbage era ledger specification.
His in-depth understanding of Cardano's internals acquired through auditing led James to begin developing his own software within the ecosystem, and is a top contributor for some of TxPipe's open source software projects, Scrolls and Pallas. He has also shared valuable insights through write-ups, warning of common developer pitfalls within the Cardano ecosystem, contributing to improved security practices.
James later joined Maestro, where he plays a key role in designing, developing, and optimizing their developer platform and indexer, working with the rest of the team to ensure they meet the evolving needs of developers within the Cardano ecosystem.
Jeev B. - Senior DevOps Engineer - <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeevb>
Maestro engineer, Union.AI staff engineer;
Jeev Balakrishnan is an accomplished staff software engineer with a proven track record of success. With his expertise and strong technical skills, he has played a crucial role in leading mission-critical projects at Union.AI, Freenome, and Maestro. Jeev's ability to deliver exceptional solutions, coupled with his innovative mindset, has made him a valuable contributor to the Cardano ecosystem.
Pedro Lucas - Technical Business Analyst - <https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedrohlucas>
Maestro Developer Experience, BizDez;
Pedro Lucas has over 20y experience in IT. Working as a Technical Business Analyst in Business Process Management and Decision support DataViz solutions in Finance and Banking. He has been in Crypto for 3y and 100% dedicated to Cardano communities and techology for almost 2y. Pedro has helped in Gimbalabs, amongst other communities, created and ran 'Cardano for non-techs' workshop sessions, and now collaborates with Maestro focusing on Developer Experience and Business Development.
How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?
The ‘Grants for awarded applicants’ portion of this proposal will be entirely employed to sponsor and support the winning projects. This incentivization will stimulate creativity and entrepreneurship in the community and potentially enable the realization of valuable projects that will benefit the Cardano ecosystem with their full value once live. Three new solutions with superior User Experience and robustness will be added to the Cardano Ecosystem.
Furthermore, the value of this proposal is one of fomenting collaboration between projects, promoting exploration and knowledge sharing on different architectures and technologies.
The services budget is according to or below standard rates for these professional services in Europe or the USA.