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Our team is aptly suited and equipped to successfully deliver this project. We possess the requisite capabilities that uniquely position us to execute this project to high standards of trust and accountability.
Socious is a fast-growing impact startup that provides a talent marketplace, making impact work accessible and transparent. We connect purpose-driven professionals with impact organizations through AI matching. We use blockchain to trace impact work and reward contributions.
Socious is supported by 500Global, Microsoft, and Milkomeda Foundation. Our platform lists over 80k jobs, 24k organizations, and has 8k registered users. Our team consists of experts in impact measurement, finance, data science, and blockchain development.
We have 10 full-time members and 20+ part-time contributors. Our team members include:
Title: Founder and CEO
Role: Product Ownership, Project Management, Research
Linkedin:
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/seirayun/>
Bio:
Seira Yun is a Cardano Ambassador and an ICC member. He is a serial impact entrepreneur and an impact angel investor with years of experience in the impact sector, leading teams within the ICRC, UNHCR, and social ventures. As a full-stack developer with a Master's degree in Social Innovation from the University of Cambridge, Seira enjoys blending technology with purpose. Upon exiting his first social venture in 2021, he founded Socious, a decentralized talent marketplace that uses blockchain for verified certificates and AI for matching individuals to meaningful jobs, eliminating background checks and fostering social and environmental change. He is also a board member at TELL, a suicide prevention non-profit. When not working, you can find Seira shooting hoops, running, reading, and spending quality time with his kids.
Title: Head of Product
Role: Blockchain Development, Product Management.
Bio:
Elaine has been coding in Haskell and other functional programming languages for the past 7 years and building on the Cardano blockchain for the past 3 years. Prior to joining Socious, she worked for Sundae Labs, contributing to the SundaeSwap V3 implementation and Hydra development. She also worked at Obsidian, an IT consulting company, where she helped Starbucks with its loyalty points system. Elaine is an active Cardano community member and serves as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Argentina.
Title: Founder’s Associate
Role: Project Management Assistant, Admin and Finance.
LinkedIn: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisanneyee/>
Bio:
Chrisanne is trilingual in English, Chinese and Japanese. She has experience with marketing and business development. Chrisanne is an active Cardano community member and serves as an alternate to the Constitutional Convention in Argentina.
Role: Communication and Marketing
LinkedIn: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mryokoyama/>
Bio:
Taichi is an entrepreneur and a Cardano Stake Pool Operator (AIRX). Taichi is an active Cardano community member and serves as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Argentina.
Title: Lead Designer
Role: Design
LinkedIn:
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/michel-douang/>
Bio: With more than a decade of experience specializing in product design, Minh is a multidisciplinary artist who has always believed art has a language of its own. As a neurodiverse individual, Minh is passionate about helping people and creating sustainable and inclusive solutions. Minh is a Cardano community member for the past 3 years.
Title: Lead Developer
Role: Backend/Blockchain/AI Engineering
LinkedIn:
<https://linkedin.com/in/ehsan-mahmoudi-611123b8/>
Bio: More than 8 years of experience in Python and Machine Learning as well as extensive experience in blockchain development. Ehsan has worked for global startups including Rechat, AEC, and Navaak. Ehsan is a Cardano community member for the past 3 years.
Title: Senior Frontend Developer
Role: Frontend Development
LinkedIn: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanaz-mahmoudi/>
Bio: An experienced frontend developer with 7+ years of experience. Sanaz is a Cardano community member for the past 2 years.
Title: Senior Frontend Developer
Role: Frontend Development
Bio: An experienced frontend developer with 10+ years of experience. Marjan is a Cardano community member for the past 2 years.
Title: QA Engineer
Role: Quality Assurance
LinkedIn:
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/azin-zare-355a27179/>
Bio: An experienced QA engineer with 9+ years of experience. Azin is a Cardano community member for the past 3 years.
Title: Software Engineer
Role: Backend and DevOps Engineering
Commitment: Full-time
LinkedIn:
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammad-hosein-balkhani/>
Bio: An experienced software engineer with 7+ years of experience. Mohammad is a Cardano community member for the past year.
Title: Design Advisor
Role Design Direction
LinkedIn: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelhode/>
Bio: Raphael is a Strategic Designer with a passion for social innovation and sustainability. After a few years in advertising agencies in Paris, Raphael moved to Tokyo in 2015 and joined Designit, a global strategic design firm. At Designit Raphael worked on growing a team and helping some of Japan’s most ambitious companies make innovation happen, leading him to endorse a variety of roles across UX design, service design, business design, and strategy.
In parallel, he has been passionately engaging in activities related to sustainability and social innovation: giving talks and workshops, mentoring early-stage social founders, and eventually co-founding a social venture. Today, he spends most of his time working with incredible social entrepreneurs to help them define, design, and launch visionary products that contribute to creating a more sustainable society.
To supplement our core team, we maintain a reserve of skilled freelancers, ready to contribute at short notice. Our talent marketplace, Socious, is a hub for over 8,000 individuals, many of whom could potentially assist in this project, if required.
The trustworthiness in our fund management processes is grounded in our serious adherence to legal and financial compliance. Each transaction conducted is meticulously documented with tangible evidence and audited internally for accuracy. To bolster our commitment to financial transparency, we have established collaborations with external accounting firms that assure compliance. Our Japanese entity works with Tatsumi Accounting Firm, while our Singaporean entity partners with BBCIncorp.
Additionally, we liaise with an external law firm, Enlighten Law Group, to ensure full legal compliance. This meticulous, multilayered approach to fund management reflects our dedication to maintaining high levels of trust and accountability.