I’m running for the Intersect Board because I believe I have both a responsibility to what we started and an obligation to help ensure Intersect succeeds. My history with Intersect goes back to before Intersect existed, when the work was still being developed through the original Cardano DCF workstream. I helped lead the original design, drafted the first charter, and became the first employee contracted onto the organization. From there, much of my focus was building the technical foundations Intersect would need for the long term. I helped establish the Technical Steering Committee and Open Source Committee, drafted their complementary remits, built out the security function, established the bug bounty program, and helped create the structures needed for technical stewardship beyond simple administration. But my focus was never just on committees. It was on making Intersect function like a proper Member-Based Organization. With support from the community, I established Intersect’s incubation program and began building project support services around the needs of builders. We introduced legal support and other professional services that projects could access at no cost. I worked to get accelerator programs off the ground, coordinated developer advocacy efforts intended to improve onboarding and help projects navigate the ecosystem, and continually looked for ways Intersect could become a place where projects were supported rather than simply processed. The Open Source Committee became the first committee to procure services, develop a formal strategy and white paper, secure funding against that strategy, and then deliver against it. Much of that work was accomplished by a two-person team, and I remain incredibly proud of what we proved could be accomplished with a clear mandate, disciplined execution, and very little bureaucracy. I also made a deliberate effort to engage with our industry peers outside Cardano. I sought those relationships out because I believed then, and still believe now, that an MBO responsible for supporting one of the world’s largest decentralized ecosystems should not operate in isolation. We should be learning from other foundations, open source organizations, standards bodies, and ecosystems, while also showing them what Cardano is capable of. We have a tendency to become isolationist when we simply do not need to be. If elected to the Board, I will continue building those bridges. Eventually, I stepped away because I believed much of this work needed to belong to the community rather than to me. Since then, I have continued supporting projects across Cardano and currently serve as Vice Chair of the Technical Steering Committee. Being outside the organization has also given me a different perspective on the frustrations members, builders, committees, and stakeholders experience. That is a major reason I am running. Intersect should not disappear. It should not become irrelevant. It should not exist simply to administer processes created for their own sake. It should be a strong member-based organization that enables Cardano’s technical stewardship, supports the people doing the work, creates room for community initiatives to grow, and operates with enough focus that small teams can produce meaningful results. I know the history behind Intersect because I helped write part of it. I know the internal challenges because I worked through them. I know the external frustrations because I experience them now. And most importantly, I know how to take an idea, build the structure around it, and get it delivered. I also support Jack and believe leadership needs a Board that gives him the coverage, challenge, and support required to execute effectively. Some problems can be solved from the outside. Others require decisions from the top. If politics continues to outweigh execution, Intersect will struggle. The Board has an important role in changing that. Cardano will always be closely associated with Charles Hoskinson’s legacy. In a much smaller way, Intersect is part of mine. I helped build it from its earliest days, and I care deeply about seeing the original promise fulfilled. I’m not running to preserve Intersect as it is. I’m running because I believe Intersect is worth fixing, worth focusing, and worth fighting for and because I know we can make it effective again.

Intersect is at a turning point. This election will help decide whether it remains a status-quo organization that fades from relevance, or whether it finally forms a clear identity as a true member-based organization and builds toward lasting success, in the spirit of what the LFDT has achieved. Intersect has delivered important work. Those results still do not, on their own, justify the current level of funding in the eyes of much of the community. Membership has fallen from 2–3k to just over 600. At $10 per membership, that decline is a clear signal: the organization has not yet earned durable member trust. What Intersect needs now is operational expertise in running an MBO—not only community relations, and not only Cardano technical knowledge. It needs people who understand how to steward a nonprofit that delivers real member benefits, curates an ecosystem, and practices genuine open source. To date, Intersect has only partly fulfilled those roles. Budget management and hard forks matter, but they are not the whole purpose of the organization, and they cannot be its only focus. The foundations still need to be planted. I previously helped design and pilot the core functions Intersect needs in order to stabilize and grow. Much of that work has not been carried forward, and the ecosystem has felt the gap. If elected, I will put the connections, resources, and operating experience I have built over the past several years in service of the staff and the organization, so Intersect can deliver for members and set itself up to succeed. It is time to set the politics aside and see how bad the scarring on the hull really is…. Being on the outside I truly do see it and can guarantee I have more skin in this to see intersect succeed then most

Might be hope at Xbox in a few ways for the frAnchises, layoffs stink for those affected but so happy Halo studios got shutdown, ever since bungie departure the game and franchise lost its meaning and story, not to mention art style. Now o just hope Treyarch / Sledgehammer don’t call of duty the halo franchise, but it would be nice to get a grounded story in the real life situation of halo, similar to some recent modern warfare’s, like what reach attempted to do

I see crypto going through stages like the Open Source Movement did way back when . Philosophies, regulation, profit versus idealism, and technical innovation all colliding to build a new system that will create massive integration into our daily lives. After that movement, Open source now already sits inside 96% of modern software after a few decades. In a few years time, with Quantum, bad actor practices, and AI threats, but government management of their own base currencies, blockchain may be the only single source of truth and defensible right to privacy in the near future.

I’ve been in the room since before Intersect had a name. I helped shape the original MBO vision, built programs to support projects and maintainers, strengthened open source and security practices, and pushed Intersect to engage with the wider industry instead of becoming isolated inside Cardano. I know where the organization started, where it drifted, and where it can still go. I’m running because Intersect needs to get back to being a member-led organization that delivers real value, not more process for the sake of process. I’ll push for stronger technical stewardship, less bureaucracy, better support for builders, and greater independence. I’m not interested in protecting the status quo. I’m interested in protecting what the community has invested in and making Intersect worth believing in again. The change must start at the top or there won't be an Intersect for next year.

This is no longer a Cardano account, this is now dedicated to useless facts about hats starting below: "Arizona-style cowboy hats traditionally feature wider brims than northern versions (better sun protection in the desert) and a peaked crown that helps keep the head cooler." @adamKDean

Lessons in Cardano givernance #3: If the community paid taxes to a bucket and that bucket funded anything you do, it's taxpayer money. $ from Cardano transactions goes to Treasury, treasury $ to catalyst, catalyst $ to project = taxpayer funded project Intersect funded by treasury = taxpayer funded organization Cardano Summit funded by treasury = taxpayer funded event Just becasue you ahve a fancy title or a different process stemming from another process, they tag on the shirt still says "Made in Cardano Treasury" That means you need to treat that funding with respect and the transparency taxpayer deserve, let's not act like governments once they collect they're taxes, we built better systems for this reason.

It's simple, same inputs same outputs. I’m running for the Intersect Board because I believe we need a different approach if we want different results. My focus is simple: protect the investments already made in Intersect, put community interests ahead of internal politics, and help move the organization forward without tearing down what works. I’m not interested in chaos or political games. I’m interested in practical governance, technical stewardship, accountability, and making Intersect work for its members again. That’s what I intend to bring to the Board.

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