Trajectory

Across social entrepreneurship, cooperative organizing, self-management, and Web3 governance, Alex's work has focused on how groups coordinate, make decisions, distribute responsibility, and learn from practice.

These records describe activities and contexts reported in the practice. External references are included where available; they are not a set of independently measured client outcomes or new credentials.

How this experience informs organizational development

Web3 Governance & Protocol Ecosystems

Protocol governance, DAO operations, delegation, proposal review, and ecosystem coordination.

Optimism

Security Council Cohort B Member / Aug 2026-Aug 2027 / Elected / Council member

Elected Security Council Cohort B Member at Optimism, supporting the operational security and resilience of protocol governance through multisig participation and signer responsibilities.

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Optimism Collective

Governance Contributor (govNERD) / 2024-Present / Current / Governance contributor

Supported governance operations as a govNERD across multiple cycles, evaluated proposals and funding requests using structured frameworks, and contributed to ecosystem-wide governance discussions and improvements.

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Shutter

Contributor & Shutter PEN Member / Ecosystem contributor / member

Contributed public feedback on PEN's governance design, including capital allocation, execution, accountability and institutional memory. Participates as a member of Shutter PEN.

Public feedback on PEN

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Delegate & Ecosystem Contributor / 2024-Present / Current / Delegate / ecosystem contributor

Participated in builder programs and delegate training, produced governance analysis and voting rationales, and contributed to discussions on DAO structure, partnerships, and growth strategy.

Web3 ecosystem

Governance & Coordination Research / 2023-Present / Current / Independent research / ecosystem analysis

Conducted research on DAO governance, token design, meta-governance, incentive systems, decentralized operations, delegation dynamics, and coordination challenges.

Cooperative & Organizational Design

Cooperative infrastructure, self-management, sociocracy, facilitation, and organizational learning.

Matriz

Founder / Co-Founder / 2021-Present / Current / Founder / cooperative builder

Built a cooperative network supporting freelancers and early-stage teams, designed governance systems combining reputation, coordination, and shared services, and developed economic models around contribution-based incentives and shared infrastructure.

Matriz is shared infrastructure for independent workers who want to collaborate cooperatively and mutualize operational costs.

Organizational capabilities

  • Organization Design
  • Governance design
  • Coordination
  • Institutional Learning

Designing cooperative governance and contribution systems provides an ongoing laboratory for roles, authority, shared infrastructure and learning from coordination tensions.

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La Mano del Mono

Dynamic Governance Consultant / Jul 2026-Aug 2026 / Past / Consulting engagement

Consulting on dynamic governance for La Mano del Mono.

Juegas AC

Action Plan Consultant / May 2026-Jun 2026 / Past / Consulting engagement

Consulting on the action plan for Juegas AC.

Ouitopia

Partner - Team Experience / Facilitator / May 2021-May 2024 / Past / Partner / facilitator

Facilitated collaborative teams, supported organizations working with self-management systems, designed and systematized methodologies, and facilitated in-person, virtual, and hybrid meetings and events.

Organizational capabilities

  • Team Effectiveness
  • Facilitation
  • Self-management
  • Organization Design

Facilitation and support for self-management connected team interactions with their ways of organizing. Systematizing methods made those practices reusable.

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Sociocracia Practica / Sociocracy For All

Member of Consulting Staff & Business Development Strategist / Apr 2021-Jun 2023 / Past / Consulting staff / business development strategist

Contributed to Sociocracia Practica, part of Sociocracy For All, supporting workshops, accompaniment, educational materials, and spaces to practice sociocracy in the Spanish-speaking world.

Organizational capabilities

  • Organizational Development
  • Governance
  • Facilitation
  • Self-management

Workshops, educational materials and accompaniment supported learning and practicing sociocratic governance. This connects organizational development with participation and self-management.

Reimagina

Extended Team Contributor / Dec 2020-Dec 2022 / Past / Extended team / self-managed team contributor

Contributed to a remote, decentralized, self-managed team connecting organizations across Latin America and demonstrating sociocratic ways of working.

Covive

Communication and Organizational Culture / Feb 2019-Jan 2020 / Past / Temporary contract

Implemented agile ways of working to improve delivery and learning cycles, mapped organizational roles, and introduced more autonomous and democratic decision-making practices across teams.

Organizational capabilities

  • Organizational Culture
  • Organization Design
  • Distributed decision-making
  • Organizational Development

Role mapping is evidence of organization-design work; agile learning cycles and autonomous decision practices connect organizational culture to how work and authority are arranged.

Social Entrepreneurship, Media & Community

Earlier work in social entrepreneurship, impact media, community building, venture support, and field learning.

Disruptivo.tv

Director of Content and Community / Oct 2015-Dec 2017 / Past / Full-time role

Led content and community development for a social entrepreneurship and impact business media platform, built a distributed contributor structure, supported team growth, represented the organization in events and partnerships, and acted as public spokesperson in multiple contexts.

Socialab

Social Entrepreneurship Mentor / Nov 2019-Jun 2023 / Past / Independent mentor

Facilitated sessions for early-stage social entrepreneurs seeking to build collaborative teams and cultivate agile, resilient organizational cultures.

Caldero.org

Co-Founder / Aug 2013-Aug 2016 / Past / Co-founder / service-learning project

Co-founded an academic service-learning project connecting students seeking practical experience with NGOs and associations needing communication and consulting support.

Befriending Project

International Volunteer / Jan 2018-Dec 2018 / Past / Volunteer / field learning

Volunteered in India with a focus on trust, collaborative work, sustainable urbanism, community development, and communications support for local organizations.

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ELABD&CO

Consultant / Aug 2020-2021 / Past / Consultant network contributor

Collaborated in a consultant network focused on social innovation, impact assessment, hybrid enterprise, design, research, and facilitation.

Young & Rubicam

Planning / Aug 2015-Oct 2015 / Past / Planning

Early professional experience in strategic planning and understanding audiences to build stronger narratives and connections.