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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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.