yegetaneh firew

• run an independent product lab for saas, ai, web3, and developer-tool experiments on an experiment → build → ship → learn loop.
• shipped shipit, a public accountability platform where builders commit to a deadline and end as "shipped" or "failed to ship".
• shipped launchy, which turns a product into a structured launch strategy (positioning, assets, checklists, distribution).
• shipped shipbase, a saas for creating and sharing product and project pages.
• building xylo, stablecoin infrastructure for africa.

• co-founded a technology venture building transparent digital infrastructure for ethiopia and africa, defining product direction, brand identity, and technical architecture.
• designed and built a room-booking marketplace concept ("alen") for the ethiopian market, including a supply-side landing page and a full next.js engineering specification.
• established the venture's technical and brand foundations to support future product launches across fintech and consumer marketplaces.

• elected head of the blockchain team; lead a university-wide community focused on web3 education and developer onboarding.
• designed and delivered a multi-session solidity bootcamp for new developers, producing structured presentation decks and hands-on smart contract exercises.
• built csecpoap.sol, a soulbound erc-721 proof-of-attendance (poap) contract used to verify and reward bootcamp participation.
• authored a smart contract audit standard operating procedure (sop) adopted by the community for reviewing student and community projects.
• organized community events including a bitcoin pizza day celebration in partnership with pizzadao.
• authored educational content on ethereum, wallets, smart contracts, and blockchain use cases across africa.

• contracted on large language model (llm) evaluation and assessment projects, testing model outputs for quality, accuracy, and safety.

built a context-persistent ai personal assistant operating inside telegram, integrating vector similarity search, webhook event handlers, and automated task dispatching.

engineered a constant product formula (x*y=k) smart contract suite with liquidity pool provisioning and slippage-protected swap routing.

developed proof-of-reserve mint/burn smart contracts and multi-sig treasury management for decentralized, on-chain ETB payments and remittances.

created on-chain behavioral credit-scoring oracles and dynamic collateral curves that reward reliable web3 actors with better rates and lower collateral requirements.

built a p2p crypto exchange platform for ethiopian users, contributing to a portfolio of products that reached 10,000+ users across crypto and accommodation products in ethiopia.

designed a compliant, institution-grade platform for tokenizing real-world assets (real estate, treasury bills) on ethereum, using the erc-3643 permissioned token standard.