Compliance Council Election 1: Validators

Validators Compliance Council Elections
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Submit the following candidate information and application to be considered for a Compliance Council position by Validators in the next election.

Candidate Information

  • Preferred Name and Country: Preferred name and location
  • Wallet Address: Wallet address used to be used in Council member voting.
    • Note: By submitting your wallet address you are sharing the ownership and transaction history for the entire world to see and associate with you. Only submit an address you are comfortable sharing publicly.
  • Social Media: Telcoin Discord username, Twitter account
  • Specialization: Select from one or more of the following specializations and describe your experience.
    • Conflict Resolution
    • Compliance
    • Legal & Organizational
    • Authorizations
  • Education and Experience: Provide credentials related to your JD and experience as an attorney or within a similar, related field, such as compliance.

Council Nomination Application: Provide responses to the following questions.

  • Introduction
    • How did you find out about Telcoin and why are you excited about being a part of the Telcoin community
    • What experience do you have in interacting with the Telcoin Platform as a user, miner, and/or overall ecosystem participant?
  • Why should you be selected?
    • Why are you running for this position?
    • What unique skills, experiences and credentials do you bring to the role that will assist you in fulfilling your regular and special duties?
    • What changes and improvements do you plan to propose?
    • How will you represent your miner group in decision-making processes to ensure their interests are being voiced and protected?
    • How will you keep your constituency informed?
    • How much time can you dedicate to the role each week?
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  • Preferred Name and Country: Ricardo Pires, UK

  • Wallet Address: 0x5341Fe58e609C7a7436E43A99Be9b2F5E53b25DB

  • Social Media: Twitter - @Pyrex_vision23

  • Specialization: Select from one or more of the following specializations and describe your experience.

    • Compliance - As Head of partnerships and commercial strategy a foundational pilar of my job is of the compliance, juridical and legal ramifications and requirements to enter a new market and launch a new service/product.

  • Education and Experience: I studied Finance, and have since specialised in Fintech and payments while working with corporations as well as tech startups .

Council Nomination Application: Provide responses to the following questions.

  • Introduction
    • How did you find out about Telcoin and why are you excited about being a part of the Telcoin community - I found out about Telcoin through a friend, and become an early investor, and a few years following join as an Employee.
    • What experience do you have in interacting with the Telcoin Platform as a user, miner, and/or overall ecosystem participant? - Beyond working with the product on a daily basis as part of my duties as part of the Commercial team, I also am a user of the product.
  • Why should you be selected?
    • Why are you running for this position? - As I am responsible for a lot of the partnerships of Telcoin, and have experience dealing with Telecoms and other GSMA members, I am well positioned to understand who are the best candidates to be validators.
    • What unique skills, experiences and credentials do you bring to the role that will assist you in fulfilling your regular and special duties? - Extensive experience in assessing and dealing with a range of different stakeholders, from regulators to business partners, as Telecoms, Mobile wallets, Fintechs and more, require and enhanced attention to details when it comes to performing due diligence for every project and opportunity. This, along with my growing experience in compliance aspects of setting up a business and launching new products, I believe translate perfectly for the position.
    • What changes and improvements do you plan to propose? - Defining the type of partners we want as validators. Beyond just signing up any GSMA member as a validator, it is important we prioritise partners who are committed on bringing transactional volume and users to the network and ecosystem.
    • How will you represent your miner group in decision-making processes to ensure their interests are being voiced and protected? - I am well positioned to be a bridge between the Telecoms and other partners and the Telcoin association and the community.
    • How will you keep your constituency informed? Initially through the designated channels preferred by the Council.
    • How much time can you dedicate to the role each week? I can dedicate a standard 7 hours a week, but happy to accommodate more time according to duties.
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