Rani Haddad

Rani Haddad

Technologist

About

A versatile professional with deep technical expertise in cryptocurrency, business operations, venture capital, and cybersecurity, with a strong foundation in research and data analysis.

Originating from Lebanon, I founded a successful company in Dubai and am now based in California, bringing a global perspective to my work.

Fluent in both English and Arabic, I thrive in multicultural environments and excel at bridging diverse markets and industries.

Education

Work Experience

2023 — 2023
Remote (USA)

A superchain block explorer.

Cross-Functional Leadership: Spearheaded user feedback initiatives, collaborating with product and engineering teams to prioritize and define new product features based on customer insights.

User-Centric Strategy: Led all user feedback conversations, ensuring the product development cycle was closely aligned with user needs and pain points.

Community Building: Founded and nurtured a thriving Discord community, cultivating a dedicated group of power users.

Growth Marketing: Launched and managed social media activations, resulting in significant traffic increases and engagement spikes, directly contributing to product adoption.

Data-Driven Insights: Conducted in-depth data analysis and visualized user behavior patterns to optimize user flow and identify key sticky features, enhancing overall user experience.

2022 — 2023
Remote (USA)

Onchain liquid hedge fund that focused on staking infrastructure and yield generating opportunities across DeFi applications.

Blockchain Research & Curation: Identified and curated promising Cosmos blockchains with vibrant communities and high-quality products, strategically selecting networks to establish and bootstrap active Proof-of-Stake (POS) validators.

Brand Development & Community Engagement: Played a key role in building the Gidorah brand by actively supporting the communities where we have validators, fostering trust and credibility to drive increased staking delegations.

Network Building & Relationship Management: Developed and maintained a robust rolodex of founders and key teams within the DeFi space, leveraging these relationships to gain strategic insights and partnerships.

Yield Optimization & Investment Strategy: Focused on maximizing investor returns by deploying capital in high-risk, high-reward DeFi protocols across multiple blockchain ecosystems, leveraging strategic insights to enhance yield generation.

2021 — 2022
Remote (USA)

Early stage VC firm investing in healthtech, mobility, and deeptech.

Operational Excellence: Ensured seamless operations at Verve by initiating, tracking, and managing all key operational activities.

Investment Decision Support: Contributed to investment decisions by managing the deal pipeline, conducting due diligence, and providing research support on companies within my area of technical expertise.

Portfolio Company Support: Actively supported portfolio companies by offering strategic guidance and operational assistance.

Documentation & Investor Relations: Managed all critical documentation, including investor memos and communications, ensuring clear, timely, and accurate information flow between Verve and its stakeholders.

2017 — 2021
Dubai

Cybersecurity consulting services.

Strategic Leadership & Service Portfolio Development: As a founding member, played a pivotal role in establishing the initial strategy and developing a comprehensive service portfolio, laying the foundation for the company’s growth and market positioning.

IT & Business Operations Management: Led critical IT and business operation initiatives on Salesforce and JIRA, ensuring alignment with the organization’s strategic objectives and driving efficiency across key processes.

Cross-Functional Team Alignment: Facilitated collaboration among cross-functional teams, ensuring seamless end-to-end service delivery and successfully driving multiple high-impact projects to completion.

Partnership Building & Stakeholder Management: Successfully built and maintained strategic partnerships, managing relationships with key stakeholders across MENA and Europe to enhance service offerings and expand market reach.

2009 — 2016
Beirut

Family owned real estate development company.

Strategic Leadership & Team Motivation: As a Managing Partner in a family-owned real estate development firm with over 100 employees, led the creation, management, and execution of project plans. Communicated the company’s vision and objectives effectively to inspire and motivate cross-functional teams.

Operational Excellence & Efficiency: Delivered key IT systems and spearheaded digital transformation projects, enhancing operational service quality. Developed and implemented procedures that significantly improved cross-functional team efficiency and overall project execution.

Side Projects

Ongoing
Proficiency
  • Project Management and Ops:
    Notion, Airtable, Salesforce, JIRA, Webflow, Framer, Zapier, Monday

  • Code:
    SQL, Python, Javascript

  • DBMS:
    Mongo

Ongoing
Online Presence
  • Grew an online presence and organic following by posting my thoughts and insights about tech.

  • Twitter -> 8.4k followers

  • Farcaster -> 13.5k followers

2024

Advice about startups, businesses, work/life balance, and entrepreneurship. Sourced from all his essays and podcasts.

2024

I analyze food labels for harmful ingredients and suggest healthier alternatives. Snap a picture of any food label with ingredients clearly showing.

2024

Creates stories from Pixelglyph NFT data.

Certifications

Contact

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