$150M+
onchain vaults managed at Tulipa
$2B
TVL protocol strategy experience
$1B+
active liquidity across Ethereum and 9 L2s
$2M+
grant rewards secured and deployed
Work experience
Chief Vault Strategist
Tulipa Capital
$150M+ onchain managed
July 2025 — Present
Vault curation · Liquidity management · Yield discovery
Core member of the DeFi vaults curation team, managing risk-mitigated delta-neutral vault strategies across multichain ecosystems.
Curates vault strategies across DEX liquidity provisioning, leveraged positions, lending markets, and cross-asset carry yields.
Managed key vaults including cbBTC TAC, Avax USDC & BTC.b, and cbBTC vault strategies with notable ATH TVL.
Co-authored proposals and factsheets for DAOs, ecosystems, and asset issuers while leading institutional and protocol relationships.
Ecosystem Lead — DeFi
KelpDAO
$1B+ active liquidity
October 2023 — May 2025
Partnerships · Growth · Research
Led DeFi strategy for KelpDAO, a liquid restaking protocol with $2B TVL across Ethereum and Layer 2 networks.
Scaled integrations with 50+ DeFi protocols across DEXes, lending, yield optimizers, leverage protocols, and more.
Planned GTM strategies for launches across 9 L2s, helping drive over $100M TVL on Layer 2 networks.
Secured and oversaw $2M+ in grant rewards across Arbitrum, Optimism, and zkSync initiatives.
Founder’s Office Analyst
Stader Labs
$25M treasury portfolio
October 2022 — October 2023
Analytics · Research · Finance
Worked across treasury management, investment strategy, investor relations, and finance operations for a multi-chain staking business.
Led treasury management and investment strategies across 6 blockchains, optimizing allocation and risk management.
Collaborated with DeFi and business teams to increase liquidity pool yield by 10% on average and reduce expenses by 14%.
Partnered with leadership to cut costs by 30% while supporting a net-positive P&L through staking revenue and treasury yield.
Expertise
Vault strategy
Delta-neutral vault curation, risk-mitigated structures, cross-asset carry, and asset issuer strategy.
Liquidity systems
DEX, lending, yield optimizer, and leverage integrations across Ethereum, L2s, and multichain ecosystems.
Partnerships & GTM
Protocol relationships, ecosystem launches, institutional conversations, grant programs, and DAO-facing proposals.
Analytics & research
Financial modelling, tokenomics research, onchain analysis, Dune, Python, SQL, Power BI, and E-views.
Treasury & risk
Portfolio allocation, risk management, expense optimization, investor relations, and governance token unlocks.
Market curiosity
Alternative financial markets, Nicholas Taleb’s work, spurious analysis, and occasionally Mumbai traffic.
Education & research
University of Mumbai
Postgraduate Degree in Management with Data Science & Finance specialization. GPA 3.7/4.0; coursework included Python, SQL, Power BI, data analytics, and financial econometrics.
Christ University
BA Economics (Honors), GPA 3.6/4.0. Dissertation: “Lending rate determination in India”. Coursework included advanced econometrics, macroeconomics, developmental economics, and financial economics.
Published research
Co-authored research on Covid-19 and herding in Asian financial markets, published in MethodsX, plus work on equity investment strategy using price-volume analysis.
Leadership & credentials
CFA Level 1 candidate for 2026. Former NCC corporal selected among the top 10% of cadets to represent the Karnataka & Goa Directorate at Ek Bharat Shresht Bharat.
Based in India, working remotely across crypto-native teams, protocols, DAOs, and institutional partners.