William Martinez Bolaños
Product Manager, Researcher, ETH Community Leader
Crypto • Blockchain • Artificial Intelligence
Professional Summary
Experienced product manager, Researcher and community leader focused in Crypto, DeFi and AI. Proven track record understanding institutionals to explore web3 solutions. Deep technical understanding about Ethereum technologies and communities across the world. Founded 3 projects: ETH CALI to free-access web3 education, Ekinoxis to empower innovation, Convexo to enable secure and private DeFi experiences. Background in Economics, Project Management, and Corporate Finance with multilingual capabilities.
Experience
- ·Teaching +30 students about DeFi based on hands-on dynamic to reach a total +$4K volume
- ·Design and implementing hands-on workshops using top EVM protocols like Uniswap, Across, Bnkr.bot, Remix, Open Zeppelin.
- ·Focusing on Ethereum, Base, Optimism and Unichain.
- ·Audited DAO treasuries and contracts across 4 EVM-compatible chains, safeguarding millions in governance balances and ensuring transparency.
- ·Negotiated token listings and custody integrations with 1 exchange Tier 2, +5 Market Makers, +5 DeFi bridges, and +5 wallets to improve token holders UX.
- ·Secured reward programs based on tracking analysis to donations, avoiding recirculations of +$20,000 value in rewards given to donors.
- ·Coordinated IT teams (front-end, back-end, DevOps) to deliver 2 products: Business Intelligence system for Government Funding Programs and tokenized digital experiences within an event manager software.
- ·Integrated tokenized assets with BI dashboards, enabling data-driven financial insights for partner organizations.
- ·Developing and analyzing trade marketing strategies for national clients.
- ·CRM with HubSpot and analyzing national and international sales.
- ·Supporting product development.
Projects
ETH CALI
FounderBuilding Web3 adoption through partnerships with universities, enterprises, and global sponsors
- ·Forged partnerships with 5+ universities, +10 enterprises, Local Government and global sponsors (Base, Uniswap and ETHGlobal) to expand Web3 adoption in the Colombian Pacific region.
- ·Organized hackathons, workshops, and public goods funding rounds, onboarding 380+ new users into Ethereum and financing 10+ community projects.
Ekinoxis
FounderResearching and Building tailored and open-sourced products and services based on AI, Blockchain and Crypto
- ·Designed and shipped 6 open-sourced projects using Privy.io, ZKpassport, Chainlink, Uniswap V4.
- ·Advised 5 Corporate executives about solutions based on ethereum technologies.
Convexo
FounderReducing Gap funding for SMEs in LATAm through international crypto rails with privacy-persistent ID solutions
- ·Launching a Tokenized Identity based on ZK Passport, Veriff, Sumsub and AI Credit Scoring.
- ·Enabling funding through creation of Electronic Loans (Vaults) and Electronic Contracts with IPFS.
Education
B.A. Economics & International Business
2014–2021Universidad ICESI
Abroad Program: MSc Project Management & Business Development, SKEMA Business School, Paris
B.A. Management & International Business
2017–2021Universidad ICESI
Abroad Program: MSc Corporate Finance, Montpellier Business School, Montpellier
Certificates
Uniswap Hooks Incubator
Atrium Academy · Q3 2025
Bloomberg BMC
Bloomberg · 2020
Skills
Tooling
Programming Languages
Programming Tools
Product Management
CRM & Growth
AI Build
Core Competencies
Business Development
Custody & Treasury
Blockchain & Web3