Alexander Kern

Software Engineer

2024 - Current

Technical Advisor, Angel Investor

2019

🧪 Developing open source productivity tools, AI / ML dev tools, and crypto 🎬 Technical Advisor on HBO's Silicon Valley Season 6 👼 Angel investor; select co-investors include Floodgate, Accel, The House Fund, Backend Capital, Founders Fund, Polychain Capital, Coinbase Ventures and Y Combinator.

Founder & CEO

2021 - 2024

Dynaboard reimagines web application development and extends it beyond the text editor. With real-time code collaboration tools, optimized UI/UX components, database & app integrations, and built-in performance & security best practices, we've unlocked application development for everyone on your team.

Cofounder & CTO

2019 - 2021

Helping the largest F500 brands and market research firms reach, research, and retain Gen Z customers through digital communities.

Software Engineer

2018 - 2019

Rearchitected Coinbase's core cryptocurrency payments architecture to support all blockchains. Built a unified cryptocurrency stack that added billions of dollars in assets under custody to the Coinbase platform across all business units. Designed and implemented core aspects of Coinbase Staking's highly available validator, now the largest Tezos validator.

Cofounder & CTO

2015 - 2018

Infrastructure and experiences for decentralized applications.

Founder

2014 - 2015

Led the team formation, organization, fundraising, marketing, and community engagement for the first major collegiate hackathon in the Bay Area. Over 1,500 hackers participated in the inaugural event. Now a core student group in the UC Berkeley ecosystem, Cal Hacks has grown to be the world's largest collegiate hackathon over the past 5 years and runs other affiliate programs such as CubStart.

Associate

2013 - 2014

Sought out new investment opportunities for the firm by connecting entrepreneurs to each other and the greater entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Applied Machine Learning Intern

2013 - 2013

Software Engineering Intern

2010 - 2011

Worked on the motor controller of the Curiosity Mars Rover by automating verification workflows. Developed highly-available durable cloud storage for satellites and Mars rovers. Coauthored an IEEE paper and gave presentations at JPL on my work.