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Team
The foundation team is a collective of people passionate about the value of education and its capacity to create a least-harmful society.
Team Member Types
Supporting ...
Founding
Actively involved in the foundation.
Advisory
Expert advisors to the foundation.
Community
Governance input and voting based on SDF tokens.
Governance Responsibilities include...
Custodians of the Supported Self-Driven Learning Framework.
Voting on decisions (based on SDF tokens).
Advisory board for decisions relating to the cloud service.
Strategic direction.
Custodians of the selfdriven Foundation DAO.
Community engagement.
Over time the governance responsibilities will be incrementally moved to the selfdriven Foundation Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO).
Team
Mark Byers
Founding Member | Tech
25+ years experience in internet based technologies.
More about Mark
Engineer, co-founder of entityOS & selfdriven.
1996; First Project; Cryogenic Road-tanker
Mark has been involved in computing since the 1980s and has been programming since the age
of 12. He has a deep passion for how information technology can create better outcomes for
individuals and collectives.
He co-founded entityOS.cloud in 2000 and has a deep understanding of the creation and
delivery of high-trust information systems.
Since 2017, he has been focused on blockchain technology and, in particular, Cardano.
He co-founded the selfdriven Foundation in 2019.
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Bence Lukacs
Founding Member
Strategic Partnerships & Community
More about Bence
Former teacher and sports trainer, many years of experience in e-Learning Instructional
Design and Media Didactics. Driven by a passion for science (particularly Open Science and
Decentralized Science), human learning, and digital worlds he's researching, conceptualizing
and building decentralized education projects.
selfdriven Foundation Key Area of Focus
Responsible for shaping the strategic direction of selfdriven by connecting and cooperating
with traditional educational institutions and projects in the Cardano ecosystem. Engaging
and driving the selfdriven community while working on the pedagogical, didactic and
educational research framework.
Benjamin Heurich
Founding Member
Framework Research and Education
More about Benjamin
Former university lecturer and researcher in the departments of Sociology and Educational
Sciences with a focus on digital education, educational equity and internationalisation.
Several years of experience in digital branding and international marketing consulting.
Current research and activity areas include DeSci, Open Science and Social & Literacy
Studies.
selfdriven Foundation Key Area of Focus
Scientific planning and overview of educational topics in selfdriven. Further development of
theoretical concepts and translation of research-oriented work. Promoting cooperation of
education-oriented and -supporting elements of a decentralised, global society in companies,
NGOs and decision makers.
Corinne Phillips
Founding Member | Research
Research Support
More about Corinne
Corinne is a lover of nature and travel with a passion for improving the world in many small
ways. She has experience in environmental and health sciences and a drive to explore
technology that can improve societies and the way we live on Earth today.
Corinne is a Cardano
Ambassador.
Damian Noonan
Founding Member | Research
Information Frameworks
More about Damian
Damian has over 20 years experience delivering technology projects as part of strategic
transformation initiatives, with expertise particularly Salesforce, MuleSoft and its
emerging technologies. As co-founder of recently acquired Tquila ANZ, Damian has experience
in building teams and delivering enterprise solutions.
Damian has a keen interest in graph technology, AI and blockchain. He has completed Emurgo
Academy's Cardano Developer Associate course and currently completing his final projects in
the Cardano Developer Professional and Solution Architect course.
Garry Golden
Founding Member | Research
Strategy & On-Boarding
More about Garry
Garry is a professional Futurist who helps organisations navigate market transitions. He is
also Founder and Owner of Into the Future - a Brooklyn-based creative learning space.
Mario Altimari
Advisor
Web3/On-Chain Decentralisation
More about Mario
A hands-on CTO with 20+ years of experience in various technologies and roles. Skilled in
Software Architecture, Technical Leadership and Project Management using Agile methods.
Delivered projects on time and within budget with a commercial mindset and a vision for the
big picture. Passionate about functional programming, blockchain and decentralisation.
Worked in international contexts (Italy, UK, USA, Ukraine, North Macedonia).
Nic Fulton
Advisor
Internet & Data
More about Nic
Nic is a futurist who demystifies the impact of emerging technologies and pursues their
opportunity to transform product offerings and create new markets. He loves hairy problems!
Nic has been involved in internet technologies since the 1980s.
& The Decentralised Team!
And all the community members that are putting energy into designing, building & supporting
selfdriven!
e.g. Octets, Signing up for SDI etc
Team Member Types
Member types determine obligations to the foundation and community.
Founding Originator
Effort to 30JUN2023 for project initation, research & design, community engagement,
documentation & tech building.
Founding Members (5)
8 hours per month to complete foundation based work as per role description within
the foundation team member agreement.
And governance discussions / decisions.
Advisory Members (8)
16 hours per year to comment on direction, including 4 hours for the annual
direction planning session
And governance discussions / decisions.
Contributing Members
The Decentralised Team
Participating in pilots
Connecting and signing up for a SDI.
Design, Creating & Testing
Includes foundation set up tasks by Founding & Advisory member types.
1 hour = 100 SDF tokens; Total maximum allocation of 5,000 SDF tokens.
Recognition of Effort
Members of the team are recognised for their effort with the allocation of SDF tokens.
Member Type
SDF For Effort
Total SDF Available
Founding Originator
Rewards become active; 25% 30JUN2023, then 25% every 12 months.
48,000
48,000
Founding Members (5)
Rewards become active; 25% 6 months after signing agreement, then 25% every 6
months.
8,400
42,000
Advisory Members (8)
Rewards become active; 25% 6 months after signing agreement, then 25% every 6
months.
1,250
10,000
Contributing Members
Including Decentralised Team Members.
Rewards become active immediately.
Based on effort, measured as verified time relating to output.
60,000
The Foundation Treasury
Future funding of foundation activities.
40,000
TOTAL
200,000
Areas of Focus
Founding type team members have specific areas of focus.
They will typically focus about 70% of their energy on their primary area, but this may be
distributed across multiple focus areas as the team continues to build.
They are responsible for ensuring that the structures and processes are in place for their areas
of focus, and for facilitating relevant stakeholder activity using these structures and
processes.
Direction
Strategy & structures in regards to overall direction.
Mark Byers | Garry Golden
Framework Research
Facilitating the research & research group.
Building the Universal Skills Set.
Benjamin Heurich
Supported By Maria Florencia Amigó (Advisor)
Community Engagement
(Blockchain Tech/Cardano)
Aweareness, Network, Working With Other Projects within the Cardano ecosystem.
Bence Lukacs | Mark Byers
Supported By Mario Altimari (Advisor)
Community Engagement
(Education)
Aweareness, Network, Working within the traditional education ecosystem.
Benjamin Heurich | Bence Lukacs
Marketing
Marketing & Brand, including communication websites etc
Mark Byers | Bence Lukacs
Supported By Mark Harricks (Advisor)
Data / Information Security
All things data and its protection & value.
Damian Noonan | Mark Byers
Supported By Nic Fulton (Advisor)
On-Chain Decentralisation
Blockchain Technology (Cardano)
Decentralised Autonomous Organisations
Benjamin Heurich | Damian Noonan
Supported By Mario Altimari (Advisor)
The selfdriven Organisation
How it's all organised.
Identity. It's a universal right.
A deeper dive into selfdriven & On-Chain Identity including the SDI token.
Tokens
A deeper dive into selfdriven Tokens including the SDF token.
Collaborate
We are constantly growing the team during the start up phase, so talk to us if you think you have something to add to the foundation or wish to collaborate with the foundation.