Tom Bean

Led the technical and governance direction during the transition from bZx to Ooki, making specific design and release decisions that affected the protocol's core lending and margin engines. Responsibilities included commissioning and approving smart contract deployments, setting parameters for interest, collateral and liquidation logic, and directing emergency upgrades and hotfixes after security incidents. Those concrete actions directly altered how OOKI tokens functioned in governance, staking and fee distribution, and shaped on‑chain risk models used by traders and integrators. Coordinated on‑chain token distribution and migration processes tied to the OOKI token, authoring and approving governance proposals that defined initial treasuries, vesting schedules and DAO operational rules. Implemented or supervised multiple contract migrations and proxy upgrades; each migration changed token controls, multisig thresholds and the way liquidity providers interacted with Ooki markets. These operational steps materially impacted circulating supply dynamics and market accessibility for OOKI holders. Directed post‑incident remediation after high‑profile exploits that affected bZx derivatives and lending pools, ordering audits and patch rollouts and negotiating compensations or treasury allocations where applicable. Those documented management decisions set standards for how the protocol responded to on‑chain emergencies and influenced downstream integrators and custodians when choosing to route liquidity through Ooki markets. The combination of protocol design choices, hands‑on coordination of migrations and governance proposals, and visible crisis management created a direct causal link between executive technical decisions and the OOKI token's utility, security posture and market behavior.