David Braden
Chief Executive Officer at Void Merge, LLC
Denver, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Braden is a seasoned software leader and CEO with 11 years of experience building scalable, object-oriented, multi-threaded systems and production-grade distributed services. He blends hands-on backend and DevOps expertise—particularly in Rust and peer-to-peer/blockchain networking—with UI/UX and Android app development, having shipped embedded video clients and cross-platform applications. His open-source contributions to Holochain and sodiumoxide show deep practical experience with DHTs, p2p networking (kitsune_p2p), and cryptographic build systems. Comfortable running operations and managing local and offshore teams, he pairs technical ownership with product-driven delivery. Based in Denver, he brings an engineer’s attention to low-level protocol correctness alongside CEO-level execution.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
D'Evelyn Jr./Sr. High SchoolUniversity of Colorado Boulder
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Github Skills (25)
distributed-systems10
gcc10
cryptography10
build-automation10
blockchain10
libsodium10
compiler10
rust10
clib10
pkg-config9
vcpkg9
apidoc8
api8
networking8
git8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
holochain/holochain
Mar 2020 - Jan 2023
The current, performant & industrial strength version of Holochain on Rust.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Blockchain
Back-end Developer & BlockchainContributions:2028 reviews, 1647 commits, 491 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:David's commits focused on back-end development tasks and aspects of blockchain technology. They primarily worked on the `kitsune_p2p` crate, implementing and refining network communication, and data storage. Their work also involved the design and implementation of proxy functionality and API interactions, suggesting a focus on distributed systems development. They also modified the `holochain_zome_types` crate, suggesting work on the core data structure of the blockchain.
holochainrustholochain-rustp2pblockchain
holochain/holochain-rust
Jun 2018 - Jul 2020
DEPRECATED. The Holochain framework implemented in rust with a redux style internal state-model.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:676 commits, 152 PRs, 574 pushes in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:David's commits primarily focused on fixing and modifying the DHT (Distributed Hash Table) protocol implementation in the Holochain framework, written in Rust. They addressed issues related to protocol name inconsistencies and made various comment adjustments within the code. Additionally, the user integrated changes from the 'develop' branch into the 'dht-mock-net' branch.
holochainreduxrustblockchainwasm
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