Ryan Christoffersen
Greater Seattle Area United States
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Top SchoolRyan Christoffersen is a software engineer, technical product manager, and protocol researcher with 11 years of experience building blockchain infrastructure and distributed systems for regenerative finance and commons governance. He runs Chora Studio LLC, offering R&D and consulting that blend hands-on engineering with applied research in DLT, climate tech, and bioregional organizing. As an open-source contributor, he has improved both front-end UX (Ushahidi platform client) and core blockchain tooling (Cosmos SDK), demonstrating comfort across full-stack and back-end systems. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he combines classical humanities training with business coursework, which informs a systems-thinking approach to governance, incentives, and public goods. Preferentially working within his network, he seeks roles that allow continuing client engagements while advancing digital monitoring, reporting, and verification for nature-based solutions.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Classical Languages and Literature, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Classical Languages and Literature at Western Washington UniversityAssociate of Arts - AA, Film Studies Emphasis, Associate of Arts - AA, Film Studies Emphasis at Whatcom Community CollegeBusiness Administration, Business Administration at Loyola Marymount University
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Github Skills (24)
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cosmos-sdk10
javascript10
ui-design10
uid10
go10
manage10
front-end-development10
angularjs10
blockchain10
html10
management10
gatsbyjs10
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
cosmos/cosmos-sdk
May 2021 - Jan 2022
Framework for building performant, customizable blockchains with native interoperability
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 262 reviews, 38 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Ryan contributed to the Cosmos SDK, primarily focusing on bug fixes and minor feature improvements. They addressed issues related to flag descriptions, fee grant period resets, and duplicate commands. The user also made contributions to documentation and testing, particularly in relation to key management and Cosmovisor. The changes reflect a focus on maintaining and improving the core functionality of the SDK, covering areas such as transaction handling and CLI utilities.
golangcosmos-sdkblockchainchainscryptocurrency
ushahidi/platform-client
Jun 2017 - Jul 2017
Ushahidi Platform Client, version 3+
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:47 commits, 19 PRs, 27 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Ryan primarily worked on the front-end of the Ushahidi Platform Client, focusing on survey and category management features. They implemented and refactored UI components, including a category selector, and integrated attribute instructions within post forms. They also refactored the survey editor to ensure all save operations complete before redirecting and added indicators for search functions.
ushahidi
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