MAWADDA BASIR → GROWTH-FOCUSED | PRODUCT | STRATEGY | OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE

DIGITAL ASSETS
product & strategy leader

I take ideas and whitepapers and turn them into shipped products that last. AI-enabled digital assets product leader with 9+ years owning full product functions at lean, high-growth teams; including roadmapping, team development and mentorship, cross-functional execution, and GTM. I have a track record of building 0 to 1 and scaling 1 to 10 by focusing on user experience, strategy and measurable impact from day 1.

Career Timeline

08 roles

2026 → Present

Advisor

Stealth stablecoin rails startup

Context

Early-stage stablecoin infrastructure startup. Advising leadership on product strategy, commercial positioning and go-to-market as the company moves from concept to market.

Accountability

Product-market fit definition, ideal customer profile clarity, go-to-market strategy, and product positioning.

Team

Advisory role; working directly with founders and leadership team.

2024 → Present

Toronto / Onsite

Director of Web3 Products

.Box Domains @ Intercap Inc.

Context

Early-stage Web3 startup within a PE firm (Intercap) building a blockchain-based domain platform on ENS / Optimism. Lean 7-person team, no dedicated marketing or BD function, reporting directly to CEO.

Accountability

Domains under management growth, renewal rate, ecosystem partnership pipeline, executive and board reporting, and platform revenue.

Team

Sole product leader with two direct reports: a designer and a community manager.

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2023 → 2024

Head of Product

tea Protocol

Context

Early-stage Web3 protocol. Took the whitepaper and launched a full testnet plus embedded growth programs for open source developers.

Accountability

User acquisition, daily active usage, ecosystem participation quality, ecosystem partnership pipeline and token utility adoption across the developer community.

Team

Led and developed a small product team including one junior PM; coordinated across leadership, engineering, ecosystem and marketing.

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2022 → 2023

Co-Founder & Product Lead

Hunt Analytics

Context

Pre-seed startup, two-person founding team operating at pre-product stage building toward product-market fit.

Accountability

Product-market fit validation, lead generation, early customer discovery to determine whether to build or kill the concept, and raised VC funding at pre-seed.

Team

Co-founder with 2 technical co-founders.

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2020 → 2022

Fractional Product & Strategy Lead

Shyft Network · Enjin · CoinDesk (and more)

Context

Embedded as fractional lead across multiple Web3 clients → covering delivery ops, DAO formation, chain upgrades, and 0→1 launches.

Accountability

Engineering delivery velocity, cross-functional decision follow-through, chain upgrade success rate, and client launch KPIs.

Team

Solo operator embedded inside each client's existing product, engineering, BD and marketing teams.

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2019 → 2021

Sr. Product Manager, Regulated Digital Assets

Polymath

Context

Regulated infrastructure layer for institutional digital asset issuance under SEC and OSC frameworks.

Accountability

User conversion, revenue growth, schedule variance and release quality across two product teams.

Team

Sr. Product Manager coordinating across two product teams, BD, PMM and marketing.

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2016 → 2019

Toronto

Chief of Staff & Blockchain Consultant

Deloitte Canada

Context

Acted as Chief of Staff to blockchain practice leader; Advised institutional and public-sector organizations on early blockchain use cases.

Accountability

Client POCs, internal adoption initiatives, senior leadership communications, ecosystem awareness across the firm, and RFP responses and presentations.

Team

Blockchain SME and functional lead across consulting teams; led internal working groups as Chief of Staff.

Summer, 2015

Toronto

Innovation Analyst (Intern)

The Canadian Depository for Securities (CDS)

Context

Interned at the CDS, the Canadian equivalent of the DTCC, in their New Businesses Office. I researched and wrote a paper on how the CDS could leverage blockchain technology for cross-border trades clearing and settlement.

Competencies

Ordered by what matters most for a Web3 product role.

Web3 & Regulated Fintech

Token design, staking, governance, decentralized identity, securities tokens and on-chain checkout.

  • Token utility & incentive design
  • Staking & governance mechanisms
  • Securities token issuance (SEC / OSC)
  • Decentralized identity (DID, ENS)
  • On-chain analytics & wallet intelligence
  • L1 / L2 evaluation (Base, Optimism, Polymesh)

Strategy & Ops

Translating CEO intent into roadmaps, OKRs, and operating plans; pricing, positioning, and regulated-market GTM.

  • Strategic planning & OKRs
  • Board-level materials & exec memos
  • Pricing & retention strategy
  • GTM repositioning
  • Market & competitor analysis
  • Partnership pipeline & deal structuring

Leadership & Org Building

Player-coach across product, growth and ops; hiring, coaching, and standing up rituals that make small teams ship like big ones.

  • Player-coach leadership
  • Hiring, onboarding & mentorship
  • Cross-functional execution
  • Board & exec communication
  • Operating rhythm & rituals
  • Decision follow-through

Technical Fluency

Working knowledge of blockchain technology, smart contracts, L1/L2 ecosystems, data tooling and integration patterns.

  • Smart contracts, consensus models & L1/L2 ecosystems
  • Common integration patterns & protocol dependencies
  • Data-driven iteration & dashboard instrumentation
  • API & data model design
  • Frontend & UX collaboration with Engineering and Design
  • Operationalized chain and protocol upgrades
  • CRM integration & workflow automation

Product Craft

Partner & customer discovery, PRDs, integration scoping, success metrics and post-launch iteration.

  • Customer & partner discovery (qual + quant)
  • PRDs, requirements & acceptance criteria
  • Integration scoping & feasibility assessment
  • Business cases, ROI & prioritization
  • Success metrics & post-launch iteration
  • Analytics infra (Looker, GA, Pipedrive)
  • AI-powered prototyping
  • Customer Success infrastructure