Legal Name: Takeshi Ohishi (LinkedIn)
Country of Residence & Time Zone: United States (ET)
Occupation: Co-founder & Head of Network Operations at Tané
What is your motivation for applying to this working group? (max 3 sentences)
As a co-founder of Tané, Takeshi strongly believes in Uniswap’s potential beyond being just a DEX and am committed to expanding its horizons, building upon our past contributions. His experience on Optimism’s Grants Council and as a Software Engineer at Twitter and a Product Manager at a unicorn startup has provided me with relevant capabilities in ensuring organizational accountability and supporting ecosystem growth, which he believes are directly applicable to the UAC opeations. Furthermore, by participating as Tané, a team with Japanese roots, in such a key role, he believes we can amplify diverse stakeholder voices, thereby broadening Uniswap’s own potential and fostering greater global inclusion in its governance.
Please list your association, history, and contributions to the Uniswap protocol or DAO:
Takeshi has been an actively represented Tané, which is a delegate in the Uniswap DAO and a part of the delegate incentive program since Season 2. Additionally, he has collaborated and coordinated with Erin from the Uniswap Foundation and other UAC members and community contributors in authoring proposals including the Treasury Delegation Round 2, demonstrating a proactive engagement with Uniswap’s governance processes.
Briefly provide an overview of any other working groups or teams that you have been a part of in relation to a DAO (limit to most relevant):
Through Tané, his engagement in DAO governance includes:
- Optimism:
- In Grants Council Season 6, Takeshi reviewed and provided recommendations on grant proposals, aligning them with Optimism’s overall ecosystem strategy.
- Currently, in Season 7, as part of the Milestones & Metrics Council, he is involved in reviewing the progress of grant-receiving projects and offering support, ensuring high transparency for all stakeholders while facilitating decision-making and project advancement.(announcement)
- We are also a member of Optimism Anticapture Commission and he is the main DRI in the operations.
- Lido: we have authored proposals for improving governance structures, which were successfully adopted and implemented, contributing to better governance practices within the Lido DAO. (forum)
- Gitcoin: Selected as a Governance Council member.(announcement)
Briefly provide an overview of any role that has required you to operate as a multisig member:
Takeshi has gained practical experience with various multisig operational practices through his involvement with Optimism’s M&M Council and Lido DVT node operations. Furthermore, Tané started as a VC fund, and in that capacity, he has been also involved in multisig-based fund management, underscoring his familiarity with the responsibilities and security protocols inherent in such operations.
Conflict of Interest Declaration:
Our investment arm, as a separate entity, has invested in a number of crypto startups but as of the time of writing this profile, we don’t believe there are clear COIs in terms of contributing to Uniswap DAO. We are also active in the other DAOs, including Arbitrum, Optimism (S7 Milestones & Metrics Council member), Lido, ENS, Morpho, and more.
Takeshi is committed to transparency and will disclose any potential conflicts of interest. In situations where a conflict may arise, he will abstain himself from related discussions and decisions to maintain the integrity of the committee’s work.
Provide the Ethereum address that you will be using as a part of the UAC multisig:
0x7B030392E7c7Ef50d5Ca7C0d953A147C52d822Ec