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About

I’m a senior product leader with 10+ years of experience building 0→1 products across blockchain, fintech, developer tooling, and consumer tech.

I’m at my best when translating complex technical constraints into products people can actually use, building the systems that help teams ship consistently.

Most recently, I drove product at Kadena, a scalable Proof-of-Work Layer 1 blockchain. I led our RWA Token Standard + Tokenization Platform work and helped build the Chainweb EVM developer ecosystem through onboarding, tooling, and builder programs.

Before Kadena, I led product at startups in ad tech, e-commerce, and payments by driving product-market fit, operational efficiency, and cross-functional alignment across lean teams.

Earlier in my career, I trained and worked as an architectural designer. That background still shapes how I approach product: clarity, constraints, iteration, and a bias toward building real things that can be tested in the wild (not just on a whiteboard or at localhost:3000).

What I’m looking for

  • Product leadership roles (0→1 through scale)
  • Developer platforms + tooling
  • Blockchain / infrastructure products
  • Teams that move fast, communicate well, and ship

Me

Travis Lydon

Details

Focus
0→1 Product, Developer Platforms, Infra
Strengths
Ambiguity → Momentum
Systems Thinking
Technical Product
Cross-functional

GitHub

Code + experiments live here.

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