Proof of identity for mediators

This proposal relates to the specifics of the Win-Win Dispute Resolution Proposal ( https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Win-Win-Dispute-Resolution/368353-48088 ) and the more general identity management plugin of the blace.io marketplace creator ( https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/368797-48088 ) in that mediators will be verified through Atala PRISM on the Cardano Blockchain to create trust - an essential hurdle to overcome in any marketplace.

Identity is one piece of the puzzle, another one to create trust is the verifiable certification of credentials. As SDKs of Atala PRISM are not yet public and various programs have different degrees and certificates, this part will be handled by an NFT and not through PRISM.

Team

Meet the key personnel for this project.

Our team site ( https://winwin-team.web.app/ ) has additional information on each team member incl. LinkedIn and/or Github links.

Project Management

Victor Corcino

• Energy Industry Engineer for 6 years
• Member of the first Catalyst Circle as Community Advisors representative
• Catalyst Veteran Community Advisor and Proposal Mentor
• Co-creator of AIM Community Tools (CA/vCA Tools, Voter Tool)
• BSc Chemical Engineering and MSc Chemical Engineering and Software Development
• Specialization in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• PhD candidate, researching the field of Machine Learning applied to Computational Fluid Dynamics

Fullstack Developers

Matthias Sieber

• Professional Software Engineer for over 20 years
• working on Liqwid through MLabs internship
• Conflict Resolution Specialist (Mediator, Facilitator, Peacekeeper, Educator)
• BA in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding
• Master of Dispute Resolution (expected graduation: December 2021)
• Community-elected Moderator on Cardano Stack Exchange
• Plutus Pioneer (1st cohort)
• Project Catalyst Community Advisor
• Catalyst Circle Runner-up
• Cardano Ambassador
• Built successful marketplaces, startups, SMBs, and mission-driven teams
• Gimbalabs PPBL Team Member

Eli Selkin

• Professional Software Engineer for over 5 years
• Plutus Pioneer
• Gimbalabs PPBL Team Member
• MS in Computer Science, specializing in Machine Learning
• ML architect
• B.A. in Psychology
• Masters of Social Work
• Licensed clinical social worker

Ganesh N

• Professional Software Engineer for over 8 years
• Plutus Pioneer (1st cohort)
• Gimbalabs PPBL Team Member
• BTech in Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Has lead development of large scale applications
• Experience in the financial services industry

Angela Gatende

• Professional Software Engineer and Entreprenuer for 8 years
• Plutus Pioneer (2nd cohort)
• Community Advisor at Project Catalyst
• Working on Alonzo Purple testnet
• Dip of Building Design from RMIT and a BBA from SMC
• Involved in the IOHK colab with EBU to give scholarships to teach African students Haskell/Plutus

Business Development

Emma Enriquez

• California laywer with 20+ years of experience
• Handled hundreds of mediations and settlement conferences
• Professional Software Engineer
• Fullstack Development

Other members of our team may be pulled into this work as needed.

Success

We define success for this project at various stages as follows:

3 months

• Identity management core plugin using Atala PRISM developed in blace.io
• Said plugin deployed in Win-Win Dispute Resolution Marketplace to reliably identify mediators

6 months

• 25% of living alumni of CSUDH's NCRP program verified and onboarded on Win-Win Dispute Resolution Marketplace

12 months

• onboarded 3 more Universities
• onboarded 1 Mediation Association
• onboarded 1 city-run Mediation program

Budget

4 Full-Stack Developers (1 mo. each at $4000/mo.): $16000

Project Management : $2000

Business development : $2000

Third party technology cost (absorbed by other projects): $0

Total amount requested: $20000

In case funding exceeds the actual cost, funds will be set aside to allocate for the creation of additional DIDs in the future and increased business development work.

We expect the software to be ready by December 2021.