DMDavid Mendoza
The Mendoza · Vol. X · No. 26Los Angeles · 2026


Community · Data · Developer Advocacy · Available now

David
Mendoza.

I build things, measure them, and stay close to the communities that use them.

The Correspondence
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§ Numbers

The numbers. All of them verifiable.

$300K
28 grants distributed
115K+
Community managed
2,100+
Attendees across 3 original events
1 → 30+
Warehouses during my Tireco run
§ I. The Profile

Builder, analyst, community steward.

David Mendoza

I've spent the last few years living inside the Flexa and Amp payments ecosystems. Running the community and its social channels across X, Reddit, Discord, and Telegram, operating the Amp Grant Program end-to-end, building the Dune dashboards the community relies on, leading integrations on tools like DefiLlama, Zapper, and DeBank, and producing original community events through Digital Spenders Club.

Before that, eight years leading ERP and application development at Tireco — one of the largest private tire distributors in North America. I joined when the company operated a single warehouse in Southern California. We automated the business end to end, building the data infrastructure and integrations that allowed them to scale into a nationwide network.

I care about building things that are useful and honest: a dashboard that gives a community real numbers, a grant program that funds creators doing real work, a site like spenders.xyz that documents real crypto payments instead of just claiming they exist.

§ II. Selected Work

What I've shipped.

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Acronym Foundation · 2023 — 2026

Amp Grant Program

Ran end-to-end — content, event, dev tooling, and ecosystem grants, from sourcing to payout. Helped grow creators including @fluffyonchain, @NeverGoon, and @cryptosmiff.

4 grant tracks · end-to-end
§ III. The Record

Thirteen years. Here's the breakdown.

Jan 2026 — May 2026
Rehired; role ended in a company-wide reduction

Developer Advocate & Community Manager — Wallet Partnerships

Flexa

Rehired to continue Amp ecosystem operations (grants, community, socials) while building the wallet-partner pipeline for the Flexa SDK.

  • Created a partner RFP and built a pipeline of 7 wallet prospects across 5 ecosystems, advanced 4 to active conversations, and secured grant-committee approval for one integration.
  • Amplified the SDK's live wallet integrations (Zcash, Litecoin) on Amp's social channels, directing grant-funded creators to showcase real-world spending at GameStop and Chipotle.
2023 — Jan 2026

Ecosystem Lead

Acronym Foundation

A nonprofit that develops and invests in web3 startups; steward of the Amp ecosystem during my tenure.

  • Operated the Amp grant program end-to-end — $300K deployed across 28 grants, including 17 content grants producing 100+ deliverables.
  • Produced 3 original community events with 2,100+ total attendees.
  • Grew and ran the 115K-member Amp community across socials and Discord; built the ecosystem's first public network-health dashboard.

David quickly becomes a valued, key member of any organization he's part of. His ability to break down and solve complex technical challenges, paired with his own unique eye for style and authentic content, has been noticeably consistent.

Nami, Amp server owner, admin & community leader

he saw something in me when i had barely 300 followers. before anyone else believed i could do this, he gave me an opportunity that completely changed the trajectory of my career... what makes bubby different is that he lives in both worlds. he's incredibly professional and knows exactly how to execute, but he's also degen enough to actually understand the culture and the people he's building for.

Fluffy, Content creator & Amp Grant recipient
2022 — 2023

Developer Advocate & Community Manager

Flexa
  • Built the first Amp analytics dashboard on Dune — the ecosystem's first real window into live network health data.
  • Open-sourced analytics utilities the community picked up and ran with.
  • Worked directly with developers on Flexa and Amp integrations, collected feedback, and brought it back to the team.

David is a bridge between technical product teams and the users. He is adept at conveying technical complexity to people of all backgrounds, not just explaining but demonstrating the value and how teams can get the most out of any feature.

Eli Noto, Director of Business Development, Flexa

David commands a presence in community interactions, they listen intently when he speaks. It's amazing to see conversations quiet and heads turn when he steps up to the microphone.

2015 — 2022

Application Development Manager

Tireco, Inc.
  • Led a team of 5 engineers — backend and frontend — owning the NetSuite ERP platform for one of the largest private tire distributors in North America, from a single Southern California warehouse when I joined to 30+ nationwide when I left.
  • Deployed 3 ecommerce sites and launched 3 mobile applications, all fully automated into NetSuite.
  • Built extensive NetSuite customizations across every department, improving productivity and eliminating manual processes at scale.
  • Built and maintained the reporting infrastructure executives and finance teams relied on — KPIs, dashboards, saved searches, and operational reports — with REST/ODBC pipelines moving millions of records reliably between systems.

David is one of the best developers I've ever worked with... He can effortlessly take very complex concepts and translate them into concise, clean, easy to interpret code.

His ability to overcome challenges by getting creative and educating himself on up-to-date technology has set an example for many peers.

2013 — 2015

Software Engineer

Accounting Equations

Worked under the company's NetSuite Programmer division.

  • Built the firm's author-royalty automation suite — royalty calculations, consignment inventory tracking, and automated author statements — replacing manual accounting processes for publishing clients.
  • Developed custom SuiteScript reports and dashboards that went beyond NetSuite's standard reporting, giving clients analytics the native tooling couldn't produce.
  • Automated core accounting workflows and NetSuite–external system integrations (web services, ODBC), cutting manual work and keeping financial data consistent.
  • Launched a SuiteCommerce Advanced ecommerce site under a hard client deadline.

David came through under some exceptionally difficult circumstances... The team would not have succeeded and hit all its milestones without his assistance.

§ IV. The Stack

Tools I work with.

Onchain Analytics

  • Dune Analytics · SQL
  • Etherscan · Solscan · Basescan
  • DefiLlama · Zapper · DeBank

Data & BI

  • NetSuite Analytics
  • KPI & reporting
  • REST / ODBC pipelines

Engineering

  • TypeScript · React · Node.js
  • Next.js · React Native
  • SuiteScript · NetSuite
  • AI tooling · daily
  • Open-source tooling

Ecosystem Ops

  • Grant programs
  • Community management
  • Events & partnerships
  • Ethereum · Solana · Base · Zcash

Languages

  • English (Native) · Spanish (Fluent)
§ V. The Receipts

Live links.

§ VI. The Sign-Off

Let's build something.

If you're building something where community, data, and developer advocacy all have to be done by one person — and done well — I'd like to hear about it.

info@david-mendoza.com →
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