Tanisha Katara is an independent blockchain consultant and award-winning researcher who explores the science of governance, web3 reputation, decision-making and decentralization. Tanisha plays a dual role. As an independent consultant, she has worked with 6+ clients in the last 2.5 years, all acquired through word-of-mouth. 100% of her clients have extended their original work contract durations, expanding the scope of her projects. She has a diverse client base, from DAO tooling applications to Protocols and Data Availability to Governments. She assists her clients with designing reputation models, governance, crypto economics, special programs & products, and their go-to-market strategies. She believes that working across a broad range of projects helps her think more holistically, considering all factors, from token price to user experience. As the Governance Innovation Specialist at Polygon Technology, she helps design decentralized and secure governance systems by engaging in projects such as the governance hub, defining the parameters for system smart contracts governance, validator admission, and reputation and loves to research value accrual mechanisms in consensus and code. Recently, she was featured in an AI interview and published a paper on Blockchain Governance and Vote Escrow. For more details, check her work website: www.tanishakatara.com