Hello Bifrost community!

I’m thrilled to propose my membership under the INFRA fellowship, so let’s go!

Qualification
My background can be found in my LinkedIn profile here -
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafael-yahlomi-a2240a6b/

My main expertise is Finance and algorithm development. I hold a first degree in Economics and Accounting and PhD. in economics with distinction in finance (Asset Pricing). I utilized my financial and technical background over the years to invest and operate many businesses and entrepreneurial projects.

I started my crypto journey in 2016 and since 2019 I’m ALL IN crypto. At first as investor and algo trader in multiple projects. Later on as liquidity provider on the DeFi space and finally as node operator.

Nowadays I’m focused on running validators/collators on the Polkadot ecosystem under the LEGEND brand (https://www.legendnodes.com/) and liquitidy providing. We have active collators on Moonbeam & Moonriver and validators on Polkadot & Kusama.

I'm not typical node operators because unlike most of the “stake-as-service” node operators who run plenty of validators on diversified networks, I decided to focus on the Polkadot ecosystem and also being fully invested there. I'm probably among top 100 holders on Moonbeam & Moonriver, and also providing liquidity on leading Polkadot projects such as Bifrost, Moonwell, Stellaswap, etc.

Motivation:
As mentioned above, since I'm fully invested in the Polkadot ecosystem and have skin in the game, I want it to thrive because it contributes to me like it does to the entire ecosystem.
I believe in the Bifrost network and the way it brings strong and robust utility to the Polkadot ecosystem, and know I can help it thrive and have a significant role in the entire ecosystem.
I think Bifrost LST product which lets users enjoy all of the worlds with max APR & liquidity, but at the same time support collators and validators with nomination - is what can drive the Bifrost ecosystem significantly up. The DeFi game is liquidity and product driven by liquidity - I'm sure I can contribute to the Bifrost ecosystem as I already did in the past.

Why choose me?
I have extensive experience in the crypto ecosystem in general, and the polkadot ecosystem in particular. I know the Bifrost ecosystem for quite a while and also supported it by liquidity providing and also was accepted to the VBL program on both Polkadot and Kusama. I believe I have a lot to contribute to the Bifrost ecosystem and will be happy to be in a position where I can contribute the most, such as the INFRA fellowship.
In addition, since I’m already fully dedicated to the Polkadot ecosystem via my investments and collators/validators, I have the time capacity to support Biforst as well since I'm not doing anything else that isn't related to the Polkadot ecosystem. For example, I’m also part of the Moonbeam treasury committee, where we try to bring the best projects to the Moonbeam ecosystem and increase adoption. I’m sure I can help to do the same with Bifrost.

Thank you all and I wish for your support!
Rafael