{"id":"dominic-romanowski","title":"Dominic Romanowski","content":"**Dominic Romanowski** is an Australian software engineer and blockchain developer best known as a co‑founder of [Derive Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/derive-protocol), a [decentralized finance (DeFi)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) project. His professional background spans [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) engineering and backend development, with roles at technology firms and crypto‑native organizations, alongside contributor responsibilities connected to Derive’s ecosystem. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-IUJYmCwI0H2WBpdY) [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-R2xQMic3Rm22GCKG)​\n\n## Education\n\nRomanowski studied computer science at the University of Sydney from 2014 to 2018, earning a bachelor’s degree in the field. Prior to university, he attended St Patrick’s College, Strathfield, graduating in 2013. [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-ygmKHR9s9zPPjvo3) \n\n## Career\n\nRomanowski began his career as a research assistant at the University of Sydney between 2016 and 2017, where he participated in a summer research program focused on Soufflé, a Datalog-to-C++ translation system.\n\nIn 2017, he worked as a blockchain engineer at Synthetix before joining BLOCK8, where he continued working on blockchain infrastructure and development until 2019. He later joined Canva as a backend engineer, working there from 2019 to 2021.\n\nIn 2021, Romanowski became a core contributor to the Lyra Foundation, which supported the development of the Lyra decentralized options trading protocol. The project later evolved into [Derive Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/derive-protocol), expanding its focus toward broader on-chain derivatives infrastructure.  [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-IUJYmCwI0H2WBpdY)  [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-R2xQMic3Rm22GCKG)  [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-ygmKHR9s9zPPjvo3) ","summary":"Dominic Romanowski is an Australian crypto builder, co‑founder of Derive (originating as Lyra Finance) and a Lyra Foundation core contributor. He previously worked at Synthetix, Block8 and Canva.","images":[{"id":"Qmbva98cnimjpUSdTmfLDSjQhcnXD2tS58B2gpowrrZNVy","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"categories":[{"id":"people","title":"people"}],"tags":[{"id":"Founder"},{"id":"Developer"},{"id":"PeopleInDeFi"},{"id":"DeFi"}],"media":[],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"IUJYmCwI0H2WBpdY\",\"url\":\"https://www.bitrue.com/pt/blog/will-derive-beat-other-dexes\",\"description\":\"Bitrue: Derive team and origins\",\"timestamp\":1778542072161},{\"id\":\"R2xQMic3Rm22GCKG\",\"url\":\"https://rocketreach.co/dominic-romanowski-email\\\\_104055689\",\"description\":\"RocketReach: profile summary\",\"timestamp\":1778542072161},{\"id\":\"9MmOLmhhV85AobLf\",\"url\":\"https://cryptorank.io/price/derive/team\",\"description\":\"CryptoRank: Derive team page\",\"timestamp\":1778542072161},{\"id\":\"ygmKHR9s9zPPjvo3\",\"description\":\"LinkedIn: Dominic Romanowski\",\"timestamp\":1778542216018,\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/dom-rom/\"}]"},{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"IUJYmCwI0H2WBpdY\",\"url\":\"https://www.bitrue.com/pt/blog/will-derive-beat-other-dexes\",\"description\":\"Bitrue: Derive team and origins\",\"timestamp\":1778542072161},{\"id\":\"R2xQMic3Rm22GCKG\",\"url\":\"https://rocketreach.co/dominic-romanowski-email\\\\_104055689\",\"description\":\"RocketReach: profile summary\",\"timestamp\":1778542072161},{\"id\":\"9MmOLmhhV85AobLf\",\"url\":\"https://cryptorank.io/price/derive/team\",\"description\":\"CryptoRank: Derive team page\",\"timestamp\":1778542072161},{\"id\":\"ygmKHR9s9zPPjvo3\",\"description\":\"LinkedIn: Dominic Romanowski\",\"timestamp\":1778542216018,\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/dom-rom/\"}]"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/dom-rom/"},{"id":"commit-message","value":"\"Added Dominic Romanowski biography and people category\""}],"events":[],"user":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"author":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"operator":{"id":"0x4a2bC97afBF41a2Cbf4b4628F63420682Ff4CF2a"},"language":"en","version":1,"linkedWikis":{"blockchains":[],"founders":["derive-protocol"],"speakers":[]}}