Gitcoin Username:
hey there is no cgrants anymore so no “Gitcoin Username” really anymore! but from 2017 - 2023 i was gitcoin.co/owocki !
ETH Address:
kev.eth
Statement of Intention / My Values & Reason for Joining:
I am Kevin Owocki, one of the co-founders of Gitcoin. I helped usher it through the 2017-2022 market cycle before Passing the Torch in July 2022. Fast forward to September 2023, I plan on reaffiliating with Gitcoin and helping usher it through this market cycle.
The team has made solid strides in decentralizing the tech, expanding the use cases and exploring new growth areas. Im interested in helping the DAO double down on whats working, and figure out if/how we can abandon what’s not.
I think much of the community’s criticism during GG18 of Gitcoin is valid + looking forward to turning the corner together with the team AND the ecosystem.
Anticipated focal areas:
- ecosystem legibility (both from gitcoin => ecosystem and ecosystem => gitcoin, also intra-gitcoin i think i can help different subgroups understand each other)
- product adoption
- financial sustainability
- eventual ossification & decentralized governance
Web3 Qualifications / Skills:
- Proficient Data Scientist and Software Engineer
- 10 years being a startup VP Engineering/CTO
- Extensive experience in researching and implementing sybil defense methods
- A bunch of web3 native public speaking => public-speaking Archives - The World As Perpetual Beta
- I’ve done 150 podcast episodes about regen web3 => https://greenpill.network/
- Prolific Shitposter => twitter.com/owocki