Gitcoin Username: @azeem

ETH Address: 0x9600e2eE6377DAdad7299B120026661c336A5e6d (azeemkhan.eth)

Discord Handle: azeem#8305

Statement of Intention: Honestly, I never really started out looking to be a steward. It’s something that’s a big responsibility and is quite a bit of work to do right. But after having been at Gitcoin these past few months it’s been a responsibility I think would be one that would help the DAO as a whole, especially as we make this transition from the centralized grants program to the protocol world. As the Lead for Fundraising and Partnerships at PGF, I’m in a unique position where I get a chance to see things from a different perspective being able to speak to our partners as well as we make this push towards complete decentralization.

What Web3 Qualifications/Skills I have: It’s been almost a decade that I’ve now been in web3 for a variety of reasons. It started out with just buying and selling crypto early on to then writing about it for the Huffington Post back in 2013. From there I’ve had a handful of things I’ve tried to launch from launching Kim Coindashian in 2014 to a venture backed web3 crowdfunding platform for creators last year with a mix of things in between. And now that I’ve been in PGF I’ve really had a good chance to understand how different organizations go about governance as we’ve tried to raise capital for grants rounds as well.