Austin Federa
Co-Founder at DoubleZero Foundation
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAustin Federa is a communications and strategy leader with a decade of experience shaping narrative and growth for top blockchain and crypto organizations, most recently co-founding the DoubleZero Foundation after leadership roles at Solana Labs and Solana Foundation. He blends product, marketing, and comms expertise to translate complex technical visions into clear narratives that drive adoption and community engagement. At Republic and Bison Trails he scaled marketing teams and go-to-market programs, and at the Boston Globe he honed cross-channel editorial coordination—an uncommon mix of journalism rigor and crypto-native strategy. Based in New York, he brings entrepreneurial instincts to mission-driven projects and a pragmatic, audience-first approach to platform storytelling.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Political Science and Environmental Studies, Bachelor's degree, Political Science and Environmental Studies at Lawrence UniversitySarah Lawrence College
English
Github Skills (27)
token-list10
solana10
ledger9
bitcoin9
blockchain9
rust9
hdmi7
brightness7
mercury7
scaling7
helium7
virtual7
audio-player6
audio-streaming6
audio6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
solana-labs/ecosystem
Jun 2021 - Oct 2021
Project files for Solana ecosystem members
Contributions:86 reviews, 120 commits, 93 PRs in 3 months
solana
federaa/stakewars
Jun 2020 - Jun 2020
Stake Wars leaderboard and place to report issues
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
placeleaderboardreport-tostakereport
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