Cassandra Ferrara
Advisor at GoChain
San Jose, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarCassandra Ferrara is an advisor and founder with a decade of experience shaping developer communities, open source strategy, and go-to-market operations from San Jose. She has co-founded The Kairos Project and runs Cassified Consults while advising early-stage ventures like Kairos and The Hollywood Unicorn, blending strategic vision with hands-on community building. Her background includes leadership roles at Google (Open Source Strategy), Observable (VP Developer Relations), and Netlify, where she guided communications and developer ecosystems through periods of rapid growth. Cassandra frequently sits on steering committees (GoChain) and moves fluidly between marketing, operations, and technical advocacy roles—an uncommon hybrid that helps teams translate product clarity into lasting systems. She is known for creating space for reflection and intentional design in fast-paced environments, prioritizing sustainable community practices over short-term metrics. Based in Silicon Valley, she brings entrepreneurial grit and a talent for turning complex technical and organizational challenges into coherent strategies.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (26)
programming-language10
javascript10
decap-cms10
netlify10
npm-package10
interpreter10
leaderboard10
go10
static-site10
golang10
netlify-cms10
react10
goplus9
cms9
content-management-system9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cassandraoid/SFMeetupLocations
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
observablehq/preview-feedback
Mar 2021 - Apr 2021
Contributions:1 push, 1 comment, 1 issue in 1 month
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