Marc Austin
CEO And Co-Founder at IoT Capital
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMarc Austin is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and software leader, currently CEO and Co-Founder of Hedgehog, an open-source company simplifying SONiC with an open network fabric for distributed cloud workloads. He combines startup founder grit with enterprise-scale leadership from roles at Cisco, Amazon, and early mobile platforms, shaping product and strategy across IoT, cloud, and mobile services. Hedgehog is actively involved with the Open Compute Project, The Linux Foundation, and the SONiC community, underscoring his commitment to open, vendor-agnostic infrastructure. He previously founded GoCanvas and Mobiquity—a mobile ride-sharing business he describes as seven years ahead of its time—demonstrating a pattern of launching innovative platforms ahead of market demand. In addition to Hedgehog, he is Managing Partner at IoT Capital and serves as a Member/Investor with Alliance of Angels, reflecting a rare blend of technical leadership and investment acumen. Based in Seattle and educated at The Wharton School with CFA Level 1, he brings both business rigor and technical depth to accelerating cloud-edge adoption.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Economics with concentrations in Finance and Accounting, Bachelor of Science - BS Economics with concentrations in Finance and Accounting at The Wharton School
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Github contributions (3)
marc-austin/hello-world
Feb 2017 - Feb 2022
Hello World tutorial.
Contributions:6 PRs, 6 pushes, 7 branches in 5 years
javascript
marc-austin/SONiC
Mar 2022 - Mar 2022
Landing page for Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) - http://azure.github.io/SONiC/
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
networkingsonicazure
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