Florian Franzen|

Architecture | Infrastructure | Research | Leadership

After years in neuroscience and academia, I transitioned into decentralized protocol engineering with a focus on blockchain interoperability. At the Web3 Foundation, I co-developed the implementable Polkadot specification and shepherded multi-client standardization. Since then, I have provided technical leadership across Substrate-, Ethereum-, and Solana-based projects, covering protocol research, infrastructure engineering, and deployment operations. Currently I consult multiple startups in the Blockchain space and operate my own entity, F.R.E.D.

I bring extensive expertise spanning hardware and software development, cloud and bare-metal infrastructure, data analysis and machine learning (including AI/LLMs), full-stack web development, embedded systems, security engineering, reverse engineering, and prototype manufacturing.

You can find some of my work on GitHub and Bitbucket. My resume can be found here.

I am available for freelance and consulting work. Please feel free to contact me with inquiries.

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