stephen akridge

Stephen Akridge is a highly skilled and well-established engineer leading the role of Principal Engineer at Solana, a decentralized blockchain created to provide scalable, user-friendly applications for every individual internationally. Stephen is a native of San Francisco, California, and is based in the United States.

 

Stephen Akridge has a decade of experience and expertise in GPU optimization. Before joining Solana, Stephen worked at Qualcomm Company as a Staff Engineer for eleven long years since 2006, as well as at Intel Company, playing the role of Component Design Engineer for one year until 2007. 

 

He is the Co-Founder of Solana Beach, an organization founded in 1943 with an estimated 22 employees and $3.9 million in revenue, being a portion of the technical and engineering team within the Technical and Engineering departments with a management level of C.