Johnny Ray Austin

Johnny is an experienced engineering & technology leader. He has served as a member of the IT advisory board for the National Academy Foundation where he helped to ensure students receive the resources necessary to prepare them for industry or college. He is the former Curriculum Development Lead for the DC chapter of Black Girls Code - an organization dedicated to teaching young women of color how to program. Johnny now serves as a technology advisor for Black Girls Code. He is also an educator - having taught various courses through General Assembly.

During his time as Director of Technology at iStrategyLabs, Johnny led the development of projects and campaigns for clients such as Facebook, Kroger, Volkswagen more. As a Tech Fellow, he helped drive the engineering culture at Capital One through high impact technology contributions and thought leadership. Johnny is currently working as Head of Navigation Data at Mapbox in Washington, DC.