# Frank Frassica

GTM Partnerships @ Cognition | Marine Veteran  
Cognition  
Austin, Texas, United States

## At Cognition

- Role: Strategic Partnerships (Sales/GTM)
- Joined: Feb 2025
- How they joined: With Windsurf (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/windsurf)
- Before Windsurf: Product & Operations Intern, Dell Technologies
- Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Codeium (Windsurf); Boston College (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica
- X: @FrankFrassica
- Domain: cognition.ai

## Notes
- Was one of three people tagged on Carahsoft's June 2026 announcement of a strategic partnership making Devin available to the Public Sector, alongside Jeff Wang and Zach Diamond. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/carahsoft_we-are-excited-to-announce-our-strategic-activity-7467923470228836352-J6Xm)
- In June 2026 he announced that Cognition is a founding partner in World Wide Technology's 'Defending at the Speed of AI' cybersecurity initiative, alongside Horizon3.ai, Empirical Security and Infoblox. In that initiative Devin covers 'remediation at machine speed'. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frank-frassica_cybersecurity-ai-wwt-activity-7473493255918100480-T0KU)
- Works on Strategic Partnerships (GTM Partnerships) at Cognition, the maker of Devin and Windsurf, since July 2025. He is based in Austin, Texas. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica)
- Came to Cognition through its acquisition of Windsurf. He was a Partner Manager at Windsurf (Codeium) from Feb 2025 to Jul 2025, and his Cognition role starts the same month Cognition signed its definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf (July 2025). (https://devin.ai/blog/windsurfs-next-chapter)
- Current role is Strategic Partnerships at Cognition. (https://linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica)
- His May 2026 post on Mythos-era security argues that Devin takes teams from 'we found this issue' to 'we have a proposed fix'. Together with the WWT and Carahsoft work. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frank-frassica_ive-been-in-a-lot-of-mythos-conversations-activity-7457489200670474240-ByGA)
- In November 2025 he shared WWT's breakdown of Cognition's products and 'when Devin should be your solution of choice', calling WWT 'our amazing partners'. WWT looks like one of his anchor partner relationships. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frank-frassica_accelerating-software-development-velocity-activity-7397448544539992064-ggF9)
- Cognition's Windsurf deal followed Google's $2.4B license-and-hire of Windsurf's leadership. Cognition took over Windsurf's IP, product, brand and remaining team. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognition_AI)
- In July 2025, while at Windsurf, he promoted a federal webinar demoing 'COBOL modernization with our FedRAMP solution'. This was an early sign of the public-sector focus he carried into Cognition. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frank-frassica_one-of-the-most-common-questions-we-get-at-activity-7355589031629393922-IiVE)
- Jordy Morris's May 2025 post on starting 'on the Partnerships team under Gardner Johnson' at Windsurf thanks Frank Frassica, along with Varun Mohan, Graham Moreno and Sandeep Shah. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jordy-morris-b3449334_im-happy-to-share-that-i-have-started-activity-7325336014149816320-HeOk)
- Joined Codeium/Windsurf in Feb 2025, when it was building out a partner channel. Brian Smitches joined in March 2025 as the 'first Partner Deployed Engineer' to be 'the primary technologist on the team building out Codeium's partner channel', and Frassica welcomed him to the team in the comments. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/smitches_windsurf-editor-by-codeium-activity-7307435132057989120-P0eU)
- Before Windsurf he was a Senior Advisor, Product Marketing at Dell Technologies (Jul 2023 to Feb 2025) in Dell's Partner Software organization. He owned Microsoft Business Applications and Copilot, launched the Copilot GTM program, and managed a $2M transformational budget. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica)
- Was tagged by Danilo Brizola, whose firm says it is an official Cognition partner in Brazil, in a December 2025 post about Itau Unibanco adopting Devin and Windsurf, next to Scott Wu and Russell Kaplan. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danilobrizola-appdevelopmentexpert_hoje-quero-compartilhar-algo-especial-activity-7403914088520601600-EaV0)
- Will Blackburn wrote in March 2025 that he 'had the opportunity to talk to Frank Frassica at Codeium'. He cited customer stats Frassica shared: 43% of new code written by AI and a 17% drop in PR cycle time. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/willhblackburn_had-the-opportunity-to-talk-to-frank-frassica-activity-7303812798352904192-AtoW)
- His Feb 2025 farewell to Dell says he worked 'on the Microsoft partnership team'. Selling Microsoft Copilot through partners is the direct bridge to partnering for AI coding tools at Windsurf. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frank-frassica_dell-partnerships-microsoft-activity-7299562395109113858-dEO7)
- Served seven years in the US Marine Corps as an infantry and reconnaissance officer. His last post was Executive Officer of 1st Force Reconnaissance Company (2019-2021), after serving as Platoon Commander at 1st Reconnaissance Battalion (2018-2019). (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica)
- Public headline says "GTM Partnerships @ Cognition | Marine Veteran". (https://linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica)
- Finished his MBA at UNC Kenan-Flagler in 2023 and posted that he was starting 'the next step of my career in Product Marketing at Dell Technologies'. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frank-frassica_thrilled-to-have-finished-my-mba-from-unc-activity-7079566919023919105-d8pZ)
- As a recent graduate from UNC Kenan-Flagler, I'm excited to start the next chapter of my career as a product marketing specialist. During my MBA, I discovered a passion for using data-driven insights to develop go to market strategies and drive growth for tech organizations. Looking ahead, I'm particularly interested in product marketing, pricing, and revenue operations.<br><br>Prior to business school, I spent seven years in the Marine Corps as an infantry and reconnaissance officer. While a Ma; this comes from the profile summary and preserves the person's own positioning. (https://linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica)
- Was tagged in Ryan Klaus's March 2025 post about a week of Codeium sales training in Austin (ATX), run by the enablement team of Nicole Rettinger and Dani McCabe. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ryanklaus_americas-greatest-startup-workplaces-2025-activity-7312620953442684930-fiZf)
- In March 2025 he shared a partner story about a company built in 60 days with Windsurf, writing that 'Jack has leaned in from day one'. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frank-frassica_i-built-a-company-in-60-days-with-windsurf-activity-7311192459894562816-9Atr)
- Interned at Dell in Product & Operations in summer 2022. He designed a margin-focused sales strategy and an automated pricing plan for a $400M portfolio. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica)
- Led a Force Reconnaissance detachment that supported maritime security operations in the Asia-Pacific, and ran site surveys in 5 countries for overseas deployments. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica)
- Earned a BA in History at Boston College (2009-2013) and studied War Studies at King's College London in 2011. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica)
- Previous roles include Strategic Partnerships at Cognition; Partner Manager at Windsurf; Senior Advisor, Product Marketing at Dell Technologies; Product & Operations Intern at Dell Technologies; Executive Officer at 1st Force Reconnaissance Company; Platoon Commander at 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, USMC; Company Executive Officer at United States Marine Corps; Rifle Platoon Commander at United States Marine Corps. (https://linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica)
- Education history includes Master of Business Administration - MBA, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School; Bachelor's Degree, History, Boston College; War Studies, King's College London. (https://linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica)
- A public US military photo caption shows Capt. Frank Frassica as a force reconnaissance officer assigned to Task Force Ellis, I Marine Expeditionary Force. (https://nara.getarchive.net/media/us-marine-corps-capt-frank-frassica-a-force-aa40c0)
- Location is Austin, Texas, United States. (https://linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica)

## Experience
- Strategic Partnerships at Cognition (Jul 2025 - Present)
- Partner Manager at Windsurf (Feb 2025 - Jul 2025)
- Senior Advisor, Product Marketing at Dell Technologies (Jul 2023 - Feb 2025): -Product marketer for Dell's Partner Software organization; responsible for Microsoft's Business Applications and Copilot product lines.
-Developed and launched Dell Partner Software's Copilot GTM program.
-Managed $2M transformational budget, enabling strategic hiring of sales and services resources.
-Launched a pre-sales services program to provide technical support for software sellers.
- Product & Operations Intern at Dell Technologies (Jun 2022 - Aug 2022): -Established margin-focused sales strategy; identified requirements for 20% growth in select accounts
-Developed plan for automated pricing updates to increase margin by +2% for $400M portfolio
- Executive Officer at 1st Force Reconnaissance Company (Sep 2019 - Feb 2021): -Managed cross-functional team of 15 direct reports. Led planning for multiple overseas deployments; conducted site surveys in 5 countries for operational coordination
-Implemented improved training and equipment management procedures, reduced time necessary to certify subordinate units as deployment-ready by 50%
-Merged $12M in weapons, communications assets, and specialized equipment to create an equipment suite that supported 3 simultaneous overseas deployments
-Led a Force Reconnaissance detachment that supported maritime security operations in the Asian Pacific region
- Platoon Commander at 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, USMC (Feb 2018 - Sep 2019): -Coordinated a 6-month individual training phase for 50+ personnel, resulted in all personnel certified to begin follow-on unit training.
-Designed and coordinated a 10-month training plan for multiple reconnaissance platoons; planned and supervised high-risk training to certify 65 Marines as deployment-ready
- Company Executive Officer at United States Marine Corps (Jan 2016 - Jan 2018): -Led weekly meetings with 15 team members to align logistics and planning efforts for platoon and company level training 
-Managed inventory control and maintenance for $15M of equipment; created updated armory standing operating procedures for battalion-wide implementaiton.
- Rifle Platoon Commander at United States Marine Corps (Jan 2015 - Jan 2016): -Trained platoon of 43 Marines and Sailors for an overseas security deployment; evaluated as first of four platoon commanders within company
-Coordinated and executed multiple exercises in South Korea, the Philippines, and Japan; strengthened infantry capabilities for approximately 200 regional partners

## Education
- UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School - Master of Business Administration - MBA - (Jan 2021 - Jan 2023)
- Boston College - Bachelor's Degree, History - (Jan 2009 - Jan 2013)
- King's College London - War Studies - (Jan 2011 - Jan 2011)

## Sources
- https://linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/carahsoft_we-are-excited-to-announce-our-strategic-activity-7467923470228836352-J6Xm
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frank-frassica_cybersecurity-ai-wwt-activity-7473493255918100480-T0KU
- https://devin.ai/blog/windsurfs-next-chapter
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frank-frassica_one-of-the-most-common-questions-we-get-at-activity-7355589031629393922-IiVE
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ryanklaus_americas-greatest-startup-workplaces-2025-activity-7312620953442684930-fiZf
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jordy-morris-b3449334_im-happy-to-share-that-i-have-started-activity-7325336014149816320-HeOk
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cognition-ai-labs_cognition-has-signed-a-definitive-agreement-activity-7350586817026420736-HAwO
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frank-frassica_ive-been-in-a-lot-of-mythos-conversations-activity-7457489200670474240-ByGA
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frank-frassica_thrilled-to-have-finished-my-mba-from-unc-activity-7079566919023919105-d8pZ?trk=public_profile
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danilobrizola-appdevelopmentexpert_hoje-quero-compartilhar-algo-especial-activity-7403914088520601600-EaV0
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/willhblackburn_had-the-opportunity-to-talk-to-frank-frassica-activity-7303812798352904192-AtoW
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frank-frassica_dell-partnerships-microsoft-activity-7299562395109113858-dEO7
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/smitches_windsurf-editor-by-codeium-activity-7307435132057989120-P0eU
- https://nara.getarchive.net/media/us-marine-corps-capt-frank-frassica-a-force-aa40c0
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognition_AI
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frank-frassica_i-built-a-company-in-60-days-with-windsurf-activity-7311192459894562816-9Atr
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAABdqZTsBpG94IPsFHrnwTOmd6LJkgs7z6aM
- https://x.com/FrankFrassica
- https://github.com/mlaa/mla14.org/blob/master/app/data/program.json
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-frassica
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frank-frassica_accelerating-software-development-velocity-activity-7397448544539992064-ggF9
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frank-frassica_thrilled-to-have-finished-my-mba-from-unc-activity-7079566919023919105-d8pZ


Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/frank-frassica · Everyone at Cognition: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people