Summary
Will Barley is a technology leader, currently Director of Forward Deployed Engineering at Gecko Robotics, where he applies field-ready software and data-driven strategies to hard robotics challenges. He brings more than a decade of experience leading cross-functional teams and global client deployments, including founding Palantir's Middle East office and delivering enterprise-scale solutions for defense, intelligence, and government clients. He previously founded Thoron to provide drone-based crop health analytics for Florida citrus growers, and led software innovation at Essentium to guide printer software development and partnerships. Early in his career, he served as a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir and as a Senior Consultant at Control Group, blending hands-on engineering with client-facing business development. A Yale University BA in Computer Science and Arabic-language studies in Damascus complements his global mindset, and he is based in Waco, Texas, known for turning ambitious problems into scalable, impact-focused solutions.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
fluency, Arabic Language, fluency, Arabic Language at Private Study in Damascus
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at Yale University