Aaron Cordova
Managing Director at Astralux Ventures
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAaron Cordova is a seasoned software leader and entrepreneur with 15+ years building secure, large-scale data platforms for defense, intelligence, and enterprise customers. As the founder of Apache Accumulo and co-founder/CTO of Koverse (acquired by SAIC), he specializes in fine-grained data security, high-throughput ingestion, and architectures that enable sensitive analytics at scale. He blends hands-on engineering—from C++/Java/ Python systems and cluster operations to performance tuning—with product leadership that took solutions from research prototypes to deployed mission-critical systems. Now leading Astralux Ventures and Advanced Cadence, he advises and invests in early-stage teams while continuing to shape data security products for government and industry. Beyond architecture and code, he’s an O’Reilly author who has briefed the Intelligence Community and Congress, evidencing rare domain trust and real-world impact.
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at University of MarylandComputer Science, Computer Science at University of Colorado Boulder
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (4)
accumulo6
sdk2
spark1
scala1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Koverse/documentation
Apr 2016 - Jan 2022
Contributions:5 reviews, 170 commits, 27 PRs in 5 years 9 months
interllective/MongoReduce
May 2011 - Nov 2011
Contributions:16 commits in 5 months
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