BJ Fulton is a founder and software leader with 15 years of development experience and a decade of focused work at the intersection of astronomy, AI, and geospatial intelligence. He led technical strategy and shipped production LLM products at Lucinetic—including an early LLM writing assistant and a GeoAI co-pilot—while also directing scalable system architecture and data science. Concurrently a senior application developer and scientist at NASA’s Exoplanet Science Institute, he blends rigorous research credentials (PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics) with hands-on engineering across cloud, NLP, and spatial pipelines. Known for experimental, test-driven problem solving, he mentors teams to push human–AI collaboration beyond prototypes into operational tools. Based in Estes Park, CO, he uniquely bridges cutting-edge academic science and entrepreneurial product delivery, often translating complex spatial and astronomical problems into practical software solutions.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Physics and Astronomy, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Physics and Astronomy at UC Santa Barbara
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Astronomy and Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of Hawaii at Manoa
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.
Request Free Trial
BJ Fulton - Founder at Adaptive Intelligence Solutions, LLC