Casey Handmer
Founder at Terraform Industries
Pasadena, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCasey Handmer is a founder and former NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory software system architect with a decade of experience turning advanced physics and machine learning research into deployed engineering systems. He leads Terraform Industries, which develops low-cost synthetic fuels from sunlight and air, and is actively hiring to scale that mission-driven startup. Casey’s background spans theoretical physics (PhD from Caltech) and hands-on engineering—from developing novel gravitational-wave simulation algorithms to building GNSS-based multistatic radar software and deep-learning DEM refinement. He has bridged academia and industry at Hyperloop One, filing multiple patents in magnetic levitation and building high-dimensional route-optimization tools. Known for shipping robust, production-ready scientific software, he pairs deep mathematical insight with practical systems design and vendor management. Based in Pasadena, Casey combines research pedigree with entrepreneurial grit to tackle energy and infrastructure challenges.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Higher Schools Certificate, Higher Schools Certificate at The Scots CollegeBachelor of Science Advanced Mathematics, Bachelor of Science Advanced Mathematics at University Medallist, The University of SydneySt Ives North Public SchoolCalifornia Institute of Technology
Latin, Russian
Github Skills (15)
water8
qubit6
predict6
python5
simulation4
quantum-computing3
ctx3
multiclass-classification2
chainer2
cudnn2
machine-learning2
caffe2
deep-learning2
computer-vision2
pytorch2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
CHandmer/water-flow
Jun 2018 - Dec 2018
Algorithm for computing water flow on topo data
Contributions:50 commits, 1 PR, 38 pushes in 5 months
waterpythontopocomputing
CHandmer/MarsEDL
Oct 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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