David Gross
Principal Advisor, VISTA F3 at Heliogen
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Gross is a principal advisor and techno‑interpersonal consultant with 12+ years applying mathematical rigor to renewable energy simulation, systems integration, and team effectiveness. After a Harvey Mudd double focus in Math and Literature, he architected and operated ray‑tracing and plant‑level modeling tools at eSolar and Heliogen, later growing and leading simulation teams that delivered customer‑facing design, optimization, and integration work at scale. He now combines that deep technical pedigree with leadership and coaching through his firm 1728 Solutions, Mento, and a VISTA advisory role at UC Merced focused on resilient agtech innovation. An active open‑source contributor, he has improved core numerical software (chebfun) by hardening tests and implementing differentiation/integration matrices—bringing both academic numerical methods and production engineering experience to bear. Colleagues know him as an extroverted problem solver who deliberately tackles interpersonal friction as a lever for better technical outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Polytechnic SchoolB.S., Mathematics, Theoretical Physics, Literature, B.S., Mathematics, Theoretical Physics, Literature at Harvey Mudd College
English, French, Hebrew
Github Skills (5)
matlab10
numerical-computing10
testing10
algorithms8
algorithm8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
chebfun/chebfun
Jun 2014 - Feb 2015
Chebfun: numerical computing with functions.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:11 commits, 2 PRs, 16 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:David contributed significantly to the Chebfun repository by addressing issues related to the `singfun` class and division operations. Their work included adding tests for division and exponents in the `singfun` class, ensuring correct behavior and accuracy, and refactoring existing code. Furthermore, the user integrated changes from the 'development' branch. The changes included the development of differentiation matrices, indefinite integration matrices, and related testing procedures.
eigenvalueslapacknumerical-computingpythonscientific-computing
davidagross/qmk_firmware
Feb 2019 - Nov 2022
keyboard controller firmware for Atmel AVR and ARM USB families
Contributions:45 commits, 53 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
controllerfirmwareavratmelusb
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