Davis Polito
Head Of AV at Dataland
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavis Polito is a music technology leader and engineer with 8 years of experience blending embedded systems, DAW development, and advanced audio research. Currently Head of AV at Dataland after directing projects at Princeton’s New Instrument Research Lab and PLOrk, he has shipped node-based DAW features using OpenGL, integrated VST hosting, and built CI/CD pipelines for audio tools. His background spans industry R&D at Bose and hands-on firmware and analog work retrofitting vintage synths, giving him rare depth across software, hardware, and signal chain preservation. Trained in computer engineering (UPenn) and music technology (Carnegie Mellon), he excels at turning sensor-driven concepts into performant real-time instruments and externals for environments like MAX/MSP. Colleagues rely on him for bridging creative performance needs with production-grade engineering and scalable tooling.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Catholic high school baton rougeMaster of Science - MS Music Technology, Master of Science - MS Music Technology at Carnegie Mellon UniversityBachelor's degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree Computer Engineering at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (65)
piano10
sound-synthesis9
audio-effect9
juce9
eagle9
pitch-detection9
music8
midi8
computer-music8
intervals8
music-composition8
audiounit8
jack8
vst8
dmx5128
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
spiricom/Electrobass_JUCE
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
Contributions:82 pushes, 5 branches, 4 comments in 2 years
davispolito/Phase-Vocoder
Nov 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:32 commits, 27 pushes, 5 branches in 28 days
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