Summary
Grant Gombar is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience blending military-grade systems thinking from the US Air Force with hands-on full-stack development in Python, Java, C/C++, C#, F#, and JavaScript. He has driven TAK/ATAK ecosystem development and plugins at CTI, led release planning and backward-compatibility efforts, and mentors junior engineers while acting as deputy team lead. His background running cyber and communications programs for pilot training and service-desk operations gives him a practical edge in building resilient, deployable solutions—evidenced by tools he built to simplify TAK Server installation and developer onboarding. Grant’s work is characterized by persistence and curiosity: he enjoys long debugging sessions that turn stubborn problems into polished features and adapts fluidly to whatever language or stack a project demands. Based in Waddell, Arizona, he holds a computer science degree from the USAF Academy and an MS in Cyber Security Operations and Leadership, pairing engineering depth with operational security experience.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
General Studies, General Studies at Valley Forge Military Academy
Master of Science - MS, Cyber Security Operations and Leadership, Master of Science - MS, Cyber Security Operations and Leadership at University of San Diego
Bachelor's of Engineering (Computer Science), Computer Science, Bachelor's of Engineering (Computer Science), Computer Science at United States Air Force Academy