Greg Gradwell is a hands-on engineering leader and co-founder with 11 years of experience applying software to hardware to make things move, currently serving as CTO of Emissare after founding multiple startups in the aerospace and robotics space. His career blends flight test engineering and software development at companies like Kitty Hawk and Pyka with entrepreneurial roles building prototypes and products under COPPERPUNK, Phaeroh, and Vervr. Based in Los Gatos and trained with BS and MS degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Cal Poly SLO, he focuses on practical systems that matter—often iterating from prototype (talktoadrone.com) to deployed capability. Known for shipping across the stack, he combines aerospace rigor with startup agility and a penchant for making complex electromechanical systems reliably controllable.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Contributions:1 release, 38 pushes, 1 tag in 2 years
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