Summary
Hugh Zabriskie is a software leader with 11 years of experience building production systems across defense, aerospace, and commercial domains, now founding a startup at the intersection of dual-use hardware and national security in Washington, D.C. He has held technical and product leadership roles at Applied Intuition and Palantir, leading deployed engineering teams and architecting solutions for government and commercial customers worldwide. Hugh co-founded Eat Safe Codes, a QR-based restaurant SaaS acquired in 2021, demonstrating his ability to take products from prototype to exit. His background includes AI & Research engineering at Microsoft and hands-on forward-deployed work, giving him a blend of research, product, and operational expertise. Currently pursuing an MA in Security Studies at Georgetown, he uniquely pairs technical depth with formal security policy training. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex national-security requirements into pragmatic, scalable hardware-software systems.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA Security Studies, Master of Arts - MA Security Studies at Georgetown University
A.B. Computer Science, A.B. Computer Science at Harvard University
Episcopal High School
German, Spanish, Italian