Joe Hesse
Director Of Innovation
Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoe Hesse is a collaborative, future-oriented technology leader with 17 years of experience building computational and data storage infrastructure for academic biomedical research. As Director of Innovation at UCSF Memory and Aging Center since 2014 (and previously Director of Technology and Strategy), he partners with faculty and staff to enable research, patient care, and training in neurodegenerative disease. He blends hands-on technical stewardship with strategic planning to deliver reliable systems that support complex clinical and research workflows. Based in Massachusetts, he brings a rare combination of long-term institutional knowledge and a researcher-focused mindset that prioritizes reproducibility and data stewardship. His background in philosophy informs a thoughtful approach to technology decisions and stakeholder communication. Colleagues know him for translating ambitious scientific goals into practical, auditable infrastructure solutions.
17 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BA Philosophy, BA Philosophy at Connecticut College
Github Skills (7)
lava9
relational-algebra9
python6
zfs5
codebase5
failover3
replication3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
UCSFMemoryAndAging/lava-uds
Mar 2009 - Jan 2012
Contributions:60 commits in 2 years 10 months
UCSFMemoryAndAging/lava
Mar 2009 - Jan 2012
main lava codebase
Contributions:132 commits in 2 years 10 months
lavacodebaserelational-algebrapython
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