Joe Polastre
Director Of Engineering, Data And Software Services
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoe Polastre is a seasoned technology leader and product-minded engineer with 13+ years building distributed data systems, IoT platforms, and digital aviation services. Currently Associate Director of Engineering for Connected Aviation at Collins Aerospace, he previously led FlightAware’s customer-facing web, mobile, and API platforms and shaped UTM strategy and cloud infrastructure at Airbus. A Berkeley PhD and co‑founder of 18F, Joe blends academic rigor with startup and government product experience—having been a Presidential Innovation Fellow and an early front-end contributor to 18F’s website. He’s launched and scaled commercial IoT products (Sentilla, acquired by Ericsson), authored technical blueprints for integrating unmanned traffic, and won industry recognition including Silicon Valley 40 Under 40. Known for crossing the boundaries between research, product, and engineering, he excels at turning complex airspace and data challenges into practical, deployable systems.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyBS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Cornell University
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Github Skills (13)
css10
html10
responsive-design10
bootstra10
bootstrap10
website-design9
javascript9
site-design9
git6
version-control6
thumbnails6
box-api6
google-drive-api6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
18F/18f.gsa.gov
Mar 2014 - Apr 2014
The 18F website
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:91 commits, 2 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Joe was primarily responsible for the initial front-end development of the 18F website. Their contributions included the implementation of the website structure using Bootstrap and the creation of custom CSS styles. The user added custom font files and integrated Google Fonts for improved typography and usability. Furthermore, the user worked on incorporating the 18F logo and team information.
federalistcssjavascript18f
polastre/git-workflow
Sep 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:1 release, 6 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 year 6 months
git-workflowteam-aworkflow
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