Summary
Joseph Gallego is a teaching assistant professor and seasoned software engineering leader with 11 years of experience building products and teaching computer science and machine learning. He co-founded and serves as CTO/Software Engineering Manager at Munkys, where he combines product leadership, full-stack development, and startup operations since 2014. His academic track includes a PhD in Systems and Computing Engineering and roles ranging from assistant professor to adjunct and course instructor at Drexel and Universidad Nacional de Colombia, teaching algorithms, advanced programming, and ML. At Frontier Development Lab Europe he leads MLOps and research efforts, bridging cutting-edge research with production-ready ML pipelines. Joseph’s background blends hands-on engineering, academic research in data mining and computer vision, and operational experience in finance and HR from earlier managerial roles—an unusual mix that helps him translate complex research into deployable software. Based in Wilmington, DE, he actively bridges industry and academia to mentor students and deliver real-world AI systems.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Systems and Computing Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Systems and Computing Engineering at Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Computer Science Technician Computer Science, Computer Science Technician Computer Science at Escuela Tecnológica Instituto Técnico Central
Data Mining Specialization Data Mining, Data Mining Specialization Data Mining at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, French, Italian, Spanish