Luke Starnes
Principal Research Engineer at Georgia Tech Research Institute
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolLuke Starnes is a Principal Research Engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute with over 16 years of systems engineering and product management experience, and more than a decade in hands-on engineering roles. He has led cross-functional and multi-disciplinary teams—from tactical aircraft integration to electronic systems laboratories—bridging DevOps, data, and systems design to deliver mission-focused solutions. Known for leaning forward with customers, he combines technical depth in electrical engineering with strategic insight from an MBA in Management of Technology and an MS in International Affairs. Luke has a track record of growing engineering organizations internally while staying deeply involved in architecture and integration work, making him as comfortable mentoring teams as rolling up his sleeves on complex system builds. Based in Atlanta, he brings a researcher’s curiosity and a product manager’s discipline to translate ambiguous requirements into practical, auditable outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management of Technology, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management of Technology at Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (31)
change-management10
zeplin9
magicdraw9
modeling9
change-detection9
prototyping8
productivity-tools8
devkit8
modeling-tool8
java6
modular6
ads4
robot3
discrete-event-simulation3
jupyterlab2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
slstarnes/books-read
Jan 2017 - Jan 2025
Contributions:28 pushes, 11 branches in 8 years 2 months
slstarnes/sfte2018-adsb
Aug 2018 - Oct 2018
Notebooks for ADS-B talk given in October 2018 to SFTE
Contributions:80 commits, 2 PRs, 36 pushes in 1 month
notebooksadsads-boctober
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