Mike Warren is a seasoned technology leader and co-founder/CTO who applies decades of physics and high-performance computing expertise to turn massive geospatial data into actionable insight at Descartes Labs. After 25 years as a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and a stint as a senior software engineer in the private sector, he combines deep research credentials—a Caltech BS and a UC Santa Barbara PhD—with practical product and engineering leadership. His work has earned top recognition in HPC, including a Gordon Bell prize and an SC Test of Time Award, signaling rare skill at scaling scientific code to real-world problems. Based in Los Alamos, he blends academic rigor with startup pragmatism, overseeing systems that refine satellite and sensor data into information used across industries. An engineer at heart, he continues to bridge advanced computation, remote sensing, and commercial software delivery.
9 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
California Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Physics at UC Santa Barbara
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