Scooter Willis
CEO at TechGarage
Gainesville Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolScooter Willis is a versatile technology CEO and founder with 16+ years of experience applying AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics across biotech, robotics, and enterprise software. He holds a PhD in Computer Engineering (bioinformatics), an MBA, and an electrical engineering background, and has led teams that translated genomic and imaging data into clinical decision tools as well as Java-based robotics platforms. As founder of TechGarage and ProjectHiFi, he blends social impact with technical rigor—building education programs and closing the digital divide through hands-on deployments. Currently leading Corben.ai and OneTouch Robotics, he’s focused on automating back-office and procurement workflows for manufacturing and delivering enterprise frameworks for robotics. An early contributor to BioJava and a serial product builder (from mass-spec automation to IP video analytics), he pairs deep research chops with pragmatic product execution. He lives on an 80-acre farm near Gainesville where he’s experimenting with robotics-driven organic farming, a practical testbed for his automation ideas.
16 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Entrepreneurship for Engineers and Scientists, MBA Entrepreneurship for Engineers and Scientists at University of Florida - Warrington College of BusinessPhD Computer Engineering - Bioinformatics, PhD Computer Engineering - Bioinformatics at University of Florida
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Github Skills (119)
blast10
genomics10
firebase10
protein-sequences10
bam10
sequence-alignment10
intellij10
protein-data-bank10
bioinformatics10
structural-biology9
pdb-files9
database9
postgresql9
realtime9
pdb9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
biojava/biojava
Jun 2015 - Oct 2021
:book::microscope::coffee: BioJava is an open-source project dedicated to providing a Java library for processing biological data.
Contributions:7 comments in 6 years 5 months
structural-bioinformaticspdbbiojavabioinformaticsstructure-alignment
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