Will Salisbury
CTO Co-Founder at Latis Materials
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolWill Salisbury is a materials-focused engineering leader and founder with 11 years of hands-on experience in composites, polymers, and manufacturing. Currently a Stanford MS student and CTO/co-founder of Latis Materials, he is commercializing a biomass-based carbon fiber that blends sustainability goals with aerospace-grade performance. His background spans bonding and process engineering at Safran—owning fan blade bonding for CFM engines and leading automation and lean improvements—and applied thermoplastic research at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Based in Palo Alto, he combines startup grit with production-floor credibility, from guiding whitewater trips to troubleshooting part slows, and brings a rare mix of entrepreneurial drive and practical manufacturing know-how to materials commercialization.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaBachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering at University of MaineMaster of Science - MS Materials Science and Engineering, Master of Science - MS Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University
Github Skills (90)
multiplexing10
docker-image10
circleci9
geojson9
wkt9
mapbox-vector-tile9
geo9
java9
wkb9
bazel-rules9
google9
druid8
database8
javascript8
spiffe8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
willsalz/crawl
Sep 2016 - Jan 2021
SWIM Protocol Implementation
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 4 months
swimcryptographyblockchainswim-protocol
willsalz/inverted_index
Dec 2016 - Jan 2025
Playing with Inverted Indexes [ Indices? ] in Rust
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 8 years 2 months
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