Christopher Barngrover

Christopher Barngrover started their work experience in 2004 as a Software Engineer at Caterpillar Inc. Christopher worked on developing and managing multiple CF Applications using Cold Fusion with Oracle databases. In 2005, they joined SPAWAR as a Scientist, where they led and developed projects for Radar-based localization and developed and integrated a remote weapon system. Christopher also had project management responsibilities for a detection and tracking project. In 2015, Barngrover became a Lecturer at the University of California San Diego, a role they held until 2023. Currently, they are working at Shield AI, where they started as a Director of Engineering in 2017 and is currently serving as the Vice President of Engineering. At Shield AI, they are involved in program management for a multi-phase program that focuses on using AI to protect service members and civilians.

Christopher Barngrover earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Computer Science from Purdue University in 2005, along with a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Mathematics from the same institution. Christopher then pursued a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science Engineering at UC San Diego from 2008 to 2010. Finally, they completed their education with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Computer Science Engineering from UC San Diego between 2010 and 2014.