Gary de la Cruz

Gary De La Cruz is a Principal Software Development Engineer in the Professional Services division at Esri, where Gary has contributed to the Aviation products team since November 2021, previously serving as a Senior Software Development Engineer. Prior experience includes a role as a Senior Software Engineer at BridgeNet International, focused on enhancing a geospatial analysis and mapping tool, and serving as UX Researcher Lead at ZOTT, a collaborative design project aimed at creating a streaming platform for hospitalized children. Gary also worked as a Software Engineer III at Nexa Technologies, where contributions were made to a distributed financial trading platform, and earlier roles included web and database programming at Advantage Solutions, and internships at Wonderware Software and Sandia National Laboratories. Gary holds a Master’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction & Design and a Bachelor’s degree in Information and Computer Science with a minor in Digital Arts, both from UC Irvine.