Garrison Hess is a highly skilled software engineer with a strong educational background in computer science, holding a BS from the University of California San Diego and an MS from Carnegie Mellon University, both with a 3.9 GPA. Professional experience includes a position as a Software Engineer in the Core Engine team at Sisu until its acquisition by Snowflake, work as a Data Scientist and intern in various roles at Hookit, Anduril Industries, and Viasat Inc. Additionally, Garrison has served as a Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University. Currently, Garrison is contributing to Google's Napa project, focused on enhancing scalable data warehousing and robust query performance.