Engineering Futures Colloquium Series, Sponsored by HII

Barry Polakowski is the senior director of HII’s Specialty Engineering team, which is part of the Warfare Systems group in HII’s Mission Technologies division. This team comprises cleared hardware, software and research engineers who solve some of the hardest and highestclassified challenges the U.S. government encounters.

Polakowski is responsible for research, development and operational microelectronics reverse-engineering programs, and his team performs many quick-reaction capability efforts across multiple customers.

Prior to supporting the U.S. government, he designed and developed telecommunications equipment and test hardware for leading industry suppliers.

Polakowski earned a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in 1999.

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