Rob Imig is a Senior Architect for R&D, Federal at Palantir Technologies where he leads the development and advancement of Palantir’s most innovative engineering capabilities, including Edge Computing, Space Sensing, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Over the course of 10 years at Palantir, Rob has led and worked on engineering teams in both the Commercial and Government businesses, allowing him to see a broad spectrum of problems and solutions first-hand.

Most recently, Rob’s focus has been on the iteration and deployment of AI at the Edge, whether that be on manned aircraft, UAS, boats, ground vehicles, or satellites. In this capacity, Rob and his team are working on enabling compute to operate in low-latency and disconnected environments to ensure constant connectivity for their customers.

Rob is a resident of Washington, D.C. and holds a B.S. in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Since its founding, the Krach Institute has brought innovators and policymakers together to ensure emerging technologies are used to advance freedom, safety, and prosperity around the world. I am honored to be able to contribute to this mission. We have only scratched the surface of Artificial Intelligence and the importance it has for protecting our nation. Our ability to not only advance this technology, but also operationalize it, is critical to keep us ahead of our adversaries.