Mentor Team: Skylar Graika

• CTO & Co-founder @ Patrol 6
• Skylar Graika on LinkedIn

Skylar Graika is a CTO and cofounder, executive technologist, and Distinguished Engineer with a background in building and scaling cloud-native platforms. He has led large-scale architectural transformations, driven AI adoption across engineering organizations, and spoken at major industry conferences on topics including AI, cloud infrastructure, and platform excellence.

A Washington State University Computer Science graduate and member of the EECS Executive Council, Skylar is passionate about developing future leaders. He mentors engineers and students on technical depth, strategic thinking, communication, and career growth. His focus is helping high-potential individuals combine strong engineering fundamentals with leadership, ownership, and long-term vision.