{"id":1555,"date":"2026-03-03T07:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\/?page_id=1555"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:59:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:59:58","slug":"skylar-graika","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\/mentorship-team\/skylar-graika\/","title":{"rendered":"Skylar Graika"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"breadcrumbs\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\">\r\n\t<!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.2.0 -->\n<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture.\" href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">Voiland College<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to The Harold Frank Engineering Entrepreneurship Institute.\" href=\"https:\/\/vcea.wsu.edu\/entrepreneurship\" class=\"home\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">The Frank Institute<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span><\/div><header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tMentor Team: Skylar Graika\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignright has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1557\"  src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/SkylarGraika-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Project mentor\" class=\"wp-image-1557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/SkylarGraika-edited.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/SkylarGraika-edited-396x528.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/SkylarGraika-edited-792x1056.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/SkylarGraika-edited-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/SkylarGraika-edited-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/SkylarGraika-edited-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vcea\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2026\/03\/SkylarGraika-edited-149x198.jpg 149w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>CTO &amp; Co-founder @ Patrol 6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/skylar-graika\/\">Skylar Graika on LinkedIn<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Skylar Graika is a CTO and cofounder, executive technologist, and Distinguished Engineer with a background in building and scaling cloud-native platforms. 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