Joe Bowser

Joe has been many things in his career, such as Startup Founder and Engineering Manager, but is most well known as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer specializing in deploying OnDevice AI. Prior to the AI boom, Joe worked as a Staff Level Software Engineer, and is known for co-creating PhoneGap and Apache Cordova, being the lead developer of Cordova-Android from 2008 until 2018.

Joe is currently a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Mozilla, working with the Firefox AI Platform tema to bring OnDevice LLM powered features to Firefox.

He attempted a south-bound thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail in 2024, but had to abandon the attempt due to numerous injuries. In the past, he has been associated with numerous causes such as activism related to the state surveillance of indigenous people and environmental movements, and at one point was considered a Critical Threat to Olympics Infrastructure during the 2010 Winter Olympics by the RCMP.

Joe has a BSc from the University of Northern British Columbia, and was a cofounder and the first Program Director of CFUR Radio.