Joe Estes is CEO of buffernet, Inc., a creative software agency in Southern California. He has worked with startups, enterprises, and government agencies for over 13 years, to help them develop successful and lasting software products.

Since the mobile industry exploded in 2007 he has been at the forefront of mobile app development. He led mobile development for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. With his team at JPL he developed the first apps in the agency as well as the enterprise app store which serves as the archetype for app commerce across all of NASA.

Joe was later recruited from JPL to become Director of Software Development for iViu Technologies. With his team at iViu, he architected a first of its kind indoor micro-granular location service which is used by some the largest retailers in the world. Joe co-founded the Goalability social goal management app, which is used all over the world to assist users in achieving their goals through the motivation of their social networks.

In 2013, Joe joined Insurance Thought Leadership as Chief Technology Officer. He has led architecture, design and development of the Insurance Thought Leadership website and technologies.

In 2014, Joe joined Dream Diabetes as Chief Architect. He has led architecture, design and development of the Dream Diabetes Management System and Dream Mobile app.

In his spare time, he speaks about lean mobile development to interest groups, colleges, and local startups. He is active in the startup companies he has developed and continues to bring long lasting values to them. It is with his results oriented, end to end, product development approach, that Joe continues to achieve success after success in these efforts.

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