Faculty

Ammon Hepworth

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2014
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2010
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2010

Courses

  • Computer Science Major: Authoring for the Web, Programming Fundamentals, Data Structures, Advanced Programming

Teaching Positions & Professional Experience

  • Joined Southern Virginia University faculty in 2025
  • Senior Software Engineering Manager, Walmart Global Tech, 2022–25
  • Lecturer, University of California, Merced, 2021–25
  • CEO and Co-founder, Jurybox Technologies, LLC, 2020–21
  • VP of Engineering/Organizational Growth, Movemedical, 2019–20
  • Software Engineering Manager, Aerion Technologies, 2018–19
  • Senior Manager/Software Engineering, Pratt & Whitney, 2017–18
  • Adjunct Faculty, Brigham Young University, 2015–16
  • Vice President of Software Development, CAD-Alliance, LLC, 2015
  • Software Engineer, Siemens PLM Software, 2014–15

Scholarship & Creative Work

  • Journal Reviewer, Symmetry, 2017
  • Conference Reviewer, CAD’14, 2014
  • Chapter contributor, Cloud-Based Design and Manufacturing (CBDM), Springer
  • International Publishing, 2014
  • Journal Reviewer, Computer-Aided Design and Applications, 2013-14
  • Over a dozen granted or pending patents since 2013
  • Conference Reviewer, International Design Engineering Technical Conference and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, 2013
  • Contributed to over a dozen publications on computing and engineering
  • Presented at conferences from 2009–14

Awards, Leadership, & Service

  • Assistant Scout Master, Boy Scouts of America
  • Missionary, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Hong Kong, China