Biography
Zipline | Aurora Innovation | Uber ATG | Carnegie Mellon | UC Berkeley
I'm a robotics engineer with over a decade of experience spanning academic research and industry. I enjoy developing and applying cutting edge techniques from machine learning, robotics and perception to solve impactful real world problems. I'm based in the Bay Area, California.
I'm currently at Zipline, where I lead perception for the "Droid", part of Zipline's next-generation precision delivery system. Previously, I spent 6 years working on perception for self driving vehicles - at Aurora Innovation (where I joined as a founding engineer) and at Uber ATG.
I hold a Masters degree in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, where I did research at the intersection of ML and neuroscience, before leaving the PhD program early to go work on self driving cars. I did my Bachelors in EECS from UC Berkeley where I had lots of fun nerding out on everything from robots to satellites to nanotechnology.
Other fun stuff
I had the honor of being featured in the Emmy Award winning Netflix Documentary "Working - what we do all day", where I talk to Former US President Barack Obama about my work at Aurora. Read about the experience here!
I spend a lot of my free time on the tennis court - playing in various USTA rec leagues. Previously, I captained CMU's Tennis Club (We made Tennis on Campus Nationals in 2015!).