engineering and product at startups

created AI + mental health app

founding engineer and product lead for seed-stage biotech and computer vision startup backed by Founders Fund

early engineer at fintech startup that raised $75 million and grew to 100+ employees, recently got acquired

intern on Messenger team, proposed and led features in infra and video calling

selected from 3000+ applicants to learn about startups and entrepreneurship

selected by design firm IDEO after participating in a hackathon, spent one-week learning about IDEO's design process

built a cross-platform app for a new product idea, also did some data engineering

built bloopy so that everyone has a bestie

built LLM-based platform to assist in therapy training

built animated character + voice ai experience for mental health

built an experience for people to record stories together, inspired by the mechanics of improv

built a chrome extension with a sense of humor that blocks distracting websites

built a chrome extension that inserts context-relevant jokes generated by GPT into Github Pull Requests

built a plugin utility to create slide deck PDFs directly in Figma

worked with venture-backed, AI startup Circle Labs to build a novel, discord-native experience for character generation using GPT-3

built social donut-creator app (300+ donuts created so far)

built a spotify classifier using LLMs to create genre-specific playlists from liked songs

designed novel learning experience for comp sci students, inspired by Seymour Papert and Bret Victor

created 6 different interactive artworks using particle systems, machine-learned models, and animation techniques

researched the prevalence of FrameNet semantics in word embeddings like BERT using cluster analysis techniques

researched ML-based multimodal approaches (speech analysis, webcam video analysis) to predict student learning outcomes

co-founded sports analytics startup, served 8 NCAA DI clients at our peak

built a cross-platform AR app for a technology research company enabling dance choreography

built clicker game with space expansion theme, complex architecture, and gripping mechanics

implemented a research paper on a lock-free data structure using Rust, that outperformed the standard library equivalent

researched medical pricing datasets using NLP techniques with Prof. Dinda

built middle-layer compiler optimizations using LLVM and C++ that placed 3rd in class competition

designed, built, and shipped company website for a startup incubated in the Kellogg MBA school

explored research and design directions to increase sales in the Wish app

created an interactive drawing experience on the web powered by a voice UI

created a card experience on the web for my mother's birthday

showing DALL-E to my 10-year old niece

reflections on the benefit of writing

personal story about my encounter with an exceptionally kind person

thoughts on a simple approach to living

personal story on the teachings of the philosopher krishnamurti

reflections on a culture of helping, and thoughts on design systems

spent a year in a competitive, self-directed HCI research lab, learning effective planning, prioritizing, help-seeking, designing, and communicating

graduated magna cum laude with my bachelors and masters in computer science, also explored liberal arts, philosophy, history, neuroscience, and more

was valedictorian of impact-oriented international school that brought together students from 60 different countries to build a future of peace and sustainability

attended boarding school set up by the philosopher krishnamurti, with a focus on meditation and simple living

long conversations, coffee shops and bookstores, forests and deserts

hills and trees, skyscrapers and night clubs, diversity and innovation

camping and exploring, the duality of nature, dominance and grandness

solo travels, hitchhiking and homestays, snow-clad mountains