Software engineer and founder with 12 years of experience translating machine
learning research into compelling product experiences. One of the first engineers on Apple
Vision Pro. Founded two venture-backed companies, including Button Computer (YC W26), and
repeatedly led zero-to-one development of AI products.
Work Experience
Company Name
Self-Employed
Employment Dates
June 2026—Present
Title
Independent Showrunner
Location
Gilbert, AZ
Wrote, directed, and produced an original 6-episode streaming series,
currently in post-production.
Developed custom AI filmmaking tools using generative video models for
environment replacement, to tell an expansive sci-fi story on an
independent-production budget.
Company Name
Button Computer (YC W26)
Employment Dates
October 2025—April 2026
Title
Co-Founder & CTO
Location
Redwood City, CA (Remote)
Created Button, a wearable hardware device for instant, intentional
access to voice AI (video).
Built an audio pipeline optimized for sub-second latency, integrating
custom ESP32 C++ firmware, Bluetooth LE transport, and WebRTC with the
OpenAI Realtime and Gemini Live APIs.
Defined the company's agentic engineering approach, structuring
workspaces and technical context to make AI coding agents effective across
the codebase.
Company Name
Odyssey
Employment Dates
February 2025—September 2025
Title
Member of Technical Staff
Location
Santa Clara, CA (Remote)
As the first product engineer on the team, deployed a first-of-its-kind
interactive world model (demo).
Worked directly with the CEO, design, and research teams to define the
product experience.
Architected and implemented the full application stack, including a
React frontend, a FastAPI backend, and a PyTorch-powered world model
inference service.
Designed, built, and deployed routing and orchestration for dedicated
per-user GPU inference that handled major launch-driven traffic spikes
without performance degradation.
Built CI/CD with automated testing, Datadog health and latency
monitoring, and Segment and Mixpanel analytics; primary North America
on-call for launch.
Company Name
Skyglass
Employment Dates
November 2021—February 2025
Title
Founder & CEO
Location
Boulder, CO
Created Skyglass, a virtual production app enabling Hollywood-grade
visual effects on iPhone using AI and Unreal Engine in the cloud (demo
video).
Led a 3-person team, scaled the app to 95K downloads, secured $700K in
funding, and graduated from Techstars NYC 2024.
Built the full application stack (iOS, backend, and cloud render
service) and integrated ML models for background removal, environment
generation, and relighting.
Company Name
Apple
Employment Dates
May 2015—October 2021
Title
Software Development Engineer
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
One of the first engineers on the Vision Pro project.