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Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
2023
Joining the Investment team at Scale Venture Partners to invest in the future of frontier tech and enterprise SaaS, with a particular focus on AI/ML applications, infra, and security. Supporting the firm's future investment activities, including deal sourcing and managing due diligence efforts, as well as supporting current portfolio companies through participation on boards.
2021 - 2022
2021 - 2022
Member of the Investment Team with a focus on identification, diligence, and support of startup companies who are developing products and services in industrially oriented hardware and software. Led investment efforts for AI/ML, Robotics, and Advanced Analytics opportunities with industrial or life science applications for both our early venture investment arm and our SPAC vehicle. Publicly announced investments in which I played a critical role include: • Encharge AI | Semiconductor startup leveraging analog in-memory architecture for edge AI inference applications • Arduino | The leading open-source software & hardware ecosystem for embedded systems • Xendee | Next-gen B2B Enterprise SaaS platform for distributed energy resource (DER) design & planning
2020 - 2020
2020 - 2020
Research with Boeing NeXt, Commercial Small Autonomous Systems Group • Instructed program managers and division strategists on analyzing how a particular Concept of Operations for autonomous systems translates to operational uncertainty based on the level and complexity of automation of particular functions • Developed analytical framework, based on safety analyses including an Operational Risk Assessment (ORA) and a Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA), in order to articulate a safety case for type or experimental certification with US regulators
2018 - 2019
2018 - 2019
• Translated product strategy into software technical requirements and user stories, created buy-in for product decisions with key stakeholders across the organization, contributed to product roadmap by grooming features for development and design
2017 - 2018
2017 - 2018
• Directed team of 20 operations personnel for all pilots and deployed services for Level 4 autonomous passenger transportation programs; managed Optimus Ride’s first revenue generating contract, with $1M operations budget • Ensured software quality standards for operations, including managing software tools and pipelines for bug tracking and data analysis. Responsible for reviewing, approving, and implementing all software for production and operations, which improved efficiency, reduced downtime in testing and operations, and ensured high safety standards were maintained • Interfaced with customers, strategic partners, investors, and regulators to generate ops requirements for product development • Headed customer relations, marketing, onboarding, and user satisfaction efforts • Created and directed all demand forecasting and operations growth strategies, including defining company ops structure
2017 - 2017
• Led system integration efforts between hardware and software development teams of Level 4 autonomous vehicle platform. Started as employee 11, 1st system integration engineer, hired and managed team of three SI&T engineers • Developed fleet management software systems and data analysis tools for R&D, SW testing, and future service operations • Interfaced with external stakeholders, including regulators, to design and implement all safety and testing programs • Devised system-wide performance metrics, performed HARAs, and executed all physical and simulation system-level testing for initial fleet of 15 vehicles to ensure compliance with ISO 26262 and state and federal standards
2015 - 2017
2015 - 2017
MTS-2, Hardware Engineering Task Lead for Autonomous Vehicle Testing & Validation • Directed technical efforts for all range testing and validation efforts for contract with Autoliv, a Tier 1 automotive supplier • Devised validation standards, test structures and technical requirements, and all testing and demonstration procedures, which directly led to 50/50 Joint Venture between Volvo and Autoliv, now called Zenuity • Led software development of several testing and data analytics tools, including off-vehicle data visualization tools
2014 - 2014
2014 - 2014
Supported self-driving car reliability, safety, and systems teams; developed safety cases and reliability algorithms for R&D
2013 - 2014
2013 - 2014
Developed sensor suite for small autonomous ground vehicles with group of five student engineers.