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Menlo Park, California, United States

First hire at a high-throughput PCR testing company focused on COVID with over 20 Million results sent to patients. Within a year we went from nothing to become the largest COVID testing lab in California, with capacity for over 200,000 PCR tests per day. I am in charge of managing the automation team, which is responsible for designing, building, programming, and validating state-of-the-art automation systems for high-throughput, rapid, COVID diagnostic testing.

San Francisco Bay Area

Mechanical engineering lead on LiDAR (light detection and ranging) sensors for self-driving vehicles at Uber's Autonomous Technology Group. Working daily to create the world's best sensors and enable a safer future through self-driving.

San Francisco Bay Area

Developed mechanical systems for self-driving trucks. Startup acquired by Uber.

San Francisco Bay Area

Utilized a combination of expertise in both design thinking and engineering to work on a wide variety of client needs, from UI/UX to market analysis to product design.

Completed a master's degree in product design as part of the Stanford Design Program (http://designprogram.stanford.edu/). Focused on thinking up and building new projects based on my interest in mechanical engineering, minimalist design, and creating unusual emotional connections between the user and the object.

Autodesk San Francisco

At Autodesk I focused on finding ways of teaching the often difficult concepts of sustainability and whole systems thinking using a wide variety of tools, from in-classroom lesson plans, to website blog posts, to software data sets.

Greater Boston Area

As a City Year Corps Member I committed over 1700 hours of service to teaching K-5 elementary classes at the Manning School in Boston, MA, as well as one-on-one after school tutoring at the Agassiz School, and powerful physical service enhancing the city of Boston for a wide variety of its residents.

Master Of Science (Ms), Product Design

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering