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People have always told me I’d make a great cult leader. I’ve served many years as a cult consultant to other cult leaders, but as we approach the endgame, I’m forming a cult agency, offering everything I know for no money, to give agency to all would-be cultists. Every open secret I know to discover your own path to agency. However, nothing is free, my price is not denominated in dollars, and will be subject to an exponentially progressive tax based on how cool I think you are. The bar to entry is “aight”🔺 for those who dare to wield it

Mountain View, Wy, Us

Generative AI startup using distributed sousveillance to demolish advertising

Building AI-powered AgTech robots

Austin, Tx, Us

Provide weekly one-on-one mentorship sessions with aspiring leaders in tech

Mountain View, Wy, Us

Spent hydroelectric power to hash meaningless numbers in exchange for other meaningless numbers that capitalists reaaallly seem to worship, and then started just routing numbers around for a cut of other people’s numbers. Stupidest work I’d ever done but generated more distance in dollar-space per month than I used to move in a year.

San Francisco, California, Us

- Lead a team of 20 engineers, including PhD and Masters' graduates across ME, EE, Controls, and Application Software domains.- Generated technical development plans to reach core technical deliverables and executed on them in sprints.- Conducted regular 1:1s with all team members and developed personalized development plans which dovetailed with the work we needed to accomplish.- Generated and prioritized several weeks of work assignments for entire team every sprint.- Implemented project management best practices to an organization that had none; engineers went from not knowing what they were doing on any given day to knowing exactly how their day's work affected our delivery plans.- Interviewed internal and external stakeholders to determine specifications for next product revision.- Delivered core technical progress on schedule.- Implemented major cultural shifts which had a palpable effect on output and morale.- Rearchitected technical strategy several times in response to rapidly shifting resource projections.

- Owned PRD for collaborative robotic food handling arm- Designed and executed tests and statistical analysis on prototypes to prepare for production- Developed and deployed to market receipt printer retrofit for current robot- Participated in industrial design and integration of next-gen robot system

- Led design and prototyping on next-gen robotic food preparation system- Coordinated with C-suite, marketing department, and other cross-functional teams to develop product roadmap- Served as point person for IP diligence throughout DoorDash acquisition- Oversaw system architecture design including mechanical stages, microwave, vision, software, and UX- Generated feasibility studies and reachability reports, performed initial component selection, and produced several CAD models for acquisition- Designed and prototyped custom low-cost denester subsystem

- Hired and led a team of 30 engineers (BS/MS/PhD) in the design, development, and deployment of a next generation AI/CV driven collaborative robotic arm- Collaborated on pitch deck and raised approximately $7M in venture funding- Negotiated $13M contract with a major manufacturer in Asia - Served as primary mechatronics and software systems architect- Managed cross-functional projects, teams and timelines across all disciplines in the robotics stack, encompassing embedded compute (FPGA and SoC) design, control and power electronics design, mechanical hardware design, custom motor design and sourcing, sensor systems and analog processing, firmware, middleware and communications, application layer and cloud layer software, RTOS, control algorithm development, vision systems (optics and software), internal tools and more- Invented patented technologies including new safety sensors, AI-driven manufacturing robot behaviors, landmark feature navigation and visual waypoint training, visual odometry and calibration methods establishing ground truth, multi-camera world-mapping technologies, and an automatic end-of-arm robot tooling generator- Oversaw pilot deployments and strategic response to customer learnings- Led UX, branding, and industrial design projects- Interfaced with contract manufacturers for mass production and handled sourcing and supply chain management for critical components; lived in southeast Asia for 1+ year learning manufacturing, lean production and developing clients and contacts

Mountain View, Wy, Us

- Architected Flask-based backend for online peer-to-peer and commercial item rental marketplace- Supervised legal team's efforts through company's strategic restructuring

- Invented and built award-winning connected Bluetooth prescription bottle caps for monitoring patient medication compliance

- Invented award-winning thermoelectric technologies, including a system to instantly cool fluids 20% more efficiently than vapor-compression refrigeration and a shower-heating method 30% more efficient than boilers

- Launched nonprofit incubator for local bands and recording artists- Oversaw A&R talent scouting, concert booking and production, studio recording, promotion, and distribution

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

- Interned with accounting department at major advertising company- Pitched copy ideas and branding packages for client Dunkin Donuts; served on the team that coined the slogan “America Runs on Dunkin”

Boston, Ma, Us

- Interned at monthly lifestyle magazine dedicated to the Greater Boston area- Helped with copywriting and fact-checking

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