Transforming coastal deserts into worldwide hubs of agriculture, clean energy, and climate resilience, using patented large-scale evaporative cooling, seawater, and solar energy. With scalability and versatility at its core, the AtmoCooling system has the potential to unlock over 300 million hectares worldwide, with 5 million hectares in our initial target deserts.

• Led preparation of AtmoCooling for pre-seed investment, developing a winning technical strategy and go-to-market plan.• Developed a clear roadmap with key milestones that drove progress toward business objectives and impressed investors.• Successfully recruited top advisors and founding team members to support company growth.• Raised pre-seed investment to support company development and expansion.

• Spearheaded the development of OPO vertical farming technology from MVP to the first full-scale operating unit, overseeing three major iterations of design scaling, construction, deployment and operation.• Grew and managed a successful multi-disciplinary department from 3 to 40+ staff, including skilled professionals in mechanical, robotics, electrical, firmware and software engineering, plus fabrication and maintenance technicians.• Collaborated with the executive team to implement a comprehensive 5-year technical strategy, generated budgets, and established annual objectives and key results.

• Worked closely with co-founders to devise the foundational technical roadmap in support of successfully raising seed funding• Developed and implemented design processes and guidance, department structure, and manufacturing and operations parameters

• As the Responsible Engineer for the Crew Dragon vehicle's avionics system, took on the primary responsibility for its delivery, leading design, hardware qualifications, integration, and test, and serving as the primary technical interface to the NASA customer, ensuring successful system integration and seamless collaboration across all teams.• Supported multiple SpaceX missions including Crew Dragon DEMO-1, the first orbital flight of the Dragon 2 spacecraft as well as Dragon 1 Missions CRS 4 and 5 launch site vehicle integration and design of payload interface to resupply cargo to the ISS

Joint employment by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and l'Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie (UPMC Sorbonne Université) deployed at the Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-Sur-Mer• Supporting climate science research, led the technical team to design, fabricate, deploy, and operate the first Mediterranean Sea in-situ carbon dioxide perturbation experiments (eFOCE - European Free Ocean Carbon Dioxide Enrichment)• Developed multiple systems including a floating experiment platform with various components such as structure, fluidics, security, power, instrumentation, and communications, and an acrylic sea floor incubation chamber. These systems were fully equipped with instruments and capable of performing long-term in-situ testing to replicate future climate conditions on benthic communities.

Supported the world-class field robotics program to develop and deploy advanced robotic systems and autonomous control technology missions on the land, in the air, sea, and space.Engineer• Supported end-to-end design and manufacture of an autonomous surface vessel resulting in the successful mapping of critical research areas and expanded research capabilities• Designed and fabricated new underwater robots, providing high-value marine science at a low price point• Produced a cross-platform thruster, including fabrication and pressure testing, for use by multiple vehicles• Provided maintenance, piloting, and training of a fleet of remote-operated vehicles (ROVs), boats, and other marine-related equipment, collaborating with various government and private partners to support dozens of field deploymentsSatellite Mission Ops• Supported diverse, professional-class NASA and industry missions using the RSL satellite control network including GeneSat-1, PharmaSat, PreSat, NanoSail-D, and O/OREOS satellites• Designed, fabricated, and integrated satellite communication ground stationsPerformed satellite tracking and dish operation• Deployed ground stations in San Salvador, El Salvador, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, and Santa Clara, CA to provide a global network for extended per-orbit contact time for satellite communications.• Recognized with a NASA Ames Honor Award and a NASA Group Achievement AwardAdjunct Instructor / Research Assistant• Developed curriculum and led classroom and field instruction for Introduction to Marine Operations and Advanced Marine Operations, two courses covering the design, operation, deployment, piloting, and safety issues involving the use of underwater robots enabling students to deploy hardware in order to achieve science objectives• Developed and deployed field applications of the “cluster space” control techniques including obstacle avoidance in MatLab and Simulink used to autonomously control fleets of marine vessels

• Rescue Diver supporting a wide variety of company operations including marine operations, retail sales, client training, service, and support.

• Designed and developed the Submersible Capable of under Ice Navigation and Imaging remotely operated vehicle (SCINI ROV) with standardization of three vehicles and multiple design generations.• Integrated a wide baseline navigation system capable of high-resolution 3D positioning through 250 meters of ice.• Successfully deployed the ROV in Antarctica and spent two months in the field camp on the Ross Ice Shelf performing operations and maintenance.• Discovered multiple new species and provided the first look at the underside of the world's largest ice shelf.• Awarded the NSF Antarctic Service Medal for outstanding service and contributions to the program.

• Refurbished and recalibrated an 18 meter parabolic dish for satellite communication optimizing both shape and pointing accuracy resulting in improved link time and signal strength.

• Analyzed the dynamic response of an autonomous surface vessel (ASV) after integrating a suite of absolute and relative positioning sensors in LabView that enabled future development of advanced active dynamic control.• Upgraded structure and buoyancy response of the ASV using both metal and composite fabrication techniques that vastly improved the dynamic response, stability, and strength of the vessel.

• Conducted wetland environmental impact monitoring and reporting• Provided daily plant production management reporting• Conducted product output evaluation and optimization• Created structural, electrical, and mass flow drawings