I've been working at climate startups since high school, when I would cut class to go work at a ten person company called Carrotmob. From there, I went on to the CTO's next company, POWr Plugins, where — still in high school — I was hired part time as their first engineer. In my time there, POWr grew from thousands to millions of users, with revenue to match; it has since been acquired.
I went on to Stanford for a degree in Computer Science. I got experience in the aerospace industry, working as an engineer at LeoLabs for a year building their API, and interning at SpaceX, where I dramatically improved the performance of the crew interface – the tools astronauts use to pilot their spacecraft. At Stanford, I also became obsessed with balloons, building and launching dozens with the people I'd go on to co-found WindBorne with.
Today I lead product at WindBorne Systems. I'm thrilled to be working on it because it lets me fuse AI with real-world data to fight climate change.
In the era of AI, the only ingredients that matter are energy, compute, and data — and we own the dataset everyone else is missing.
Atmospheric data is the biggest missing piece to improving modern forecasts. We fuse data from our long-duration balloons with state-of-the-art AI models to produce the most accurate weather forecasts.
I love building, and I love the speed startups move.
WindBorne Systems I refuse to accept that weather is fundamentally unpredictable. With enough data, anything is possible. We fly balloons that collect the data everyone else is missing, and put it into AI weather models. As co-founder, I wear many hats but my key responsibilities focus on product and engineering.
SpaceX The Dragon 2 spacecraft ended a nine-year gap in American human spaceflight when it carried Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the International Space Station in May 2020 — the first crewed orbital launch from U.S. soil since the Space Shuttle's retirement. I worked with the Bob and Doug to engineer the interface that would let them pilot the spacecraft.
LeoLabs Picture hundreds of thousands of pieces of debris orbiting around the earth at 20,000 miles per hour. LeoLabs uses radar arrays in Texas and northern Alaska to track this debris in order to avoid catastrophic impacts like the infamous Iridium collision. As their first hire, I worked on everything orbit determination to 3d visualizations.
Stanford Space Initiative Stanford's largest project-based engineering group has published papers and set world records. As the Lead Mission Control Developer I built tools on a technical level; as Co-president I was responsible for managing over 200 members.
POWr Plugins POWr Plugins creates tools to build beautiful websites for nearly 2.5 million users across dozens of sitebuilders like Wix and Wordpress. Their first engineer, I worked there as a fullstack developer from June 2014 through December 2015, reporting directly to the CTO.
Carrotmob / The Spring Carrotmob, later known as The Spring focused on harnessing the power of consumers to fight climate change, encourage sustainability, and otherwise help the community. I interned there from January 2013 through January 2014, getting my first taste of working at a startup.
Things to take with you — résumé, LLM-friendly notes on various principles, a way to write back.
Standard one-page CV — for programs, fellowship committees, anywhere that asks.
I love nerding out about engineering, design, and of course balloons.
