Biography

Curriculum Vitae

Computer Science

I started my Computer Science career at California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, where I earned my BS and MS in Computer Science in 2013. My Master’s research was on micro-text classification and was done under Dr. Alexander Dekhtyar. Afterwards, I worked as a software developer on Netflix’s cloud reliability team, where I implemented my thesis, SPOONS, on Spanish tweets to support the South American release of Netflix. Next, I worked as a software developer on the Extensions Engine Team on the Google Chromium/Chrome web browser. There I designed and implemented the Native Messaging API. After my time at Google, I became a senior software developer at Gaine Solutions, where I worked on master data management and production-scale entity resolution systems. Finally, I decided to return to academia to pursue a Ph.D. in machine learning. I entered the graduate program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where I joined the LINQS Lab under Dr. Lise Getoor. In Winter of 2023, I graduated with a PhD in Computer Science from UCSC and started working as a postdoctoral researcher under Dr. Getoor.

Teaching

Teaching has always held a special place to me. I have been tutoring various subjects since middle school, and have managed over twenty clients while still in high school. When I arrived at Cal Poly, I became a tutor in the Computer Science Department’s Tutoring Center, which I eventually managed. While at Cal Poly, I graded and TA’d for various courses which culminated in becoming a graduate student instructor. After I graduated Cal Poly, I would periodically come back to lecture for various courses. While pursuing my Ph.D. at UCSC I have also had the opportunity to revamp a course, co-create a course, and supervise several students at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels.

Personal

My favorite things are programming, traveling, and going on long walks. As programming is my favorite hobby, I love to work on different side projects, many of which you can see on my my Github. Aside from programming, I love to travel and take long walks (hopefully together). I am also very interested in renewable sources of electricity. I have built my own solar collection and storage array using only reclaimed and salvaged parts. Someday, I hope to have the opportunity to build my own hydro generator.