About

I grew up in Manhattan Beach, California to a family of four. My father was an engineer-turned-salesman, and my mother was a graphic designer. Aside from school, I spent my early childhood becoming a better master Lego builder, playing on warm sunny beaches, pretending to operate my own “airline”, and producing amateur films with my friends.

I attended high school at Loyola High School, a very special place in downtown Los Angeles. Loyola taught me to be a man for others, a skill that has been invaluable throughout my life thus far. I developed my passions during high school, which tended to blend technology and the arts. I was a member of the Hannon Theatre Company, working my way from construction crew member to lead sound designer. Of course I took Calculus and Physics, but the one course that I fell in love with was Computer Science.

When it came time for college, I knew I wanted to get out of California and try something different. After applying to more than a dozen schools, I decided to attend Northeastern University in Boston. Northeastern did not end up being exactly what I had hoped, so I decided to make another radical change and transfer to Rice University in Houston. I was a member of McMurtry College, the best residential college on campus. I ended up majoring in Computer Science, with some Electrical Engineering courses squeezed in between. I was lucky to have two fantastic internships at Spiceworks in Austin and Google in Pittsburgh.

I received a return offer from Google, and asked to relocate to San Francisco. Having visited the city many times as a child, I had always dreamed of living amongst its hallowed hills and eerie fog. I worked for five years in the Google SF Office as a Software Engineer for Google Cloud Platform. I have since moved on to Waymo to pursue my passions in the transportation space.

In my free time, I enjoy exploring new places: hiking in the wilderness, biking around the Bay, skiing in the mountains, and flying myself in small airplanes.

On the field at Placerville Airport (PVF) Checking out the flightline at Placerville Airport, CA