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.
Checking out the flightline at Placerville Airport, CA