I'm currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, working on problems in machine learning and human-computer interaction.

I was formerly the CTO at , where I led the company's engineering organization after previously holding roles in data, machine learning, and technical strategy. You can read about my experience whistleblowing to the company's board of directors.

Before Carta, I was the first Engineering Manager for Search, Learning, & Intelligence at , and the founder and CEO of , a data-driven design software startup backed by top VCs.

I hold a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University, and BS and MS degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

In a previous life, I worked at , , and , and taught at both Stanford and UC Santa Cruz. Many years before that, I graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, in Alexandria, Virginia.