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I founded Nexel, an AI platform automating compliance and back-office tasks for small businesses, securing $1M+ in VC funding from Jeff Weiner's firm (Next Play Ventures), Westbound Equity, and a group of exceptional angel investors. I built and led a multidisciplinary team of four, developed the first product version, and refined the business strategy through market research and customer feedback.
Clockwise is an AI-powered calendar assistant that helps teams by
automatically scheduling meetings and protecting time for focused work.
Joined when the company was 17 employees and helped it grow to ~100
employees by recruiting, interviewing and mentoring new teammates. I
led teams and developed key features of Clockwise's product,
including Clockwise Links,
Flexible Calendar Holds,
One-On-One Meeting Dashboard,
and integrations with Asana and Slack,
during a period of rapid user growth.
Assisted in teaching CS 221 (AI) and CS 124 (NLP), supporting 300+
students per quarter by leading discussion sections, holding office
hours, and designing/grading assignments and exams.
Discovered and analyzed new examples of "polyperceivable" audio,
revealing that over 2% of English words may exhibit this phenomenon,
as detailed in our paper Beyond Laurel/Yanny: An Autoencoder-Enabled Search for Polyperceivable Audio.
Developed prototypes to validate next generation Windows applications. Led technical strategy for Mixed Reality Avatar services, and implemented a cloud-based rendering service for Xbox avatars serving millions.
