About Me

I’m a robotics engineer and software engineer passionate about building scalable solutions and solving complex technical problems. Growing up, my love of building with LEGOs led me to FIRST Lego League and FIRST Robotics Competition, which sparked a lifelong passion for robotics. I earned two undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, plus a Master’s in Robotics from Oregon State University, where I conducted research on human-robot interaction and assistive wheelchairs.

Most recently I was an Advanced Robotics Engineer at Zebra Technologies (formerly Fetch Robotics), where I spent over four years on autonomous mobile robots. I led the fixes that took one 200-robot customer from about 2,000 mislocalizations a month to 3, designed a command-arbitration safety layer with engineers who helped write the R15.08 standard, and was technical product owner for a system that shares floor maps across a whole fleet. Before that, I was an AI Research Engineer at Google Brain (now Google DeepMind), building shared robotics infrastructure that let six research projects run on three hardware platforms.

After Zebra’s robotics business unit closed, I took a career break to focus on AI safety, especially for robots and AI agents. I completed BlueDot Impact’s Future of AI course, joined AI safety reading groups, and have been building embodied AI projects at hackathons, like a robot that reminds people to take their medication and uses a vision-language model to check the pill and dose.

Beyond robotics, I’m interested in LLMs/Deep Learning, cybersecurity, and product design and development. I’m passionate about using novel and emerging technologies to create positive impact in the world.

Outside of work, I enjoy traveling, Ballroom, West Coast Swing Dancing, DIY Projects, hiking, video games, reading, and cooking.

The best way to reach me is on LinkedIn.