Experience

Shaper

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Embedded Software Engineer

  • Nov 2023 - Present

  San Francisco, California, United States Firmware tech lead helping to create innovative wood working machines



Thistle Technologies

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Oct 2021 - Oct 2023

  San Francisco, California, United States As the first embedded engineer and second software engineer at Thistle Technologies, I have been instrumental in developing and implementing embedded systems software to secure IoT and connected devices. Responsibilities: * Embedded Systems Development: Built an A/B update client and associated release management tools in Rust, integrated with various platforms (Linux, MacOS, Windows, UBoot). Ensured the reliability, resilience, and security expected from a robust update… Show more As the first embedded engineer and second software engineer at Thistle Technologies, I have been instrumental in developing and implementing embedded systems software to secure IoT and connected devices. Responsibilities: * Embedded Systems Development: Built an A/B update client and associated release management tools in Rust, integrated with various platforms (Linux, MacOS, Windows, UBoot). Ensured the reliability, resilience, and security expected from a robust update mechanism. * MCU Update SDK Design: Solely developed an A/B MCU update SDK for ZephyrOS and MCUBoot, and the associated release management tooling * Team Collaboration: Fostered alignment with the Backend and UI team, enhancing collaboration and product cohesion. * Investor Relations & Demos: Acted as the technical lead during initial investor calls and product demos, showcasing Thistle's commitment to IoT security. Show less



June (Acquired by Weber, Inc.)

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Aug 2016 - Nov 2021

  San Francisco Bay Area I have helped see eight different products go from initial R&D / prototype phase to mass production. In addition to my software contributions, I take pride in working with other teams (electrical, mechanical, culinary) to help quickly prototype new solutions and vet ideas. I am not afraid to get in-front of our customers to help troubleshoot nefarious issues. During my time at June, I have worn many hats. Depending on the week, I will be doing new board bringup, writing device drivers… Show more I have helped see eight different products go from initial R&D / prototype phase to mass production. In addition to my software contributions, I take pride in working with other teams (electrical, mechanical, culinary) to help quickly prototype new solutions and vet ideas. I am not afraid to get in-front of our customers to help troubleshoot nefarious issues. During my time at June, I have worn many hats. Depending on the week, I will be doing new board bringup, writing device drivers, working on our bootloader / OTA pipeline, RTOS / kernel level development, power-management, etc. I own and have architected the majority of the manufacturing test software we release to our partners to help them manufacture our products. This software suite consists of everything from the software to flash the PCBs to the board-level tests to ensure the PCB is working. I have a proven track-record of working alongside our partners to help optimize their process for throughput while ensuring adequate test coverage. Show less



Motiv Power Systems

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Embedded Systems Software Engineer

  • Nov 2013 - Aug 2016

  Foster City, California Part of a team of four core developers that successfully shipped the first all-electric school bus approved for student transportation and the first all-electric garbage truck in the United States Responsible for the implementation of safety critical algorithms in C, control system tuning, board bring up, creating diagnostic tools in Python, and other multi-disciplinary tasks to bring our vehicles to market Software lead for driver development and board-bringup for a PCB capable… Show more Part of a team of four core developers that successfully shipped the first all-electric school bus approved for student transportation and the first all-electric garbage truck in the United States Responsible for the implementation of safety critical algorithms in C, control system tuning, board bring up, creating diagnostic tools in Python, and other multi-disciplinary tasks to bring our vehicles to market Software lead for driver development and board-bringup for a PCB capable of vehicle to grid (V2G) for an Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) Represented Motiv at automotive trade shows and acted as a liaison for our first customer Worked extensively with CAN and Flexray communication protocols and a number of automotive standards like J1939 and J1772 Show less



Praxis BioSciences

• Embedded Software Engineer

  • Jun 2013 - Nov 2013

  Irvine, California Designed and created a prototype bioinformatics watch. Responsible for all aspects of prototype from hardware platform choice to software stack.



Caltech

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2013 - Sep 2013

  Pasadena, California Worked closely with researchers at California Institute of Technology to design two embedded machines to help in their cognitive-neuroscience research Machines proved so successful in initial studies that they were shipped to the University of Iowa, the leading research university in this field, to conduct further neuroeconomic research



Harvey Mudd College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Senior Interviewer

  • Aug 2012 - Apr 2013

  Claremont, California Selected as one of six students to act as a representative of the HMC institution Conducted interviews of potential applicants to HMC and gave presentations of the college to visitors