Experience

Encora Therapeutics

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Jan 2018 - Present

  -FDA Breakthrough Device Designation -Venture backed neurotech startup -Endless Frontier Labs Deep Tech 2023, Creative Destruction Labs Neuro 2022, MassMedic IGNITE 2021 First Place Winner, Angeles 100 Awardee 2022, BostInno 25U25, Forbes Next 1000, MassChallenge 2020, MIT deltaV 2020, MIT Sandbox -FDA Breakthrough Device Designation -Venture backed neurotech startup -Endless Frontier Labs Deep Tech 2023, Creative Destruction Labs Neuro 2022, MassMedic IGNITE 2021 First Place Winner, Angeles 100 Awardee 2022, BostInno 25U25, Forbes Next 1000, MassChallenge 2020, MIT deltaV 2020, MIT Sandbox



Creative Destruction Lab

• Canada
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 200 - 300 Employee

• CDL-Toronto, Neuro, 2021/22 Cohort

  • Oct 2021 - Jun 2022

  -CDL is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable science and technology-based companies. -Encora joined the program as part of CDL Neuro's inaugural cohort. -I was part of mentoring sessions & discussions with leading investors, tech advisors, and entrepreneurs focusing on development strategy for our wearable neurostimulator. -CDL is a nonprofit organization that delivers an objectives-based program for massively scalable science and technology-based companies. -Encora joined the program as part of CDL Neuro's inaugural cohort. -I was part of mentoring sessions & discussions with leading investors, tech advisors, and entrepreneurs focusing on development strategy for our wearable neurostimulator.



Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher - Biomimetic Robotics Lab

  • Aug 2018 - Dec 2019

  -Thesis: "Visual Navigation for Dynamic Quadruped Robots" -Thesis: "Visual Navigation for Dynamic Quadruped Robots"



Apple

• Indonesia
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Robotics Intern - Special Projects Group

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  -Developed an internal multi-object tracking tool for validation of autonomous systems -Used OpenCV, combinatorial optimization, Linear Kalman Filtering, Unscented Kalman Filtering, and graph based image segmentation -Developed an internal multi-object tracking tool for validation of autonomous systems -Used OpenCV, combinatorial optimization, Linear Kalman Filtering, Unscented Kalman Filtering, and graph based image segmentation



Cruise Automation

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Hardware R&D Intern

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2018

  -Designed a crash test dummy of the specialized, high performance computing systems used onboard autonomous vehicles -Designed a crash test dummy of the specialized, high performance computing systems used onboard autonomous vehicles

• Research Assistant - Manipulation and Mechanisms Lab

  • Sep 2017 - Dec 2017

  -Helped write an open source software package for intuitive 3D camera calibration for computer vision based robotic manipulation under Professor Alberto Rodriguez -Helped write an open source software package for intuitive 3D camera calibration for computer vision based robotic manipulation under Professor Alberto Rodriguez



Northrop Grumman

• Airlines and Aviation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Machine Learning Intern

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  -Implemented machine learning software tools for avionics applications on the NVIDIA Jetson GPU using C/CUDA -Built ad-hoc TCP/IP ethernet network for real time transmission, plotting, and analysis of multi-sensor data streams -Implemented machine learning software tools for avionics applications on the NVIDIA Jetson GPU using C/CUDA -Built ad-hoc TCP/IP ethernet network for real time transmission, plotting, and analysis of multi-sensor data streams



MIT Media Lab - Biomechatronics Group

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 2014 - Jan 2017

  -Performed system level engineering for a running robotic exoskeleton -Designed, built, and tested a tension sensor for use in a cable-driven exoskeleton. -Characterized sensor response curves -Programmed digital amplifier gains -Performed system level engineering for a running robotic exoskeleton -Designed, built, and tested a tension sensor for use in a cable-driven exoskeleton. -Characterized sensor response curves -Programmed digital amplifier gains



NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Robotics Intern

  • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  -Developed robotic test beds to evaluate tools for sampling the surface of icy bodies, such as Europa, in search of alien life -Responsibilities spanned mechanical design, power electronics, controls, programming, and digital signal processing -Coordinated a team effort to improve an existing robotic test bed -Conducted sample acquisition experiments -Developed robotic test beds to evaluate tools for sampling the surface of icy bodies, such as Europa, in search of alien life -Responsibilities spanned mechanical design, power electronics, controls, programming, and digital signal processing -Coordinated a team effort to improve an existing robotic test bed -Conducted sample acquisition experiments



RightHand Robotics, Inc

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2016

  -Iterated on the design of the tactile Reflex TakkTile robotic hand and wrote assembly documentation. -Iterated on the design of the tactile Reflex TakkTile robotic hand and wrote assembly documentation.



Naval Research Laboratory

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Robotics Intern

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2015

  -Supported the robotic manipulation aspect of the Navy’s multi-million dollar innovative AUV program as mechanical lead. -Advised on the development of a control algorithm for the catching of fixed wing drones by a robotic arm. -Iterated on the Navy’s patented, DARPA-funded system for automated refueling of unmanned maritime vehicles. -Supported the robotic manipulation aspect of the Navy’s multi-million dollar innovative AUV program as mechanical lead. -Advised on the development of a control algorithm for the catching of fixed wing drones by a robotic arm. -Iterated on the Navy’s patented, DARPA-funded system for automated refueling of unmanned maritime vehicles.