Experience

Reworkd AI (YC S23)

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founding Research Engineer

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  Building agents to automate web interaction at scale. Backed by Paul Graham, SV Angel, General Catalyst Scout, and founders of Reddit, Instacart, & Cruise. Building agents to automate web interaction at scale. Backed by Paul Graham, SV Angel, General Catalyst Scout, and founders of Reddit, Instacart, & Cruise.



Ousia

• Co-Founder & NLP Engineer

  • Aug 2022 - Jun 2023

  Built and shipped a research tool for content marketing that helps SEO writers know what to write about • Conducted applied NLP research for document clustering, information gain, and intent filtering • Built backend & infra to serve MVP to 100+ monthly active users • Worked with B2B customers paying >$25k to identify pain points & iterate on key features • Interviewed & rejected for YC S23, decided to work on something bigger, bought out by co-founder Built and shipped a research tool for content marketing that helps SEO writers know what to write about • Conducted applied NLP research for document clustering, information gain, and intent filtering • Built backend & infra to serve MVP to 100+ monthly active users • Worked with B2B customers paying >$25k to identify pain points & iterate on key features • Interviewed & rejected for YC S23, decided to work on something bigger, bought out by co-founder



Carnegie Mellon University - School of Computer Science - Language Technologies Institute

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Honors Thesis NLP Researcher

  • Jun 2022 - May 2023

  • SCS Senior Thesis: "Semantic Composition in Visually Grounded Language Models" • Exploring compositional ability in multimodal models with Paul Liang and Prof. LP Morency in Multicomp Lab • Discovered novel state-of-the-art self-supervised learning approach for vision-language compositionality

• Undergraduate NLP Researcher

  • Aug 2021 - May 2022

  • Used semantic graphs to probe neural compositional ability in LM's with Uri Alon and Prof. Graham Neubig in NeuLab



Microsoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineer Intern

  • May 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Worked on Azure Machine Learning team within AI Platform group • Fine-tuned & distilled language models for named entity recognition • Developed compute-less ML assistance tool for natural language data labeling • Worked on Azure Machine Learning team within AI Platform group • Fine-tuned & distilled language models for named entity recognition • Developed compute-less ML assistance tool for natural language data labeling



Wordcab

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• NLP Research Intern

  • Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

  • Developed discourse graph model for topic-based abstractive summarization • Researched & deployed neuro-symbolic solutions to meet customer requirements • Developed discourse graph model for topic-based abstractive summarization • Researched & deployed neuro-symbolic solutions to meet customer requirements



University of California, Santa Cruz

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate RL Researcher

  • Dec 2020 - Sep 2021

  • Optimizing grammar & reinforcement learning library under Prof. Adrian Brasoveanu • Developing RL algorithms for cognitively faithful syntax parsing

• Undergraduate NLP Researcher

  • Jan 2021 - Jul 2021

  • Training sequence classification models under Prof. Marilyn Walker and Kevin Bowden • Developing conversational NLP flows for Amazon Alexa Research Prize 2021



Intheon

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Machine Learning Research Intern

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Developing deep learning models for Brain-Computer Interfacing and NLP • Due to research confidentiality constraints, further details TBA • Intheon creates neurotech tools for research labs around the globe • Using TensorFlow, NumPy, Python, and AWS • Developing deep learning models for Brain-Computer Interfacing and NLP • Due to research confidentiality constraints, further details TBA • Intheon creates neurotech tools for research labs around the globe • Using TensorFlow, NumPy, Python, and AWS



Bunch Inc (Acquired By Uniguest)

• United States
• Software Development

• Machine Learning Engineer

  • Sep 2020 - Nov 2020

  •Implemented TensorFlow.js computer vision models in the browser •Built React web app to calculate force exertion of humans on video •Product to be deployed in gyms to replace >$20k in equipment •Implemented TensorFlow.js computer vision models in the browser •Built React web app to calculate force exertion of humans on video •Product to be deployed in gyms to replace >$20k in equipment



SapientX

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• NLP Engineer Intern

  • May 2020 - Sep 2020

  • Fine-tuned PyTorch NLP models for question answering (F1 >0.9) • Implemented neural and classical information retrieval approaches • Productionized with Flask REST API for core company product • Fine-tuned PyTorch NLP models for question answering (F1 >0.9) • Implemented neural and classical information retrieval approaches • Productionized with Flask REST API for core company product



Self Employed

• United States
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programming Tutor

  • Mar 2020 - Sep 2020

  • Teaching multiple students aged 10+ • Courses include introductory programming, web technologies, and machine learning • Technologies taught include Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Flask, React, SQLite, and PyTorch • Teaching multiple students aged 10+ • Courses include introductory programming, web technologies, and machine learning • Technologies taught include Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Flask, React, SQLite, and PyTorch



University of California, Santa Cruz

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate NLP Researcher

  • Jan 2020 - Jun 2020

  • Architected high-dimensional recurrent document regression model • Collected and cleaned >7 million textual data points from Internet • Examined relevant academic literature and wrote preprint • Research conducted under Prof. Narges Norouzi at UCSC • Architected high-dimensional recurrent document regression model • Collected and cleaned >7 million textual data points from Internet • Examined relevant academic literature and wrote preprint • Research conducted under Prof. Narges Norouzi at UCSC



Pulse Navigation

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing

• Co-Founder

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Developed Pulse Navigation's mobile app and dual wristband • Used Dart (Flutter), C++, Google Cloud Services, Bluetooth LE, microcontrollers, RF transceivers, and 3D printing • Assisted in market research, product testing, and video production in preparation for Kickstarter launch • Developed Pulse Navigation's mobile app and dual wristband • Used Dart (Flutter), C++, Google Cloud Services, Bluetooth LE, microcontrollers, RF transceivers, and 3D printing • Assisted in market research, product testing, and video production in preparation for Kickstarter launch



Quarter Zero

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fellow

  • Jul 2017 - Jun 2019

  My venture Brilliantile sold outdoor tiles that remove snow based on weather data. I developed our IoT software as well as some of our hardware. My venture Brilliantile sold outdoor tiles that remove snow based on weather data. I developed our IoT software as well as some of our hardware.



Nevaka

• United States
• Software Development

• Full Stack Web Developer

  • Jul 2018 - May 2019

  • Built React app that dynamically loads thousands of database objects • Coordinated migration from Google Realtime Database to Cloud Firestore • Integrated Google Firebase authentication • Built React app that dynamically loads thousands of database objects • Coordinated migration from Google Realtime Database to Cloud Firestore • Integrated Google Firebase authentication