Venture Scout

• Sep 2023 - Present

Collide Capital ($66M Fund I) backs a high-performing portfolio led by diverse, underrepresented founding teams who are creating solutions for the next generation. Ushering in a new era of venture capital where opportunities go to the most deserving, not the most privileged. https://www.collidecap.com/ Collide Capital ($66M Fund I) backs a high-performing portfolio led by diverse, underrepresented founding teams who are creating solutions for the next generation. Ushering in a new era of venture capital where opportunities go to the most deserving, not the most privileged. https://www.collidecap.com/

Teaching Assistant | Software Engineering

• Aug 2023 - Present

Object-Oriented Software Engineering (EN.601.421/621) - Upper-Level/Graduate CS course that teaches practical software engineering skills and system design best practices through a semester-long, team-based project of students' choosing. • Technical and product advisor for team of 6 student software engineers building a novel sports-betting platform Object-Oriented Software Engineering (EN.601.421/621) - Upper-Level/Graduate CS course that teaches practical software engineering skills and system design best practices through a semester-long, team-based project of students' choosing. • Technical and product advisor for team of 6 student software engineers building a novel sports-betting platform

Associate

• Feb 2023 - Present

Tech-focused VC ($3M AUM) investing in early stage, capital-efficient companies with ties to Johns Hopkins. Deals led and/or dilligenced: - Arkifi, $10M Seed Extension (backed by Khosla Ventures, Soma Capital, Nyca Partners) - Tunnel, $750K Seed (backed by Neo) - Cofertility, $2.75M Seed Plus (backed by Initialized Capital, Offline Ventures) Unicorns: -Elemy, $219M Series B placing valuation at $1.15B (https://www.elemy.com/) Portfolio Exits: -KITT.AI… Show more Tech-focused VC ($3M AUM) investing in early stage, capital-efficient companies with ties to Johns Hopkins. Deals led and/or dilligenced: - Arkifi, $10M Seed Extension (backed by Khosla Ventures, Soma Capital, Nyca Partners) - Tunnel, $750K Seed (backed by Neo) - Cofertility, $2.75M Seed Plus (backed by Initialized Capital, Offline Ventures) Unicorns: -Elemy, $219M Series B placing valuation at $1.15B (https://www.elemy.com/) Portfolio Exits: -KITT.AI, acquired by Baidu (http://kitt.ai/) -Birdi, acquired by Luma (http://birdihome.com/) -Tueo Health, acquired by Apple -Progressly, acquired by Box (https://progressly.com) -WiseBanyan, acquired by Axos Financial (https://wisebanyan.com) alevelcapital.com/portfolio Show less Tech-focused VC ($3M AUM) investing in early stage, capital-efficient companies with ties to Johns Hopkins. Deals led and/or dilligenced: - Arkifi, $10M Seed Extension (backed by Khosla Ventures, Soma Capital, Nyca Partners) - Tunnel, $750K Seed (backed by Neo) - Cofertility, $2.75M Seed Plus (backed by Initialized Capital, Offline Ventures) Unicorns: -Elemy, $219M Series B placing valuation at $1.15B (https://www.elemy.com/) Portfolio Exits: -KITT.AI… Show more Tech-focused VC ($3M AUM) investing in early stage, capital-efficient companies with ties to Johns Hopkins. Deals led and/or dilligenced: - Arkifi, $10M Seed Extension (backed by Khosla Ventures, Soma Capital, Nyca Partners) - Tunnel, $750K Seed (backed by Neo) - Cofertility, $2.75M Seed Plus (backed by Initialized Capital, Offline Ventures) Unicorns: -Elemy, $219M Series B placing valuation at $1.15B (https://www.elemy.com/) Portfolio Exits: -KITT.AI, acquired by Baidu (http://kitt.ai/) -Birdi, acquired by Luma (http://birdihome.com/) -Tueo Health, acquired by Apple -Progressly, acquired by Box (https://progressly.com) -WiseBanyan, acquired by Axos Financial (https://wisebanyan.com) alevelcapital.com/portfolio Show less

Software Development Engineer

• May 2023 - Aug 2023

• Built platform-level dev tools to unify the AWS Console experience • Built platform-level dev tools to unify the AWS Console experience

Software Engineer

• Oct 2022 - Apr 2023

Software & Product @ CourseChat

• 2023 - 2023

• Built 0-1 MVP of an AI teaching assistant for lower-level JHU CS courses that provides 24/7 live support to students and observability tooling for professors and TAs. • Designed ML infra and tooling from ground-up using high-dimensional vector embeddings and retrieval-augmented generation techniques on cleaned datasets of past course forums, student-TA interactions, and lecture notes • Iterated on feedback from 10+ teaching assistants and resolved prod-facing bugs • Funded by… Show more • Built 0-1 MVP of an AI teaching assistant for lower-level JHU CS courses that provides 24/7 live support to students and observability tooling for professors and TAs. • Designed ML infra and tooling from ground-up using high-dimensional vector embeddings and retrieval-augmented generation techniques on cleaned datasets of past course forums, student-TA interactions, and lecture notes • Iterated on feedback from 10+ teaching assistants and resolved prod-facing bugs • Funded by research award from JHU Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation Show less • Built 0-1 MVP of an AI teaching assistant for lower-level JHU CS courses that provides 24/7 live support to students and observability tooling for professors and TAs. • Designed ML infra and tooling from ground-up using high-dimensional vector embeddings and retrieval-augmented generation techniques on cleaned datasets of past course forums, student-TA interactions, and lecture notes • Iterated on feedback from 10+ teaching assistants and resolved prod-facing bugs • Funded by… Show more • Built 0-1 MVP of an AI teaching assistant for lower-level JHU CS courses that provides 24/7 live support to students and observability tooling for professors and TAs. • Designed ML infra and tooling from ground-up using high-dimensional vector embeddings and retrieval-augmented generation techniques on cleaned datasets of past course forums, student-TA interactions, and lecture notes • Iterated on feedback from 10+ teaching assistants and resolved prod-facing bugs • Funded by research award from JHU Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation Show less

Software Engineer

• Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

• Cloud data migration and dev tools. • Cloud data migration and dev tools.

Summer PURA Research Fellow

• Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

• ML-enabled autonomous drones.

Undergraduate Researcher

• Jan 2022 - Aug 2022

• Supervised by Dr. Gregory Falco under the Institute for Assured Autonomy (IAA).

Software Engineer

• Dec 2021 - Feb 2022

Software Engineer @ Hourly

• 2022 - 2022

• Refactored and launched Hourly, an end-to-end platform for creating, managing, and booking office hours at Johns Hopkins University. • Part of core developer team from June 2022 - June 2023 • Refactored and launched Hourly, an end-to-end platform for creating, managing, and booking office hours at Johns Hopkins University. • Part of core developer team from June 2022 - June 2023

Summer Analyst

• Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

Growth Intern

• Aug 2020 - Nov 2020

Business Development Intern

• Dec 2019 - Jan 2020