Experience

Rise Gardens

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Product

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  Lead digital and physical product experience teams. Launched: - The only garden designed to grow full size plants indoors - Digital and physical experience rebrand - Version 2 of flagship product - Membership Program - Loyalty Program - 2x Accessory Products - 20x Consumable Products

• Product Manager

  • Nov 2021 - Jun 2022

  End to end UX



Maximal

• United States
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing

• Founder, General Manager

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  Hardtech Product Development at the intersection of automation, innovation and acceleration. maximalproduction.com Hardtech Product Development at the intersection of automation, innovation and acceleration. maximalproduction.com



Chaya Labs, Inc.

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Founder, Product Manager

  • Sep 2017 - Oct 2020

  Now operating under Maximal. Product Development lab. Custom Artificial Intelligence, IoT, and Data solutions for your business. https://chayalabs.com Now operating under Maximal. Product Development lab. Custom Artificial Intelligence, IoT, and Data solutions for your business. https://chayalabs.com



Illinois Business Consulting

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Associate

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  Business strategy and development for: Jurassic Grill on Green Street. Best burger spot in Urbana-Champaign. Business strategy and development for: Jurassic Grill on Green Street. Best burger spot in Urbana-Champaign.



University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Student Researcher - Mobility and Fall Prevention Lab

  • Apr 2015 - Dec 2016

  Publication: Virtual reality applications in assessing the effect of anxiety on sensorimotor integration in human postural control Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7590633/ Publication: Virtual reality applications in assessing the effect of anxiety on sensorimotor integration in human postural control Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7590633/



Kofman Technologies

• Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Product Engineering Intern

  • May 2015 - Sep 2015

  Designed and developed autonomous functions for a first responder quadcopter geared towards public service agencies Link: http://kofmantechnologies.com/projects/butterfly/ Designed and developed autonomous functions for a first responder quadcopter geared towards public service agencies Link: http://kofmantechnologies.com/projects/butterfly/



The Daily Illini

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Web Developer

  • Sep 2014 - May 2015

  Developed and maintained https://dailyillini.com/salaryguide/ Developed and maintained https://dailyillini.com/salaryguide/



Illinois Robotics in Space

• Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• SLAM and Path Planning Team Member

  • Aug 2014 - May 2015

  Developed obstacle-detection and path-planning systems for IRIS-V + VI, a mining robot for submission in NASA's robotic mining competition. 1st place Systems Engineering Paper Developed obstacle-detection and path-planning systems for IRIS-V + VI, a mining robot for submission in NASA's robotic mining competition. 1st place Systems Engineering Paper



CartGrab

• Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Founder

  • Oct 2012 - Jun 2013

  Grocery delivery service for residents of Urbana-Champaign. Grocery delivery service for residents of Urbana-Champaign.