Strategic Lead & Lead Project Coordinator — Space Generation Advisory Council Feb 2025–present
Orchestrate a portfolio of global tech initiatives, including REFRA-SOS (natural-disaster modeling using SAR data and social media analysis) and GIS-PNHRA (GIS analysis of maternal care in Kenya).
Head technical discussions for projects, e.g. leading a PyTorch-based ML team for REFRA-SOS, building a model with 20x improved latency and 90.9% accuracy over standard solutions.
Manage product lifecycles for multiple concurrent workstreams, directing cross-functional teams across 5 continents to ensure high-quality, on-time delivery.
Software Engineer II — Garmin Jan 2025–present
Deliver features used by >50M users by implementing front-end smartwatch software in C++, using proprietary Garmin tech stacks optimized for <32MB RAM operating systems.
Work on a small, high-visibility task force, contributing to system-level design discussions for company-wide processes and iterating on feedback directly from the CEO and other senior leadership.
Facilitate cross-functional collaboration with graphics and UX teams to create and iterate on front-end interfaces, turning usability feedback into technical requirements.
Direct an interdisciplinary 10-person core team alongside ~50 total contributors, overseeing production cycles and development work for an internet awards show series (1M+ views).
Lead meetings with teammates to ensure deliverables are finished on time, as well as with external clients and sponsors to manage expectations and scope.
Write high-level planning documents, status updates, and post-mortems to distill complex technical data into actionable strategic recommendations for internal and external stakeholders.
Ground Software Engineer — United Launch Alliance Jun 2023–Dec 2024
Improved NASA formal acceptance test speed by 50% by devising and coding C++ suites of hardware component simulations to satisfy NASA requirements for proprietary simulation systems.
Created and executed comprehensive test suites across gTest and proprietary scripting frameworks for new features, demonstrating them for formal customer acceptance.
Served as ground software launch operator during rocket launches, debugging critical issues under live constraints in coordination with flight software and launch system teams.
B.A. Computer Science — New York University May 2023
Minors: Mathematics, Astronomy.
Magna Cum Laude (GPA: 3.852), Presidential Honors Scholar, University Honors Scholar.