Ph.D. in Computer Science

Stanford University, GPA: 4.2+

I focused primarily on artificial intelligence and machine learning methods, with an emphasis on statistical machine learning and accelerating widely-used algorithms with adaptive sampling. I also completed the M.S. degree during the Ph.D.

B.S. in Mathematics, B.S. in Physics (double major)

Caltech, GPA: 4.0+

I double majored in Mathematics and Physics and graduated in the top 5% of my class (top 15 students), with Honors. I was even ranked 3rd for most of my time there!

B.A. in Mathematics, B.A. in Physics (incomplete)

Columbia University, GPA: 4.0+

While I loved Columbia and living in NYC, I transferred to Caltech after my freshman year.

Member of Technical Staff

2024-Present: OpenAI

• Under NDA. Sorry!

Software Engineer, Technical Lead - Security

2015-2017: Facebook (and Oculus)

• Technical lead of the 4-person team building ThreatExchange, Facebook’s platform for sharing cybersecurity information
• Led product and feature development through 5 major releases that grew the number of enterprise customers from 92 to 500+
• Managed 3 interns who received and accepted fulltime offers

Software Engineer and Security Researcher

2014 - 2015: Expanse (previously known as Qadium)

• Fifth fulltime employee; company was later acquired for $800MM by Palo Alto Networks
• Performed the first systematic, continuous, and Internet-scale capture and analysis of device data and security vulnerabilities
• Built backend and frontend infrastructure to help analysts understand terabytes of prostitution advertisements and uncover human trafficking
• Work indirectly led to arrests of dozens of traffickers and rescue of victims

Researcher

Summer 2013: DRW

• Supported the highest-performing traders with quantitative research
• Created valuation models for various financial instruments, such as interest rate swaps and swaptions

• In 2023, I graduated from the Computer Science Ph.D. program at Stanford University.
• In 2017, I was admitted to Stanford's Ph.D. program in Computer Science and Berkeley's Ph.D. program in EECS (among others).
• In 2015, I was admitted to MIT's Ph.D. program in Physics (among others) (I declined).
• In 2013, I graduated with Honors in the top 5% and top 15 students from Caltech, with a double major in mathematics and physics.
• In 2010, I was one of 7 transfer students accepted to Caltech.
• In 2009, I won third place in category at the Intel ISEF, an international competition for high school students.