Experience
Founding Engineer, Tavoro (2022–Present)
Built a full warehouse management system in Elixir (Phoenix, Ecto, React, GraphQL); designed complex workflows and integrated with external e-commerce and shipping systems.
Staff Software Engineer, SiriusXM + Pandora (2018–2022)
Used Elixir to prototype services and streamline data workflows; led migration to GCP and Airflow; built analytics and ML infrastructure for creators and partners; led creation of pandoracharts.com
Fellow / Engineer, Simpli.fi (2012–2018)
Developed high-throughput real-time bidding and budgeting systems in Elixir and C++; led transition to streaming architecture and modern data platforms.
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University (2012) Published research on control systems, collective behavior, and robotics; built multiple robotics testbeds. M.S., Electrical Engineering, Penn State University (2005) B.S., Electrical Engineering, Penn State University (2003)
Skills
Elixir, Phoenix, Ecto, Python, C++, GraphQL, Kafka, Postgres, GCP, Spark, React, Typescript