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I love bringing new products to life, particularly physical products. I do my best work (and have the most fun) at the overlap of design and engineering. I firmly believe the best products are a result of designers understanding how to build what they are designing.
Almost all my work experience has been in startups or research studios where I have experience taking multiple ideas from 0 → 1. This has trained me to handle ambiguity, limited resources, and figuring a lot of things out on my own.
Skills
Software Prototyping
Physical Prototyping
Languages
Experience
Product Designer | Tasker AI | San Francisco, CA | 2024 - 2025
Led hardware design for a new AI personal assistant — backed by Y Combinator and Multicoin Capital
Founding Designer | Axon Acuity | Remote | 2023 - 2024
Designed 0 → 1 software for hospital nurses to see patient acuity — was demoed to Duke, Adventist, and others
Design Researcher | Homeware Lab | Vancouver, BC | 2019 - 2022
Explored tangible computing, slow technology, and the Internet of Things — published research at CHI and DIS
Shop Technician | Solid Space Lab | Vancouver, BC | 2019 - 2021
Operated laser cutters, 3D printers, and various wood shop equipment
Co-Instructor | School of Interactive Arts + Technology at Simon Fraser University | Vancouver, BC | 2018 - 2019
IAT 333 Interaction Design Methods and IAT 336 Materials in Design
iOS Engineer (intern) | Tilt (acquired by Airbnb) | San Francisco, CA | 2016
Shipped features in Objective-C and Swift
iOS Engineer (intern) | USA Today | Tysons Corner, VA | 2014
Developed in Objective-C
YouTuber / Founder | Mac and Computer Help | 2008 - 2014
Created tutorials on Mac and Objective-C — over 17,000 subscribers and 5 million views
Education
Simon Fraser University | School of Interaction Arts + Technology | Vancouver, BC | 2018 - 2022
M.Sc. Human-Computer Interaction
• Design Researcher in Everyday Design Studio and Homeware Lab
• Thesis: Using Personal Location History Data to Design Products for Reminiscence
Virginia Tech | School of Engineering | Blacksburg, VA | 2013 - 2017
B.S. Computer Science | Minors: Industrial Design, Math
• VT Entrepreneur Club president (‘14-’16) | VTHacks founding organizer (‘14) | Entrepreneurship Dorm mentor (‘15-’17)
2025 Learning Goals
Memorable, LLC
Launching a startup to sell some of the hardware designs I’ve made over the past few years
SwiftUI
Learning SwiftUI while I ramp back up on iOS development
Digital Painting
Taking a summer online course on digital painting in Photoshop