I am deeply passionate about influencing positive change in the world through innovation, strategy, technology planning, education, mentorship, and the pursuit of solutions to complex challenges in the fields of autonomy and artificial intelligence (AI), with versatile applications across diverse platforms.

My professional journey has led me to the esteemed role of Senior Principal Technologist, an executive-level engineering position, at Amazon, where I specialize in critical autonomous systems designed for safe deployment in dynamic and unstructured environments, ultimately to serve and assist people. Prior to joining Amazon, I innovated through defining technology strategy and developing algorithms while working as an aerospace engineer for two decades, adding a unique dimension to my expertise. In this role I also had the pleasure of working over a dozen missions in different technical roles before handing our products over to the customer.

My current research interests lie in innovating to achieve safe autonomy and developing ways to architect autonomous systems so that you can leverage techniques like machine learning and still verify the system. 

May 2007

M.S. Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering • Stanford University

Focus on Dynamics and Controls
Research Project: Stanford Space Systems Development Lab (April 2006 – May 2007)
Software Engineer in the development of a CubeSat (10cm cubed) Satellite to demonstrate communication functionality between 3 CubeSats

June 2000

B.S. Mathematics with Computer Science • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Focus on Artificial Intelligence, minor in Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Science
Research Project: Observational Techniques in Astronomy Lab, Re-derived the constant in Kepler’s 3rd Law of Orbital Mechanics (T ≈ Ka^3/2) by taking CCD images of Jupiter and the Galilean Satellites (Jupiter’s four inner-most moons) and analyzing the data.