2012 · Olin College · Needham, MA
Engineering is a team sport.
I started my undergrad at Olin College, a small engineering school built on the theory that engineering is a team sport and that you may as well start practicing on day one. Hands-on, spiral learning led to countless memorable projects (ask me about “poop monkey” if you want a good story) and three lessons that stuck:
- Lifelong learning. Fail early and often, and learn quickly from your mistakes.
- Committed teams. Solving hard technical problems takes a team that's all the way in.
- Openness to change. Stay open to change even when it brings inconvenience, inefficiency, and the risk of failure, because it also brings the best and most innovative solutions.
2016 · Ivani
Capstone → Firmware Engineer → Technical Team Lead.
I completed my senior capstone with Ivani and graduated from Olin. The capstone brief was broad: find unique applications for low-power wireless mesh. We landed on a smart outlet cover for hospital building management. In one year we researched the market, built a working prototype, and filed a patent that was later granted.
I joined full time as a firmware engineer just as the company came out of stealth. A startup founded by Olin alumni, working on cutting-edge wireless sensing, was a dream opportunity.
2019 · Ivani · St. Louis, MO
Engineering Manager.
As the technology and the partnerships solidified and the engineering team grew, I was one of two technical leads promoted into management. I kept writing technical requirements and setting direction for the engineering team, and I also began reporting directly to the CTO, helping set company direction and strategy.
2020 · Wharton Business School
Leadership & Management Certificate.
I took the Wharton certificate because I wanted to build on my management skills. The course confirmed a lot of my gut instincts and gave me the vocabulary for why they work.
2021 · Cornell
Systems Design Certificate.
I took the Cornell course to strengthen my systems design skills and get more rigorous about how I scope and plan projects through practical tools like context diagrams, risk analysis, and decision matrices.
2025 · sensify launches globally
I was the technical lead on the partnership behind the launch, which meant repeated trips out to our partner's HQ, working alongside their engineering team on integration, designing tests for real-world conditions, and building the beta launch plan. When sensify™ finally reached the public, it was a milestone for Ivani and for everyone who spent years getting it there.
See how sensify works ↑
2026 · The Moonshot Factory
Breakthrough Innovation Strategy Certificate.
The Moonshot Factory course built out a framework for what I'd been doing for years. The core idea lined up with how I already operated: find the thing that would sink the project, test it first, and let that answer decide what comes next.
What comes next
Where the arrow points.
Continuing to push the envelope as an engineering manager at Ivani, adapting to the new AI frontier, and building things that matter.
