I design environments for humans to co-reason with intelligence and research the AI that drives them. The hardest problems demand clarity under chaos. The next frontier isn't smarter AI. It's radically fluid interfaces where humans and machines think and decide together. I experimented with these at Palantir, NASA, and Gallatin AI. I'm a Contrary and 8VC Fellow, studying CS & Neuroscience at UCI.
Previously, I won 15 hackathons including the world's largest AI hackathon, built 911 dispatch agents at Berkeley Skydeck, ran the largest U.S. designathon, prototyped spacesuit displays with NASA, and presented lunar route-planning simulations to the European Space Agency.
As a kid I built cardboard claw machines and sold handmade clothes in my living room. Augmenting perception and beauty felt like alchemy. Henceforth, I made it my life's mission to master (and elevate) the art of human experience.
You can find me sampling cortados at coffee shops, writing, or lingering on a portrait at a museum. My favorite painting is the Blue Boy. Grew up in Orange County with short stints in DC and LA.
Past life
Product Designer @ Gallatin AI
Fall 2024
Explainable AI for battlefield logistics. Built interface tracing data sources and exposing model reasoning behind resupply forecasts. New UI primitive adopted across the platform. Collaborated closely with military logisticians. First design intern.
Product Designer @ Palantir
Summer 2024
Designed V1 of intelligence analysis system to surface hidden dependencies across nodes and visualize cascading effects. Proposed V1 of entity-based knowledge sharing system in simulation platform. Deployed in active combat and used by 2,000 government officials.
Founding a Research Lab
2025
Built simulation software for adaptive navigation and route planning on the lunar surface. First author of a paper presented to the European Space Agency at the MIT Space CHI conference in Germany. $20,000 in funding from the UCI CS department.
Product Designer @ NASA SUITS
2024 - 2025
Started first NASA SUITS team at UCI. Presented to Astronauts and Flight Director. Designed and programmed HMD display on XR glasses + task workflows for lunar surface operations (e.g. geological sampling, navigation, surfacing procedures). Underwent simulation testing at NASA JSC.
Research Fellow @ Contrary
2024 - 2025
Wrote 4 startup investment memos for firm creating more than $10 billion in value through companies like Ramp and Anduril. Published to over 100,000 subscribers.
Co-Founder @ Dispatch AI (Skydeck 24')
2024
$68,000 in funding. Solo designer. Built V1 of triage system for non-emergency 911 calls and interaction workflow with AI Dispatch agents. Worked with dispatchers and police chiefs across the U.S.
Project Manager @ NASA L'SPACE
2024
Managed a 14 person student team. Co-authored a 244 page preliminary design review for landing a semi-autonomous rover on the lunar south poles.
Director @ UCI Designathon
2023 - 2025
Largest in-person Designathon in the United States. Scaled from 1 person to a 40 member team. Raised $20,000 in funding from Figma and Notion. Put on every hat.