I started tinkering with neural networks 10 years before ChatGPT.
That was 2014, at Bowdoin, where I trained them to solve CAPTCHAs. I studied math and computer science, graduated with honors, ran the International Club, and wrote in Young Leaders 3.0 about growing up through hardship.
Bowdoin College, 2011 – 2015
From intern to senior in 2 years.
Edmodo was where 60M+ teachers, students, and parents met for class. By its redesign, I was building most main features, reworking the architecture and API layer, and mentoring a junior engineer.
Edmodo, 2015 – 2017 · iOS engineer
3.2 million users, 1 iOS engineer.
Dote was an iOS-only startup with $23M raised and a team of 8. I built and owned all of iOS, shipping weekly through a full Swift and architecture rewrite at 99.99% crash-free.
I learned streaming from scratch to build Shopping Party, which pioneered live shopping: creators streamed camera, screen, and chat in sync. Shipped in 10 weeks, it drew 400+ parties in 2 weeks and press like TechCrunch.
Dote, 2017 – 2019 · Lead iOS engineer
At $100B+ in client assets, trust is
something you can’t hotfix.
As iOS lead, I set goals with our VP of Engineering and CTO and rebuilt on-call: errors fell 90% and off-hours pages 80%, and issues left for the next rotation went from constant to none, even as the rotation doubled to 14.
Over 6.5 years, I owned iOS across Investing, Cash, and the Design System, from launches like Autopilot and Stock Portfolios to rewriting the layout behind 80%+ of the app’s screens.
I defined the processes and tech-lead roles Investing and Cash still use, mentored engineers into senior and lead roles, and fostered a team culture where people helped beyond their own areas.
Wealthfront, 2019 – 2026 · Staff engineer, iOS lead
I designed the poker coach I wished I had.
I’d spent years bringing others’ designs to life and wanted to draw the first line myself. My first prototype, Seat Nine, deals real hands and coaches the thinking behind each decision.
Seat Nine, 2026 · Product design
Not every hard problem is in the code.
10+ years of leading in tech taught me the hardest moments are about people. So I’m building Oria (oriastudio.ai), an iOS app for working through hard situations and building people skills.
I own it end to end, from 1,200+ Figma screens to the SwiftUI app, built trust-first with privacy by design and model evals.
Without a team, I architected one: a self-improving system where AI agents build in parallel, check each other’s work, and turn lessons into tested guardrails.
Oria, 2026 · Founder
I run on two kinds of boba.
One comes with pearls, the other with purrs. Between cups, I’m on the pickleball court, in Zumba class, at the $3/$5 poker tables, or dealing my friends in for our Sunday home game.
Where I recharge? Porto, Portugal.
