EDUCATION
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Degree Awarded: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Field Of Study: Media Arts & Sciences
Dates attended: 1999 – 2004
Activities and Societies: Student leader and organizer of the MIThril wearable computing project. Toshiba Fellow.
Worked with Professor Alex "Sandy" Pentland as part of the Human Dynamics group at the MIT Media Lab. Ph.D. dissertation on "The Memory Glasses" real-time wearable memory support system.
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Degree Awarded: Master of Science (M.S.)
Field Of Study: Media Arts & Sciences
Dates attended: 1997 – 1999
Worked with Professor John Maeda as part of the Aesthetics and Computation Group at the MIT Media Lab, developed “Sol,” a novel programming language for computational graphic design.
Texas A&M University
Field Of Study: Visualization Science
Dates attended: 1994 – 1997
Worked with Professor Donald House of the Visualization Science Program in the College of Architecture. Completed most requirements for M.S. in Visualization science, but left for MIT before degree was granted. Wrote and defended a thesis on a novel dynamics constraints approximation algorithm for computer animation applications.
B.E.D, Texas A&M University
Degree Awarded: Baccalaureate of Environmental Design (B.E.D.)
Fields Of Study: Architecture, Anthropology, Physics
Dates attended: 1989 – 1994
Activities and Societies: Tau Sigma Delta, the architecture honor society
EMPLOYMENT
Founder, Hypersolve Consulting
Company Name: HyperSolve Consulting
Dates Employed: Nov 2018 – Present
Employment Duration: 2 yrs 6 mos
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
HyperSolve creates value for clients and partners by solving organizational design, innovation culture, and technical leadership challenges.
With experience ranging from technology startups to Fortune 100 executive leadership, from consumer electronics to climate change, HyperSolve can help you imagine a better future and build the roadmap to get there.
Co-founder, Head of Venture Production, Kei.Ventures
Company Name: Kei.Ventures (formerly KVB)
Dates Employed: Feb 2019 – Present
Employment Duration: 2 yrs 2 mos
Location: London, United Kingdom
Kei.Ventures: making the impossible inevitable.
Kei.Ventures builds technology companies in collaboration with major global industries to solve their biggest problems. We combine aspects of a traditional venture capital fund with targeted venture production, major industry partnerships, and access to a unique pool of international talent.
Innovation Leader, Director of Engineering, Google/Alphabet/X, the Moonshot Factory
Company Name: Google/Alphabet
Dates Employed: Jun 2011 – Oct 2018
Employment Duration: 7 yrs 5 mos
Lead early-stage innovation efforts at Google [X], now X, the Moonshot Factory
Title: Rapid Evaluation Team Lead
Dates Employed: Jul 2013 – Dec 2017
Employment Duration: 4 yrs 6 mos
Location: Mountain View, CA
Leadership of Google [x] special projects team that generates, evaluates, prototypes, and tests potential moonshots. Responsible for promoting fail-fast culture inside Google [x] and developing new Google [x] projects.
Title: Director of Rapid Evaluation and Mad Science
Dates Employed: Jun 2011 – Oct 2018
Employment Duration: 7 yrs 5 mos
Location: Mountain View, CA
Senior Prototype Scientist, Apple
Company Name: Apple
Dates Employed: Jan 2010 – Jun 2011
Employment Duration: 1 yr 6 mos
Investigation and rapid prototyping of new technologies and features across Apple's product line.
Founder, CEO, and President, AWare Technologies
Company Name: AWare Technologies
Dates Employed: Jan 2004 – Jan 2010
Employment Duration: 6 yrs 1 mo
Location: Cambridge, MA