Education
University of California, Berkeley2024
Bachelor's, Computer Science & Economics · GPA: 3.9
Machine Learning · Data Science · Random Processes · Graphics · Data Structures · Algorithms · Decentralized Finance · Industrial Organization · Game Theory · Financial Econ · Econometrics · Behavioral Econ · Macro Policy · Product Management
Cabin Manager of Cal Ski Team — competed in Nationals across 3 disciplines (team sponsored by Red Bull)
Experience
ChalkSan Francisco, CA
Developer Relations
March 2026 – Present- Led go-to-market for Chalk Compute, owning the launch page, technical documentation, and a suite of runnable walkthroughs.
- Authored technical and thought-leadership content driving engagement to Chalk's website.
- Designed and wrote Chalk's first OOH Campaign (Buses + Billboards).
- Represented Chalk at industry events including Snowflake Summit, AI Council, and hackathons.
- Served as Chalk's editorial backstop for technical accuracy — reviewing outbound content across marketing, sales, and engineering, and authoring competitive battlecards and sales collateral.
CoinbaseSan Francisco, CA
Backend Software Engineer, Payments
Aug 2024 – Feb 2026- Resolved ~90% of incomplete payments (~500/month) and saved ~40 ops hours/month by replacing an error-prone manual credit process with an automated BAU-aligned reprocessing flow (Go, React).
- Eliminated ~$1.1B in monthly finance reconciliation and data breaks used for external audits by implementing automated full-platform entries for funds moved manually.
- Cut payment-rail onboarding time by ~10 eng weeks with a new extensible API primitive and redirect-payment workflows; leveraged this to onboard Dutch bank partners and roll out the new flow to customers, supported by internal demos to accelerate adoption.
- Reduced stuck-payment debugging time by 40% by emitting standardized status events across all payment rails (Kafka, Ruby).
- 2nd in the Coinbase Onchain Hackathon — built a smart contract with image upload and voting to keep friends accountable (Solidity, React).
ChimeSan Francisco, CA
Product Management Intern, DSML – ML Platform
May – Aug 2023- Spearheaded development on ROI tooling saving $400K/yr by identifying ML infra inefficiencies, driving data-backed cost reduction.
- Managed cross-functional projects by conducting user interviews, aligning stakeholders, and analyzing data (Snowflake + Looker).
- Standardized feature/model deprecation process, tripling usability + adoption; drafted PRD's.
Amazon Web ServicesNew York, NY
Software Development Engineer Intern, Wickr – Android
May – Aug 2022- Conducted market research, designed and implemented live, in-line, scalable markdown rendering of text (Kotlin).
- Collaborated with Design Team to create onscreen layout designs, scope and impact (Figma).
- Ensured cross-platform consistency; drafted a comprehensive suite of unit tests.
UC Berkeley, EECSBerkeley, CA
Undergraduate Student Instructor (TA) for Designing Information Systems
Jan 2021 – Dec 2022- Directed laboratory for 80 students per semester, fostering collaboration and adapting to varied strengths.
- Assessed student performance on technical projects, providing guidance and feedback (NumPy, Pandas, Python).
- Managed 6 Academic Student Employees per semester, optimizing contributions to support teaching goals.
Fossil Free California, UC BerkeleyBerkeley, CA
URAP Undergraduate Researcher, Fossil Fuel Divestment
Aug 2021 – May 2022- Analyzed economic risks of fossil fuel investments, delivering data-driven divestment insights (SQL).
- Created visualizations and models to forecast impacts, guiding strategic decision-making (MatPlotLib, Seaborn, Excel).