top 1% AI talent on upwork with 100% rating in <3 mo. served 20+ startups across 4 years. top 10% yc w24 for realtime generative AI multiplayer game built from scratch (solo founder).

senior engineer at brighter.ai in berlin (jan–jun '23). scored the EU blue card.

co-founded AI biotech omic in '19. slept on floor for two years. built all major internal IP. managed 15 specialists, engineers, and interns. AI-native drug discovery platform drew advisors and leadership from the big boys. after cofounder issues, i walked from the vest.

microsoft contract out of college in '17. helped build privacy infra used by 1k+ MS service teams (office, xbox, windows, skype). on the side: studied autonomous vehicles, robotics, deep learning, and reinforcement learning. co-built a cryptocurrency in haskell. worked on computer vision models for aqi analysis. early bitcoin investor.

almost kicked out freshman year. ended up graduating cum laude in cs, taking grad-level coursework, doing ml research under jana doppa. finalist in a few hackathons.

started grappling in '23. won medals across europe, two cage wins, purple belt in <2yrs. taught at multiple gyms.

ran a few marathons. trained for first in 5 weeks, ran one in kyiv four months before russia invaded. 1,793 lifetime miles on strava.

at 170lb: barbell bench 315 (top ~5%), dumbbell bench 130/arm (top ~2%), back squat 315 (top ~40%), deadlift 405 (top ~25%).

did a year of intense mindfulness training in college.

adventured 40+ countries, 988 cities, 6 continents. wrote a program to plan my routes. solo hitchhike across winter patagonia, 1,300 miles in <3 weeks. ayahuasca in the amazon. roadtrips across america, australia, thailand, and ireland. much more.

partied as hard as i worked. "honorary sigma nu" at uw during microsoft. oktoberfest in munich. stamped at berghain, sisyphos, kitkat, tresor, katerblau.

self-taught violin, piano, guitar. joined a string quartet in college. also produced a few beats and made some NFTs.

conversational in english, german, and spanish.

like to read when i have time.

born in cali to texan parents and 4 brothers. grandfather worked on the apollo missions for boeing. moved to a farm at 12. got in lots of trouble. built weapons, forts, and explosives. jumped off cliffs. took apart electronics and collected hardware. lots of video games. almost set our house on fire at 4. made our own (terrible) short films.

child of sports: wrestling, football, baseball, basketball, soccer, and track & field.

lots of manual labor growing up — hay-baler 90hr weeks one summer. started programming at 14. busted for "hacking" in HS — used as leverage to start my school's first IT program. took college courses while in HS — aced the STEM classes. by 17, built software for a local university and for my uncle @ google.