Professional background

Experience, research, and education

A concise record of the organizations, teams, research, and systems that have shaped my work in AI, robotics, and computer vision.

Experience

Jun 2026 to Present
Field CTO · Physical AI & Robotics
Nebius
Co-leading Physical AI across product strategy, engineering, customer discovery, and field delivery for a robotics infrastructure platform.
Sep 2021 to Jun 2026
Director of AI/ML
Zeitview
Grew the AI department from zero to 13 people, established its operating model, and owned AI product, engineering, perception, and autonomy strategy across five business verticals.
May 2021 to Present
Co-Founder
GammaEdge LLC
Founded and grew a real-time options analytics platform serving more than 200,000 daily requests.
Aug 2025 to Present
Strategic AI Advisor
Strike Coach
Advising leadership on AI strategy and scalable growth.
Jan 2020 to Aug 2021
Lead Machine Learning Engineer
Kespry
Led machine-learning platform and computer-vision development for residential and industrial inspection.
Jul 2019 to Jan 2020
Senior Data Scientist
Booz Allen Hamilton
Conducted applied research in image steganography detection, purification, and adversarial robustness.
May 2018 to Jun 2019
Artificial Intelligence Developer
Plus One Robotics
Led computer-vision integration for robotic manipulation, including pick-point detection and place verification.
Feb 2013 to May 2019
Undergraduate & Graduate Research Assistant
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Conducted robotics and controls research in UAV and UGV obstacle avoidance, multi-robot formation control, and cloud robotic networks.

2016 to 2019
PhD, Electrical Engineering
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Control Systems · GPA 3.95
2012 to 2016
BS, Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at San Antonio
GPA 3.6

More than 20 research publications and four patents across robotics, computer vision, and multi-agent systems.