I am a composer, software engineer, and writer based in New York City, USA.

I live with a human (cellist & music theorist) and three cats (not cellists or music theorists). My contact information is available here.

Music Composition

I study music composition under Conrad Cummings and am working towards a Certificate in Music Composition at Juilliard Extension. (Looking for a formal composer bio?)

You can listen to my music on Bandcamp, Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Tidal, Deezer, and other streaming platforms. I also invite you to browse the list of my compositions, which comes with scores, recordings, and more.

Here are my most recent albums:

Here are the upcoming performances of my music:

Software Engineering

I am a member of Meta’s Reliability Foundation (formerly known as Web Foundation), the team responsible for the overall reliability of the company’s business-critical product offerings. I tackle technical, operational, cultural, and organizational problems across the company, with a focus on infrastructure reliability.

Previously, I focused on improving AI training reliability end-to-end across all major production ML training stacks at Meta. Before that, I worked at Amazon Web Services.

I tend to work on technical problems with high organizational complexity and have a consistent track record of bridging gaps between business needs and technical solutions in ambiguous problem spaces.

While I did code as a kid, I am primarily a mathematician by training with a focus on harmonic analysis, having received my undergraduate education at Rutgers University (highest honors in mathematics) and graduate education at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (PhD dropout).

My mathematics work overlapped with theoretical computer science just barely enough for me to be able to read computer science papers and ask dumb questions, which has been useful over the years.

Writing

I specialize in expository writing, making technical subjects accessible to both general and expert audiences alike. Most of my current writing is behind the corporate walls, but you can check out my published writings here.

Previously, I was a AAAS Mass Media Science & Engineering Fellow (MMF) at the National Public Radio (NPR) Science Desk, and have written for New Scientist, NPR, Quanta Magazine, WIRED, and other publications. In addition, I have done science and engineering research public relations work for various university and corporate laboratories.

Outside of my own writing, I have done a fair amount of business and technical writing coaching in corporate settings, e.g., through Amazon’s Doc Bar Raisers program. I have also been a fellowship application reviewer for the AAAS MMF program since 2017.

In terms of formal training, I studied public writing (under Tunku Varadarajan) at New York University and philosophical & creative writing at Rutgers University. I also worked on a substantial number of mathematical writing projects, including an expository thesis and lecture notes for various classes and research seminars.

Here are my latest blog posts: