I like to build stuff.

I am a computer engineer with looking to work with a multidisciplinary team to make cool things.

I went to school for Computer Engineering, but I enjoy working on all parts of the engineering process. I like working on projects where electrical, mechanical, and software components come together.

​In my senior project at NCSU, my team needed some 3D printed parts. None of the electrical and computer engineers on my team knew how to CAD, so I volunteered to learn SolidWorks. In a few weeks I knew enough to design the parts we needed and get them 3D printed in the university makerspace. 

​After getting my feet wet with this school project, I was hooked. I've designed dozens of 3D models for use around my home and in my garage, several of which can be seen on my Thingiverse page. I have a 3D printer at home that I use constantly, and my most recent project is a 4'x4' CNC machine that I built in my garage.

I like improving efficiency. ​While working as an Applications Engineer at Dialog Semiconductor in Silicon Valley, part of my job was to generate custom circuitry using our configurable mixed-signal GreenPAK chips and then document those designs in a custom datasheet. My team spent at least half an hour per day generating these datasheets, and when I was hired, a lot of the information was manually typed into a word document.

​I volunteered to figure out a better way to automate the process. Over a few months (during my down time at work) I wrote a C# application that parsed through an XML file containing configuration data, queried a database to retrieve silicon characterization data, and dumped the important information into a Microsoft Word template. This improvement to our workflow saved each member of my team at least 30 minutes per day of pure data entry.

Hardware Security Engineer, Jan 2021 - Present

• Conduct hardware and firmware security validation on Cisco products, identifying attack vectors and partnering with development teams to drive remediation before release

• Built Python automations to parse integration test logs, reducing manual review time and improving consistency of security test interpretation

• Partnered with firmware and hardware teams to close security findings and achieve compliance with internal security baselines prior to product release

• Managed hardware security lab operations (budgeting, asset procurement, networking) and designed testbench PCBs to accelerate validation workflows

• Drove adoption of AI-assisted development in VS Code across the team, improving scripting productivity and mentoring engineers on effective LLM workflows

• Performed board-level rework on development hardware to enable security testing and validation

Education Development Engineer, Jun 2018 - May 2020

• Spearheaded development of a scaled-down server training platform (3D modeling, PCB design, Python), as a hands-on lab aid for global technical support

• Delivered dozens of technical training courses for global support teams on data center products and troubleshooting workflows

• Hired and managed a summer technical intern to support software development on the training platform

Applications Engineer, Jul 2015 - Jun 2018

• Designed custom low-power analog and digital circuits for Fortune 500 clients

• Bench-tested designs, built prototype PCBs, and wrote microcontroller validation scripts

• Built a C# tool to automate datasheet generation, saving each team member 30+ minutes per day

• Authored 15+ customer-facing application notes on mixed-signal, CPLD, and PMIC products and managed the contractor program for technical publications

B.S. Computer Engineering

May 2015

Cum Laude

CS6310: SW Architecture and Design

CS7646: Machine Learning for Trading

CS7638: AI for Robotics