Building startups &
futuristic products

Descript

Dates

Jul 2023Present

Title

Engineering Manager

Location

San Francisco, CA

Type

Hybrid | Full-time

Leads the Recorder team at Descript with eight successful projects and a team of eleven engineers. The team is building simple and smart recording tools for new media creators. Descript has raised $100m in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI, Spark, and Redpoint.

SquadCast

Dates

Nov 2016Present

Title

Co-founder, CEO, and CTO

Location

Oakland, CA

Type

Remote | Full-time

Bootstrapped successful tech startup to $4m ARR, defined the Remote Recording category, and introduced innovative features that have helped millions of content creators collaborate globally. Led a team of thirteen full-time employees, delivered 6 major product versions, and secured multiple patents. Joined forces with Descript to expand reach and empower even more creators with collaborative tools.

California Coastal Commission

Dates

Jan 2014May 2018

University of California, Berkeley

Dates

Jan 2017Jul 2017

Title

Instructor

Location

San Francisco, CA

Type

In-person | Contract

Taught students how to build web apps using React, Node.js, NoSQL, and other modern web technologies in a bootcamp environment.

Packt Publishing

Dates

Feb 2014Feb 2015

Title

Author

Location

San Francisco, CA

Type

Remote | Contract

Art Institute of California, Sacramento

Dates

20092013

Title

BS in Web Design and Development

Location

Sacramento, CA

Type

In-person | Full-time

Delta Stewardship Council

Dates

Feb 2012Dec 2012

Google Summer of Code

Dates

May 2012Aug 2012

Title

Intern

Location

Mountain View, CA

Type

Hybrid | Contract

Developed Chrome DevTools extension, which implemented the Eclipse Orion open source code editor

In-N-Out Burger

Dates

Dec 2008Mar 2010