About
Founding member of Verak Insurance (YC W21, later acquired) at age 19, followed by two years at Deutsche Bank's Chief Risk Office. At DeVC he builds the internal AI stack and supports investments across AI, devtools, and infrastructure.
Experience
- OpenAIMember of Technical Staffcurrent2026 — present
- AtlassianHead of TPM, Core Eng PaaS2023 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- MetaSenior Director, Infrastructure TPM2012 — 2023Menlo Park, CA
- GroundCntrl/bnocularCo-Founder & Advisor2010 — 2017Los Altos, CA
- PricelockVice President of Engineering2009 — 2012Redwood City
- Memeo Inc.Sr. Dir Engineering/Chief Server Architect2007 — 2009San Jose, CA
- Seagate TechnologyDirector of Engineering, Web Services2005 — 2007Sunnyvale, CA
- Mirra, Inc. (acquired by Seagate Technology)Dir Engineering/Chief Architect, Web Services2002 — 2005Sunnyvale, CA
- Weave Innovations, Inc.Co-Founder and CTO1998 — 2001Santa Clara, CA
- Intel Corp.Development Engineer1995 — 1998Santa Clara, CA
Education
- Purdue UniversityMSEE, Computer Engineering1994 — 1995
- Purdue UniversityBSEE, Electrical Engineering1990 — 1993
Skills & more
Cross-team CollaborationTeam LeadershipStrategy3SecurityHardwarePaaSCloud Computing17Software Development6Network Architecture2Product Management7System Architecture4Software Engineering9
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Agile Web DevelopmentScalabilityGlobal Network OperationsGuitarTrekkingMIDILAMP administrationTeam BuildingData CenterIT OperationsStartup DevelopmentSaaS- Leading in Crisis — LinkedIn
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Same school
Also attended Purdue University138
Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsNabeel HyattInvestor helping founders and working on AI that enables human creativity and agencyKenneth Morand, Ph.D.Life Sciences Partner at CincyTechJane CommerfordOperations at 8VCSven StrohbandInvestor at Khosla VenturesJeff PetersPartner at Ibex Investors
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Shared employers
Also worked at Atlassian38
Asanka JayasuriyaPortfolio Support at 8VCScott RubinVenture Partner at Lux CapitalBala SathiamurthyInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Kevin EganInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Tamar YehoshuaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Aileen AllenPartner at Mercury Fund
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Also worked at Meta123
TinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear VenturesMike ArpaiaComputer scientist working on machine learning and data infrastructureKevin ColleranManaging Director at Slow VenturesJon ChuInvestor at Khosla VenturesRyan ScottInvestor at Khosla VenturesDavid YangPartner at Lux Capital
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Also worked at Seagate Technology15
Mark FernandesManaging Partner at Sierra VenturesKendall BardenFund Accountant at Sierra VenturesRahul ThayyalamkandyDirector, Communications & Community at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.Jason DemantPartner & Head of Networks at GTMfundNing LiVenture Partner at Foothill VenturesMasood PirzadaCEO at Presidio Ventures
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Also worked at Intel Corp.261
Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel Capital
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