Resume
My professional experience, education, and skills
Work Experience
CEO & Co-Founder
Mango Health (Y-Combinator: W24 Batch)
Nov 2022 - Present
- Scaled a mental health platform enabling 1,400+ individuals to start therapy with human therapists or AI-powered assistants, focusing on OCD treatment
- Designed and built the MVP and early app iterations on Next.js, PostgreSQL, and Heroku, integrating custom LLM assistants for backend data management and user interactions
- Raised $1.3M in seed funding and led product development from concept to deployment
Software Engineer, Meta
Facebook App, News Tab (Native Templates/PHP)
Sept 2020 - Nov 2022
- "See Less Negative News" Control - Led PM, design, cross-functional approval; empowers users to remove polarizing feed content. Currently activated by 3M+ people in the United States.
- Led development of 10+ front-end projects, including creator branding (profile sheet, news context, verified checkmarks), a news summary unit, user controls, and integrity projects (stopping malicious actors/bots)
- Mentored 3 new grad hires and 2 industry hires, onboarding them to Meta and our team. Also participated in the interview process 15+ times as a loop guide, recruiting partner, and through successful sell calls.
Messenger App, Video Chat (iOS Objective-C)
- Technical POC for VC new entry-point - Led execution, experiment setup, metric reports, iteration, launch.
Software Engineering Intern, Capital One
June - August 2019
- Designed and built a full-stack network automation application from scratch for Capital One's proxy servers
- Saved approx. 200 hrs of work per year, utilizing NodeJS, Python, PostgreSQL, and Docker
Education
Princeton University
Computer Science Major, Entrepreneurship Minor
Graduation June 2020
Cumulative GPA: 3.588
Coursework: PHP, Java, C, Python, Swift, AngularJS, ReactJS, GitHub, PostgreSQL, HTML/CSS, Verilog.
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Visiting Student
January - May 2019
Courses: Computer Security, Reasoning & Agents (Haskell), British Politics: The Beginning of the End?
East Aurora High School
Valedictorian, Buffalo, NY
Graduation 2016
Third Place, 2015 National Gannon Programming Competition: "Reverse Resistor Calculator"
Projects
Tech Policy Research - Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy
Sept 2019 - May 2020
AI In Healthcare - Whitepaper for FDA detailing benefits + drawbacks of ML in decision-support software.
Facial Recognition in Public Safety - Recommendations to NY legislators and police chiefs on FR tech.
Nutritional Monitoring Web Application - TigerEats Inc.
August 2018 - Feb 2019
Built a web app using ReactJS, MongoDB, Flask, and Heroku that allows coaches to view a student's meal intake, make recommendations, set goals, and view dietary analytics with an intuitive, touch user interface.
Extracurriculars & Activities
Member of The Princeton Trustee Committee on Honorary Degrees
Sept 2018 - June 2020
One of two students selected to rep. the undergraduate body during the consideration of potential recipients.
Board Founder and Organizer, Cross Country Crusade 5K
2014-2021
• Founded a nonprofit organization where I regularly communicate with gov't officials, local and national sponsors, and lead a team of volunteers on race day. Have raised over $18,000 for a local cancer charity, Camp Good Days & Special Times.
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
2012 - 2016
Built "Digital Information Kiosk" for my hometown. Also elected Senior Patrol Leader - led troop.
Interests
Breakdancing, scuba diving, skiing, electric guitar, Smash Ultimate, poker, soccer, and comedy-writing.
Contact
Skills
Programming Languages
PHP, Java, C, Python, Swift
Web Technologies
AngularJS, ReactJS, HTML/CSS, Next.js
Tools & Platforms
GitHub, PostgreSQL, Heroku, MongoDB, Flask
Other
Verilog, Hardware Design