1. Intro
My Story
I grew up in the Seattle area, which meant airplanes were always part of the sky I looked up at. From the time I was young, I couldn't let go of one question:
How does something that massive, that heavy, made of metal, actually leave the ground and fly?
Most people stop wondering about it. I never did. That wonder is what pulled me into engineering, and it's still with me every day. Now I work on the 737 MAX at Boeing, testing and validating the systems that guide these aircraft through the sky. The planes I once watched pass overhead as a kid are the ones I help send safely into the air today. I still find that a little hard to believe.
Stanford University Graduate
I earned my B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University, with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence and a minor in Management Science and Engineering. That foundation in computer science is what I draw on now in my work validating flight software, where understanding how a system behaves at the level of its logic matters.
My Research Projects
Through my projects at Stanford, I worked where computer science meets aviation, from computer-vision aircraft tracking to a Kalman-filtering flight-stability backup. My work also spans machine learning and mobile development.
Professional Experience
After a cloud engineering internship at VMware and technical project management at AT&T, where I picked up networking and network engineering, a Hoover Institution fellowship grounded me in the policy behind emerging tech. At Boeing, I originally worked on the Onboard Network System (ONS) for the 777X, 737 MAX, and 787 Dreamliner before my current role as an avionics design engineer on the 737 MAX Flight Management System.
