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Résumé

A decade of shipping physical products.

01

Experience

Product Design Engineer, Reality Labs · Meta
Nov 2021 – Present

Working on the neural band program at Reality Labs.

Mechanical Engineer · Bigfoot Biomedical
Jan 2019 – Nov 2021 · San Francisco Bay Area

Lead mechanical engineer taking Bigfoot Unity — a smart insulin pen management system — from early prototype build through EVT, DVT, FDA approval, and commercial launch. The Bigfoot Unity business was acquired by Abbott in 2023.

Product Design Engineering, Mechanical Engineer II · Comcast
Feb 2017 – Jan 2019 · Philadelphia, PA

Designed, 3D-modeled, and prototyped devices across a diverse product line: connected doorbell, keypad, camera, gateway, door/window sensors, home security hub, set-top boxes, and WiFi extenders — plus the X1 voice remote program, tens of millions of units shipped.

Mechanical Engineering Intern · Comcast
Summer 2016 · Philadelphia, PA

Summer internship on the hardware engineering team — returned full-time after graduating that December.

B.S.E. & M.S.E., Mechanical Engineering · University of Pennsylvania
2012 – 2016

Sub-matriculated into the master's program junior year. Captain, Penn Varsity Sprint Football Team.

02

Patents

US D926687 · Issued Aug 3, 2021 Rotating Ground Prong Anchor
US 20220339367 A1 · Filed Apr 22, 2022 Insulin delivery and data collection systems and methods
US 20220105282 A1 · Filed Sep 28, 2021 Injection site determination systems and methods
03

Skills

Engineering

  • Mechanical design & mechanism design
  • Design for manufacturing (DFM)
  • Rapid prototyping & 3D printing
  • Tolerance analysis
  • Consumer electronics enclosures
  • Factory liaison & mass production

Tools

  • SolidWorks
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