Role: Co-founder & CTO

Location: San Francisco, CA

Background

I live in San Francisco with my wife and better two-thirds, Ana. We have a dog, Luca, who is a world-class napper and a pretty good companion too.

I was a math major (nerd alert 🚨) at Princeton University and started my Master’s in electrical engineering at Stanford before dropping out to join Nest as a software engineer when its “office” was a garage in Palo Alto. I grew with the company from the garage days through acquisition by Google. I returned to startup life in 2018 as the VP of Software for a startup that exited with an acquisition. Now I’m building Fay 🙂

My favorite meals

• Italian: Ana and I make a mean bucatini all’amatriciana and keep trying new pasta recipes
• Japanese: We host DIY hand roll sushi dinners at our apartment
• Mexican: I’m a street taco guy and breakfast tacos are my go-to weekend morning meal

What I’ve been learning about lately

• Superforecasting
• Bay Area fog patterns (ask me about my satellite imagery analysis)
• The human metabolism

My Superpowers (things I’m really good at…)

1. Understanding someone else’s point of view
2. Keeping calm in the midst of chaos
3. Picking up skills outside of my formal education and work background

What Makes Me Feel...

What do people sometimes misunderstand about me that I want to clarify?