Co-founder & CTO

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 recently exited with an acquisition. And now I’m working with Sam to build 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

Get to know me a little better

It took about 20 takes to get Luca to even look in the direction of the camera for this family photo

I love to get out and ride with friends