Work history

Experience

10+ years building developer communities, shipping tools, and bridging hardware and software.

    1. Information Architect and Project Lead, EDGE AI Foundation

      Feb 2026 to Present

      Leading information architecture and project management for the EDGE AI Foundation's educational platform and course content.

    2. Advisor, Developer Ecosystem | NextPCB

      Jan 2026 to Present

      Advising NextPCB on developer ecosystem strategy and community integration.

    3. Developer Relations and Community | Atym Inc.

      Sep 2025 to Present

      Developer relations, community strategy, and content for an edge containerization platform.

    4. Project Manager | OpenMV

      Sep 2025 to Present

      Project management for the OpenMV machine vision platform.

    5. Project Manager, Application Development | Beagleboard.org

      Nov 2025 to Dec 2025

      Application development project management for the BeagleBoard open hardware platform.

    6. Host of PROCEPTION Livestream | Hackster.io

      Dec 2024 to Aug 2025

      Hosted the PROCEPTION livestream series covering hardware projects and developer tools.

    7. DevRel | Pantacor

      Apr 2025 to Sep 2025

      Developer relations for a containerized Linux IoT platform.

    8. Project Manager, Website Copy Write | Source, Inc

      Apr 2025 to Aug 2025

      Website content strategy and copy for Source Network.

    9. Developer Relations and Content Creation | Thistle Technologies

      Feb 2025 to Present

      Developer content and community support for embedded security platform.

    10. Manager and Co-Host of Beyond the Wafer Livestream

      Apr 2025 to Jun 2025

      Co-hosted a hardware engineering livestream series.

    • Developer Relations
    • Community Strategy
    • Content Creation
    • DevEx

    Community admin and support across 12+ Discord communities including CrunchLabs/HACK PACK, Hackster.io, EDGE AI FOUNDATION, Jumperless, Delta Robotics, enviroBLOQ, BuildYourCNC, Becky Stern, and Sean Hodgins.

  1. portalNetwork Inc.

    Dec 2024 to Present

    Founder and CEO

    Building a multi-platform community engagement system with portalBots, The Crossroads chat, Portal Passport, and the avatar engine. Currently in closed alpha.

    • Community Engine
    • Discord
    • Multi-Platform
    • WebSocket
    • Redis
    1. Sr. Manager, Ecosystem Developer Evangelist

      Apr 2021 to Jul 2024

      Built and launched the Arm Developer Program from the ground up. Led developer advocacy, content creation, community engagement, and event strategy across the Arm ecosystem.

    2. Manager, Ecosystem Developer Evangelist

      Oct 2019 to Apr 2021

      Drove infrastructure ecosystem outreach and the Edge to Cloud developer story. Managed the Arm Innovator program and partnered with SBC and module vendors on developer experiences.

    • Developer Advocacy
    • Ecosystem
    • Developer Program
    • Content
    • Events
  2. Developer Ecosystem (devEco)

    Aug 2019 to Present

    Founder and Core Community Member

    Founded and grew an open developer community now spanning multiple platforms. Runs the Developers Anonymous virtual meetup (every third Wednesday).

    • Community
    • Open Source
    • Meetups
    • Discord
  3. IoTeX

    Oct 2021 to Oct 2023

    Advisor, Developer Ecosystem

    Advised on growing a blockchain developer community, securing partnerships, organizing hackathons, and media outreach for IoTeX adoption.

    • Blockchain
    • Web3
    • Developer Ecosystem
    • Hackathons
    1. Community Manager and Engineer | 96Boards

      Feb 2017 to Oct 2019

      Built and managed the 96Boards community. Hosted 150+ episodes of 96Boards OpenHours, a weekly live developer show. Managed open source repositories, community projects, and global developer events.

    2. Engineer and Technical Writer

      Feb 2016 to Feb 2017

      Documentation, community growth, and platform support across Linaro and 96Boards. Maintained forums, mailing lists, and the 96Boards website.

    • Open Source
    • Linux
    • Arm
    • 96Boards
    • Community
    1. Project Lead, Information Architect, and Dev Engineer | Qualcomm Institute

      Sep 2014 to Feb 2016

      Designed standalone projects for the DragonBoard 410c. Built prototypes for surveillance and robotics. Co-created the UCSD IoT Specialization on Coursera.

    2. Teachers Assistant | Global TIES

      Sep 2014 to Jul 2015

      Supervised 60+ undergraduates across two sections in the Global TIES humanitarian engineering program.

    • IoT
    • Embedded Systems
    • Coursera
    • DragonBoard
    • Education

Advisory and volunteer

  • Advisor, UCSD Electrical Engineering Alumni

    UC San Diego

    Jan 2018 to Present

    VP Alumni External (2018-2021), President EE Board of Directors (2017-2018)

  • Advisor, Developer Ecosystem

    Source

    Jul 2025 to Present
  • Advisor, Developer Ecosystem

    DevNetwork

    Jun 2022 to Jul 2024

Recognition

  • Exceptional Contributions to ECE, Alumni Award

    UC San Diego

    Jun 2018

  • Best Cross-Team Leader

    Linaro

    Mar 2017