applied AI/ML scientist turned technology consultant. data science @ chapman. currently helping teams hand their repetitive work to software.
by the numbers
45%cut in ML infrastructure costs ($80K/yr) across 10+ production BERT models
70%less time spent finding and reading research papers, via AI automations
2×precision (+0.25 F1) on production models through experimentation and A/B testing
45%better recommendation precision with deep learning at American Express
experience
Technology Consultant
May 2026 – Present
Self-Employed
Help non-technical organizations bring AI into their workflows with bespoke software, automations and data infrastructure that get rid of mundane, repetitive work.
For BioShift Life Sciences, built AI infrastructure from the ground up, including a retrieval-augmented research assistant that helps the team access and synthesize research across domains.
Designed automations for discovering and digesting academic literature, cutting time spent locating and reading papers by 70%.
Associate Applied AI/ML Scientist
Jun 2025 – Jul 2026
Sprout Social
Reduced infrastructure costs by 45% ($80K annually) across 10+ production BERT models with FP16 mixed-precision inference, replica optimization (66 → 36), and quantization and distillation experiments, without sacrificing model quality.
Improved model performance by +0.25 F1 and 2× precision through feature engineering, experimentation, A/B testing and post-deployment monitoring.
Led evaluation and prototyping of LLM systems, designing benchmarks for quality, latency, bias, hallucination risk and cost to inform production decisions.
Owned end-to-end Bluesky and Threads support for a production ML feature, extending ingestion pipelines and running Spark backfills for 6,000+ profiles.
Built monitoring and observability for ML services with Airflow, StatsD and Datadog.
AI Studio Intern
Aug 2024 – Dec 2024
American Express
Improved recommendation precision by 45% by developing and evaluating deep learning models for personalized product targeting.
Engineered a two-tower recommendation model using user behavior and demographics to influence product strategy.
Built scalable feature engineering pipelines, cutting data processing time by 30% and improving training efficiency by 20%.
leadership
Underrepresented Genders in Tech Committee
Sprout Social · Jan 2026 – Jul 2026
Organized monthly meetings and cross-functional initiatives, leading plans for an org-wide hackathon and programming.
Panther Network Mentor
Chapman University · Feb 2026 – May 2026
Mentored students on recruiting and careers through resume reviews, interview prep and internship placement.
Fellow Ambassador
Break Through Tech @ UCLA · Sep 2025 – May 2026
Led info sessions and panels for 100+ applicants and collaborated on outreach to boost applicant engagement.
education
B.S. in Data Science
Chapman University · May 2025
Minor in Business Administration. Dean’s Scholar, Provost List.
Certificate in Music Technology and Production
Los Angeles City College · Expected May 2028
Music Technology, Music Theory, Music as a Business.