I'm a NYC-based software engineer with over 10 years of experience. My primary expertise lies in backend architecture and cloud infrastructure, but I'm passionate about prototyping creative media across the product stack: servers/DBs, infrastructure, blockchain, frontend, design, and animation. Currently, I'm exploring agentic game systems that curate their own generative content. For a minute of fun, check out Riddler.
Until recently, I served as founding CTO at a freelancer-focused tax startup called Upward. The product didn't gain enough traction and it closed down in early 2024, but we touched on one particularly compelling idea: AI agents that can minimize and file your taxes autonomously.
In 2021, I launched a unique NFT collection called 1,989 Sisters with fashion artist Blair Breitenstein. We collaborated closely to translate her hand-drawn artwork into digitally layered collage. I wrote code to construct generative art, smart contracts for the Ethereum blockchain, and systems for storing assets persistently on the decentralized IPFS. It got some good attention during the NFT boom. Crypto can be polarizing, but it's a perfect intersection of all my eclectic interests: software, art, music, gaming, and fintech.
Before that, I worked at Dots building beautiful puzzle games, at Vimeo helping video creators distribute their content, and in a couple other roles at startups and on Wall Street.
My education includes computer music composition at Dartmouth for a master's degree (2010); and economics, music, and computer science in college at Vanderbilt (2008).
I run a small software development consultancy called Po Studio. If you're seeking collaborators to design and build software (especially GenAI media), please reach out.
Old explorations with applications for generative content: