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I’m an engineering and product leader with 10+ years building consumer products across streaming and spatial computing on performance-constrained devices. I specialize in spatial computing, TV UX, multi-platform delivery, and 0→1 product development in close partnership with product and design.

At Netflix, I lead an engineering team responsible for the TV product UI, the screen hundreds of millions of members open every night across TVs, streaming devices, and consoles.

Previously at Meta Reality Labs, I led Quest OS Navigation, VR's home screen and its highest-traffic surface, driving its largest redesign and shipping a new navigation paradigm across device generations.

Earlier at fuboTV, I spent four years building streaming TV across Roku, Smart TV, Apple TV, mobile, and web. I grew from engineer to Director, shaped the roadmap with the CPO, and shipped interactive live-sports features that turned passive viewing into something users lean into.

I am motivated by translating technical constraints into clear tradeoffs, aligning design intent with what the hardware can do, and building high-trust teams that execute quickly towards their goals. I am also AI-native in how I work, compressing the loop from idea to shipped product.

In late 2021 Facebook changed their name to Meta and embraced the concept of the Metaverse. Having had my eye on Augmented and Virtual Reality for a few years, I saw this as a sign that the industry and market were starting to align with examples from Ready Player One and Free Guy. In early 2022 I left my friends at fubo in order to pursue this adventure within Reality Labs at Meta.

The race is on for the next computing platform.

Meta HorizonOS

In Reality Labs (such a cool name) I worked on the Navigator Core team. They build and support the main navigation surfaces on the operating system for all Quest headsets. It’s like building the Windows Desktop or iPhone Home Screen.

It was fascinating switching into a different industry going from TV streaming and Web applications to building an operating system that powers virtual and mixed reality devices.

Check out our latest project the Navigator.

NBA League Pass

One of my favorite experiences was building the International NBA League Pass Roku Channel.  Basketball is one of my favorite sports. Through code and design we connected millions of people around the planet to content created by and for the NBA.

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