A product engineer who understands every decision bridges user experience and technical reality.
Currently focused on how to embed privacy and security into AI through design and engineering.
Building Ethical Systems
📍 Philly Tri-State
🛩️ Open to relocation
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Projects
My work is founded in meaningful impact, knowing that we as engineers and designers can imagine and build towards solutions that transform reality drives me everyday to refine my craft.
I specialize in self-hosted security and privacy tools to help break down financial barriers that otherwise make protection inaccessible. Additionally I like experimenting with new technologies and application types, particularly AI/ML and extensions.
AI Chatbot
Enhancing parental support through conversational branding
DESIGN
Accessibility Checker
Bridging empathy between developers and inaccessible websites
DESIGN
Digital Privacy Audit Tool
Actively scans and strengthens your digital identity with smart protection recommendations.
DEVELOPMENT
AI Flower Identifier
Snap a photo and take a look at the flower confidence scores across 16 flower types
DEVELOPMENT
Monk of the Terminal- Chrome Extension
Gamified cyberpunk-themed pomodoro focus timer
DEVELOPMENT
Trident
Node.js vulnerability package scanner that automatically detects, fixes, and blocks vulnerabilities in your codebase.
DEVELOPMENT
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Skills
Being a life-long learner and user-centered builder, strengthening my skills is something that comes naturally. Anything I learn I immediately apply through projects or written material to reinforce how I should apply it to my product development process.
🛠️ Product Engineering & Development
JavaScript · React · TypeScript · Node.js · Python · APIs · Databases · Self-Hosting
🎨 Design & UX
UX/UI Design · Design Systems · Accessibility (WCAG) · Figma · Prototyping · Human-Centered Security
🔐 Learning: Secure Product Engineering
AppSec (Application Security) · Secure SDLC · Threat Modeling · Privacy-by-Design · Data Sovereignty · Compliance (CIPT, Security+)
I’m currently deepening my understanding of how to design and build secure, privacy-compliant products. My focus is on applying security and privacy principles early in the design and development lifecycle.
🌍 Values & Approach
I build technology that is open, secure, accessible, and privacy-respecting — combining design thinking with software engineering to make security usable and innovation responsible.
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Experience
2024-Present
AI Engineering Fellow
Resilient Coders
Product Engineer
BN Build Studio
2024-2025
Software Engineer
Resilient Coders
2021-2024
Product Designer
IBM
2020-2021
UX Apprentice
Office of Natural Resource Revenue
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Sharing with the community
I build products at the intersection of engineering and user experience, and I regularly share what I learn with the broader engineering community.
Civics of Technology 2026
The Obsolete User: Designing for Humans After The Algorithm
Inspired by the Twilight Zone episode "The Obsolete Man," this talk examined how modern AI systems increasingly treat people as predictable inputs to optimize rather than active participants in digital society. Explored the historical pattern of technological concentration and offered practical frameworks for designing with human agency, privacy, and transparency at the center."
New York Tech Week 2026
Too Many Vulnerabilities: Using AI to Tame SCA Alert Fatigue
Presented a conference talk on an AI-enhanced Software Composition Analysis (SCA) IDE plugin that leveraged dependency analysis, vulnerability reachability, EPSS-based risk scoring, and AI-driven remediation guidance to reduce alert fatigue and improve vulnerability triage efficiency.
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Play
I enjoy challenging myself with logic games like Sudoku and riddles, always pushing to see what I can solve. I also love drawing in a realistic style, getting immersed in the details—whether it's the precision of man-made objects or the organic complexity of nature.
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