Director of Engineering at Yahoo. 18+ years leading teams for Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Messenger, and Grindr. Master Inventor, speaker, and advisor to startups.
View LinkedIn Profile →Driving on-device LLM integration, predictive ML systems, and privacy-first engineering for communication platforms.
120+ patents spanning AI/ML, email intelligence, content personalization, security, and cloud systems.
Regular speaker at leading technology conferences and CES Innovation Awards Judge since 2021.
Recognized for engineering excellence, accessibility advocacy, and sustained innovation.
Leading all Yahoo Mail client platforms (iOS, Android, Web) serving 200M+ monthly active users. Spearheading AI/ML integration including on-device LLM-powered features and privacy-by-design practices. Company-wide: mobile hiring, culture, hackathons.
Evaluating engineering competencies of startups seeking investments in consumer-facing technology.
Advised on technical strategy and product direction for a technology startup.
Established best engineering practices facilitating a successful IPO. Led core engineering including Android, iOS, and backend teams.
Decade-long tenure spanning web development, product management, and engineering leadership for Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Messenger, and Yahoo Together.
Thesis: Game Theory and Human Behavior. Research in AI, path planning. Teaching assistant for AI and Robotics courses.
President of IETE Students' Forum. Chief Coordinator of college editorial boards and multiple student organizations.
I lead all client platforms (iOS, Android, Web) for Yahoo Mail, serving 200M+ monthly active users. I'm currently driving AI/ML integration into the product—including on-device LLM-powered features, predictive user interfaces, and privacy-by-design practices—while mentoring a globally distributed engineering organization.
My career spans web development, product management, and engineering leadership across communication and productivity applications. I've shipped Yahoo Mail (Norrin, Postcard, YM6), Yahoo Messenger, Yahoo Together, and led core engineering at Grindr through its IPO. I hold 51 granted patents (30 pending, 39 defensive) with deep expertise in machine learning, security, and messaging systems. My AI foundations trace to USC's Teamcore Research Group, where I contributed to GUARDS (deployed by the TSA) and IRIS (used by Federal Air Marshals).
MS in Computer Science from USC (thesis: Game Theory and Human Behavior), BE from LNCT. I'm passionate about accessibility—presenting at CSUN Assistive Technologies annually since 2018 (including 2026)—and inclusion, serving as Head Judge for Technovation Girls World Summit. Beyond engineering, I write poetry—some archived in the USC Libraries Lewis Carroll Collection.