About the Author

What I do now

I cofounded basis; we're building a CRM for construction trade contractors.

What I used to do

I worked on self-driving cars as a motion planning engineer for Uber ATG.

I founded Ikigai, a failed drug-discovery startup focused on Alzheimer's disease.

On a Whim

I care about technology that impacts the world in a profoundly positive way and the process by which the world adopts that technology. This blog is named "On a Whim" because I believe transformative technology is started by scientists, entrepreneurs and dreamers who pursue an idea on a whim. To that end, "On a Whim" is my vehicle for communicating thoughts on ideas I find fascinating.