Work Experience
β Back to homeCo-founder & CTO, FlickBloom
2025 - PresentMenlo Park, California
As the co-founder and CTO of FlickBloom, I am leading the development of innovative video agent technology that transforms how users interact with video content.
- Building next-generation video understanding and interaction systems
- Leading technical strategy and development of AI-powered video agents
- Developing cutting-edge solutions for video content creation and analysis
Founder & CEO, Forma Cloud
2023 - Mar 2025Menlo Park, California
As the founder and CEO of Forma Cloud, I built and led an international team with members from the United States, Canada, Australia, India, China, and other countries. The company focuses on AI-based content assistance generation.
Our products include global trending news, Hong Kong entertainment news, and text-to-poster automation tools.
Founding VP of Engineering, Artera
2021 - 2023Los Altos, California
Artera is a leading U.S. startup focused on precision medicine, with a mission to enable AI tests to personalize cancer treatment. As a founding member, I led the entire software engineering team, including AI algorithm design, algorithm implementation, data support, product design, product development, infrastructure setup, and security audits.
- Led the software engineering team at a precision medicine startup, building AI-driven predictive and prognostic cancer tests. Built a global 20-person engineering team and delivered a high-quality AI product within 6 months.
Senior Director, AKASA
2019 - 2021South San Francisco, California
AKASA (formerly Alpha Health) is an AI technology company focused on the healthcare industry, aimed at improving healthcare operations and revenue management through automation solutions. As a founding employee, I led three teams: cloud computing infrastructure, information security, and IT support.
Founding Engineer, Cresta
2018 - 2019Palo Alto, California
Cresta is a Silicon Valley unicorn company focused on revolutionizing contact center operations using generative AI. As a founding engineer, I was responsible for developing the most challenging and urgent AI software modules and cloud computing infrastructure.
Menlo Park, California
At Meta, I worked as a senior software engineer and tech lead.
Senior Software Engineer, LinkedIn
2015 - 2016Mountain View, California
As a senior software engineer at LinkedIn, I was responsible for full-stack software development.
Software Engineer, Google
2014 - 2015Mountain View, California
At Google, I was responsible for software development for the video processing distribution pipeline, supporting all software products using video, including YouTube and Google Play Movie.
Senior Software Engineer, E2open
2011 - 2014Chicago, Illinois
I worked at Terra Technology, which was acquired by E2Open. I was responsible for researching and developing the company's core products to serve companies like Procter & Gamble, Walmart, Target, Unilever, Kraft Foods, and Kimberly-Clark.
Buffalo, New York
My position as a "Research Scientist" was equivalent to a postdoctoral researcher.