Founder · CEO · Technologist

I build companies at the edge of applied intelligence.

Turning hard research in applied AI, machine perception, and robotics into companies that compound.

I lead Tetelest.ai, a technology holding group, and its operating companies — and serve as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Alloy Partners. My work turns hard research into companies that compound.

Before founding companies, I was a Research Scientist at the University of Pennsylvania's GRASP Laboratory under Professor Vijay Kumar, and worked on autonomous vehicles at Carnegie Mellon's General Motors Lab. I later co-founded COSY, Inc. — deploying the first fleet of vision-only navigated robots in real-world environments, backed by 500 Startups, Intel Capital, and Great Point Ventures.

Selected backgroundAdvisory and contributor roles across Graham Partners, Northrop Grumman, and Azavea.
MIT Technology Review — 35 Under 35
Autonomous robots deployed with Walgreens, Home Depot, and AB InBev.
TDWI — Keynote
Applied AI in the retail enterprise.