Trained as a physicist, I moved into software to help solve the hardest problems facing our world. My experience building commerical-class autonomous systems and semiconductor optimization libraries has taught me a hard truths about good software: design beats brute force everytime, building is easy but maintaining is hard, and great engineering is ultimately about good judgement and trade-offs.
At AMD, I drive engineering efforts in one of the most consequential technology transitions of our time: AI-native computing and GPU-accelerated workloads. As the co-founder of Libra Technologies, I'm building tools and platforms that help businesses unlock the potential of modern AI with a focus on rock-solid engineering and best-in-class user experiences.
Engineering Leadership · Calgary, AB
Driving technical strategy in AI and HPC applications for AMD's datacenter and workstation GPUs. My main focus is on GEMM performance optimizations, build/test infrastructure, ROCm ecosystem development, and new product bring-up.
Software Engineer · Victoria, BC
Built software for autonomous solar-powered unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) used in ocean monitoring, environmental data collection, and maritime research. Developed custom operational systems for DFO, NOAA, CAF, and the DoD.
Software Engineer · Ottawa, ON
Developed autonomy and ground control software for commercial-class lunar missions. Contributed research on enabling autonomous navigation and scientific targetting for planetary surface rovers.
Master of Applied Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering · Montréal, QC
Research focused on machine learning for planetary surface traversability and novelty detection using autoencoder architectures.
Honours Bachelor of Science, Physics · Calgary, AB
Physics foundation in applied mathematics, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, and applied computational methods.
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