About Me
I’m a trust and safety specialist in San Jose, CA. Currently, I work to prevent fraud and improve user safety at Apple. Previously, I specialized in privacy and security research for Mixed (Augmented and Virtual) Reality. For details, see my publications. I’m also interested in high assurance software, particularly for Rust applications.
In my free time, I enjoy bouldering, yoga, traveling, and using Oxford commas. I have two cats, Batman and Watson, who are the cutest cats in the world.
Experience
Apple
Software Engineer, Fraud
2020-present
Responsible for assessing features for fraud risks and interfacing with customer teams
Designed features to meet requirements while mitigating fraud risks
Developed metrics program to track and represent work completed and areas of interest
Mozilla
Staff Research Engineer, Mixed Reality
2020
Senior Research Engineer, Mixed Reality
2018-2020
Senior Research Engineer, Servo
2016-2018
Privacy and security lead for Mixed Reality projects, including the Servo browser and Hubs social VR platform
Prototyped trusted immersive UI for the immersive web to protect users from phishing and spoofing threats
Identified privacy-preserving solutions that enabled product objectives
Engaged with academia and other industry partners to identify and mitigate privacy threats in the MR space and drove the privacy issues for the Immersive Web W3C working group
Managed the TLS stack and networking components for the Rust-based browser engine, Servo
Examined security impact of rewriting a browser component in Rust and led the unsafe code guidelines working group
US Dept of Defense
Software Engineer
2015-2016
Software Engineering Intern
2012-2015
Responsible for performing in-depth signal and protocol analysis and writing customized processing in Python and C++.
Projects include designing a large scale cosine similarity cloud analytic on specialized dataset and using machine learning to help classify large scale data. Experience in computer vision, machine learning, data science, cryptography, and software engineering.
Projects
Mozilla Mixed Reality
https://mixedreality.mozilla.org/Creating a safe, private, and secure immersive web
I’m a research engineer focused on security and privacy in Mixed Reality–I lead privacy and safety efforts for a Social VR product, Hubs, as well as Firefox Reality. I work across the mixed reality teams to ensure that our products are respectful and empowering for users. In my research, I investigate emerging privacy threats and determine both technical and non-technical solutions and mitigations.
Education
Johns Hopkins University
MSE Computer Science
BS Applied Math and Statistics
BS Computer Science
2009-2015
Thesis advised by Drs. Matt Green and Steve Checkoway, Automated detection and classification of cryptographic algorithms.
Course assistant for Intro to Algorithms and Intro to Java
Interests and Skills
Intersectional security, applied cryptography, privacy, tech policy and ethics,
Preferred Languages: Rust, C++/C, Python
Experienced speaker and writer on applied security in emerging domains