I am an AI Systems Researcher.

I research representational fidelity — the degree to which AI systems accurately encode, reflect, and serve the humans they claim to represent.

Currently with Anthropic and Northwestern Medicine.

Previously with Microsoft.

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Experience

Anthropic

2025 - Present

Ambassador | Illinois Tech

Led the launch and growth of a campus-wide initiative helping 500+ students move beyond passive AI use to actively building with AI. Organized workshops, hackathons, and hands-on sessions focused on real-world applications across research, coding, and design. Partnered with student organizations and Anthropic to deliver technical programming (e.g., Claude Code, API use) and shape conversations around responsible AI, ethics, and human-centered impact. Developed event strategy, community infrastructure, and feedback systems to assess AI literacy, engagement, and educational impact.

Northwestern Medicine

2025 - Present

AI Strategy and Research | AI in Healthcare

Lead AI strategy and research for NM Scholars programming within the Community Health organization, with a focus on responsible and equitable AI deployment in healthcare and education contexts. Translate applied AI research into practical frameworks that help program leaders evaluate where AI strengthens student and patient outcomes, where it introduces risk, and where it shouldn't be used at all.

Product Manager | AI Research Platform

Led product strategy and development of ResearchBridge, a multi-modal AI research platform helping first-generation students build confidence in academic research while giving instructors visibility into student engagement. Designed scaffolded GPT-4 modules that balanced automation with pedagogy, integrated personalization features, and launched across university partners with measurable gains in confidence, insight quality, and equity.

Design Strategist | NM Scholars Program

Redesigned program delivery and student engagement strategies as the program scaled. Clarified mentor roles, introduced student-led APC structures, and created visual tools to support stakeholder alignment and equity-driven learning experiences.

Illinois Institute of Technology

2025 - Present

Applied AI Scientist | Decision Coach

Designed and deployed Decision Coach (decisioncoach.io), a dual-LLM coaching system with a six-dimension assessment engine that scores decision quality turn by turn. In an IRB-approved pilot, 91% of 68 sessions showed within-session improvement (+0.22 mean DQ).

Microsoft Corporation

2019 - 2023

Customer Success Manager | Healthcare + Microsoft Copilot

Drove 392% adoption of Microsoft Teams, Viva, and early Microsoft Copilot features in enterprise health accounts. Co-led a 12-week internal bootcamp (Bachelors in Microsoft Health) serving 1K+ employees to upskill in health systems, AI fluency, and patient-centered design.

Technical Project Manager | Azure & Microsoft Teams

Scrum Master for two cross-functional engineering teams. Improved sprint completion by 48% and built a cross-org dashboard aligning Azure/Teams engineering with executive visibility, cutting backlog by 40%.

Solution Specialist | Azure Growth

Created targeting frameworks and internal enablement strategies that contributed to 14% YoY Azure growth across U.S. health sector partners.

MyRealFood

2019

Software Engineer

Built calendar-based food-logging features for 1M+ users in React Native. Developed backend nutrition tools powering personalized meal plans.

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