Research Scientist, CS. Application of LLMs to generate and analyze billion node and edge graphs from unstructured data. My research has been applied to subjects as diverse as religious life in the United States to identifying and attributing disinformation.
Built a company from concept to $3M in annual revenue. Secured multi-year contracts with Fortune 100 firms, advising on industry challenges. Led sales to governments, nonprofits, and private sector clients to combat disinformation. Advised international bodies on regulation and industry self-governance.
As a technical founder, developed software supporting information security in 25+ countries across multiple languages. Led engineering teams to scale products. Researched ad tech abuse. Managed board, investors, and media relations. Drove over a dozen front-page stories in major newspapers. Provided expert analysis on disinformation on U.S. and European TV and radio.
Research interests include the intersection between electoral interference and market manipulation. Assessing platform integrity as a strategic vulnerability to democratic institutions and governance.
Founding member and grant writer at the Institute for Data Democracy and Politics. Led initiatives to combat disinformation and analyze digital media’s impact. Worked with investigative teams on reports and scholarly research. Briefed Congressional staff and advised on policy. Spoke at global conferences on digital disinformation. Used advanced technologies, including GPU-accelerated graph analysis, to co-author peer-reviewed studies.
Grew the email list by over 700K in the first year. Increased online revenue in all areas. Built and deployed several websites. Generated revenue from our content. Built our audience with free, in-kind and paid media.
Developed the best click to call application in the field influence Congress and move CAF/IAF's agenda.
List growth topped 1.4 million by Q1 2016 with broad recognition among peers.
Developed real time internal reporting application using FireBase, drawing on an integrated information ecosystem of web services and local tracking.
Acted as ghost writer for co-directors, producing press releases, reports and fundraisers.
Crisis Pictures began as the photo blog, "Iraq in Pictures" in late 2004. By 2005, traffic exceeded a million unique visitors per day. According to a front page article in Washington Post, "[Crisis Pictures] shows, among other things, how the might of the U.S. military can be matched by a single blogger working part time."
Our team measured reach, receptivity, resonance and response to broadcast spots every night. My role was to create polls at seven, nine and eleven PM. It was a high-pressure workplace with strict deadlines and a rigid editorial style.
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Head of debate society.
GPA in top 5% of University