About · My mission and purpose
Help people understand the world
and make better decisions.
I do this through clear, concise, and meaningful presentations of data and analysis.
I am the Chief Technology Officer of HumanAI Ventures, where I lead two ventures: Survey Fluency, an AI-powered survey analysis platform that automates toplines, cross-tabs, executive summaries, and PowerPoint generation from raw survey data, and Delphic Polling, a political data and polling consultancy.
I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of California, Davis, where my dissertation examined the influence of out-of-district donors on congressional representation.
Before HumanAI, I served as Assistant Director of Research for AI Product Development at Moody's Analytics, where I led generative AI product development for commercial real estate credit risk analysis.
My peer-reviewed research has been published in Electoral Studies, Political Behavior, Election Law Journal, American Politics Research, and PLOS ONE, with coverage in The Economist and The Washington Post. My work spans campaign finance, elections and voting behavior, political polarization, and survey methodology.
I received my B.A. in political science from the University of New Mexico in 2015, where I worked in the offices of Senator Martin Heinrich and Then-Representative Michelle Lujan Grisham.
- Based in
- West Sacramento, CA
- Open to remote
- Education
- PhD, UC Davis
- Political science, 2023 · B.A. summa cum laude, UNM, 2015
- Now
- HumanAI Ventures
- CTO · SkyDeck Pad-13
- Teaching
- POL 196E
- Research methods · UC Center Sacramento
- Off the clock
- Stargazing
- Cooking · Cycling · Probability theory
The film
Seventy-four seconds,
measured.
1:14 · Music only · Sound on
Fifteen years.
One thread.
Congress, then the PhD, then production AI, then the classroom. Select any point to open it.
Chief Technology Officer
HumanAI Ventures
Sacramento, CA
- Survey Fluency: raw survey data to toplines, cross-tabs, summaries and slide decks, a 25-hour workflow in about 10 minutes at 95% accuracy.
- Delphic Polling, a political data and polling consultancy.
- Design-partner pilots with KL Communications, Beacon Research and C+R Research.
I teach
what I practice.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
UC Center Sacramento · 2026 – present
Course · POL 196E
Research Methods for Political Science and Public Policy
I design and teach the course end to end. Students ship an original research project, presented at the UCCS Undergraduate Research Showcase.
- Research design
- Causal inference
- Measurement
- Analysis in R
- Data visualization
What students do, one term
- 01Question
- 02Data collection
- 03Analysis
- 04Writing
- 05Poster
Ends at the UCCS Undergraduate Research Showcase
Why take a chance
on me?
Nine values
In my own words
Integrity
I believe in holding myself and those around me to the highest professional standard because if people cannot trust you, how can they trust the work you do?
Empathy
I believe it is important to see the world from other individuals’ perspectives. Doing so builds bridges between people and helps better understand the motivations behind their behavior.
Optimism
I believe every great leader is endowed with optimism, the belief that, while challenges will arise, we have the capacity to overcome them through focus and determination.
Work Hard
Every successful individual knows how to work hard. I will bring the same focus, determination, and effort that it took to work in Congress and get a Ph.D. to your organization.
Collaborate Meaningfully
As someone who has collaborated on teaching, news articles, and academic journal articles, I will enjoy working with talented and motivated individuals at your organization to produce products we can be proud of.
Keep Growing
As a lifelong student, I believe in a growth mindset where we can always learn something new and improve on what we can do now.
Help At Every Opportunity
It doesn’t matter where or when, but at some point, we all need a helping hand. I believe in helping people on challenges big and small.
Empower Those Around Me
To get the best out of people I believe in supporting them, empowering them to take chances, and fostering creativity.
Pay It Forward
No one is successful on their own. I believe in giving to the next group, what so many have given to me.
Book Corner · 38 titles · 13,308 pages
The shelf.
Pick one up.
Welcome to my book corner. A place where I can keep track of the titles I have read and maybe inspire you to pick one up as well.
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.”
Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey's memoir, drawn from 35 years of journals, on spotting life's green lights and turning red lights into forward motion.