I am a senior AI researcher and product leader with over two decades of experience in conversational AI, speech processing, and human‑in‑the‑loop systems. Based in Austin, Texas, I currently lead massive multi‑agent systems for exploratory AI through the AI Civilization Consortium and serve as Chief Scientist at Cintara.
Founding Member, AI Civilization Consortium (Aug 2025 to Present)
Non-profit venture building massive multi-agent systems that are used to perform divergent tasks such as exploration and discovery. Moving beyond sequential workflows.
Automated calls to 99% US based health insurance
US11710474B2, Jul 25, 2023
Richard E Merwin Student Scholarship, Jan 2003, IEEE
Dissertation: Socially Capable Conversational Agents for Multi-Party Interactive Situations