About

About me

I am a technologist and consultant based in Boston, MA.

I graduated from Cornell University in Operations Research & Information Engineering in 2011. I relocated to Boston to help solve difficult problems in healthcare. Currently, I am a full-stack Ruby on Rails hacker developing an accelerator for healthcare provider change management.

Previously, I worked on T3, a real-time physiological data visualization and analysis webapp, striving to improve rapid clinical decision-making at Boston Children's Hospital ICUs.

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Projects

My work

I enjoy learning by doing. Here are a few things I have worked on in my free time.

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Thoughts

My musings

Non-profits and techies have a natural connection

I just spent a good chunk of my weekend volunteering at New England GiveCamp (NEGC), an annual 48-hour hackathon where developers and designers help local non-profits with technical needs. The event is an awesome way for techies to get involved with the community by providing meaningful use of their skills and time ... Read more

Fake tweet leads to Wall Street tumble

At 1:07pm Eastern Time today, @AP (currently suspended) tweeted: "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured Within moments, stock markets felt the effects of the tweet. Shortly after the news broke, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 130 points (nearly 1%) ... Read more

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Contact

Get in touch

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You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

I occasionally write on Medium and code on GitHub.

The source code for this site is published here.

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Should I Eat It?

Thinking about downing that extra slice of pizza? Think again.

Maintaining a healthy diet can be difficult in a world full of temptation. Not only do we underestimate the calories in the food we eat, we often fail to grasp the impact these calories have on our bodies. What do those little numbers on food labels really mean?

Should I Eat It? is a project that aims to highlight our ignorance about the food we eat and help us view the calories we consume in a new light.

The source code for this project is published on GitHub.

emput.js

Place emphasis on input text fields when they are used.

emput.js is a simple implementation of emphasizing input elements and their associated labels when used. Its purpose is to use minimal styles to bring attention to users as they fill out forms on your website.

The source code for this project is published on GitHub.