Work
The research paths in full, and then everything I've done, in a logbook.
Paths
2023– · Research → Company
Proteus → Scramble Deck
Physical playing cards with e-ink faces, so one deck can be any game. Started as a thesis artefact, now a company.
2025– · Research
Embed, don't isolate → Bodhika Labs
How do you tell a parent their child may need help, without the report turning into a label? A dashboard study that became independent research with a partner school in Hyderabad.
2019–2025 · Research
Interaction systems for constrained spaces
A thesis on what happens to technology designed for big, stable rooms when people use it in small, moving, improvised ones.
2023–2026 · Research
Experimentation at scale
A/B testing as it is actually done, inside a small e-commerce retailer, written up as a textbook chapter and taught as a graduate course.
2020–2021 · Industry
SecureCheck-N
An infrared temperature-screening kiosk for the pandemic. A sensor on an adjustable stand, whatever tablet the facility already has as the screen, and a companion app that says pass or fail. Built for Secure Tech, LLC.
2017–2019 · Industry
Amazon Alexa
Owned the orchestration layer that decides which of ~10,000 skills answers a request. Shipped to 100M+ users.
Logbook
| Years | Role | Kind | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023– | Proteus → Scramble Deck Inventor; founder | Research | Physical playing cards with e-ink faces, so one deck can be any game. Started as a thesis artefact, now a company. |
| 2025– | Embed, don't isolate → Bodhika Labs Lead researcher | Research | How do you tell a parent their child may need help, without the report turning into a label? A dashboard study that became independent research with a partner school in Hyderabad. |
| 2019–2025 | Interaction systems for constrained spaces PhD, University of Waterloo | Research | A thesis on what happens to technology designed for big, stable rooms when people use it in small, moving, improvised ones. |
| 2023–2026 | Experimentation at scale Product manager and part-owner; author; instructor | Research | A/B testing as it is actually done, inside a small e-commerce retailer, written up as a textbook chapter and taught as a graduate course. |
| 2026– | TIM Product and engineering lead | Industry | An iPhone app that lets a nurse enrol a resident in a continence-care programme in under a minute. |
| 2020–2021 | SecureCheck-N Product designer and builder | Industry | An infrared temperature-screening kiosk for the pandemic. A sensor on an adjustable stand, whatever tablet the facility already has as the screen, and a companion app that says pass or fail. Built for Secure Tech, LLC. |
| 2017–2019 | Amazon Alexa Senior Product Manager, Technical | Industry | Owned the orchestration layer that decides which of ~10,000 skills answers a request. Shipped to 100M+ users. |
| 2025– | Independent research and advisory Researcher and advisor | Research | Led the design of a national data-trading policy for a government think-tank in India, and directed data and AI exhibits presented to the Prime Minister and President. |
| 2021–2024 | University of Waterloo Sessional Lecturer | Research | 9 courses across UX, HCI and UX analytics, undergrad and grad, classes of 40 to 180. |
| 2015–2017 | Morgan Stanley Director; Global Head of Solutions, Legal and Compliance | Industry | Built the team and the products that put data science and AI models in front of compliance staff. The firm's voice to 7 regulators on the topic. |
| 2013–2015 | PwC Senior Consultant, Risk and Compliance Analytics | Industry | Led an 11-person team resolving a $600M regulatory issue for a global bank. Ran 30+ analytics reported weekly to regulators. |
| 2012–2013 | EY Staff Consultant, Financial Services Advisory | Industry | Compliance, strategy and analytics engagements for US banks. Built the tools the teams ran on. |
| 2010–2012 | Columbia University MS, Management Science and Engineering | Research | Graduate student speaker at Columbia Engineering commencement. |