Experience

Professional experience and educational background in mechatronics and systems engineering.

Work Experience

Technical Cofounder

Metry AI

January 2025 - Present
Edmonton, AB, Canada

Founded Metry AI to build Sojo, a business intelligence platform that helps SMBs understand their customers and make data-driven decisions. Led a team of engineers and collaborators to develop easy-to-use, natural language–based analytics and AI tools that automate customer engagement and marketing workflows.

Product strategy
full-stack development
AI systems design
data analytics
technical leadership
team building
customer engagement
marketing automation

Technical Program Manager, CTO Office

Noze

June 2023 - November 2024
Montreal, QC, Canada

Led R&D and program management for medical sensing systems, combining hardware test automation with the development of novel perception technologies. Oversaw clinical studies, project planning, and hardware prototyping to accelerate product innovation and regulatory readiness.

Hardware systems engineering
R&D leadership
Medical device testing and validation
Program management
Clinical operations
Cross-functional coordination

Lead Systems Engineer

Noze

January 2023 - June 2023
Montreal, QC, Canada

Developed medical-grade test systems with real-time dashboards and automated experiment generation, increasing test throughput by 200%. Designed sensor validation frameworks and ML-based anomaly detection tools to ensure reliable data for model development and regulatory approval.

System Design
Control Systems
Embedded C/C++ / Python
Data Acquisition
Signal Processing
Machine Learning Integration
Safety Compliance

Research & Development Engineer

Vitalis Extraction Technology

November 2021 - December 2022
Kelowna, BC, Canada

Developed advanced automation systems and safety controls for supercritical CO₂ extraction platforms, improving process stability and efficiency. Invented and prototyped a portable chemical sensing system that reduced measurement costs by 95% and enabled rapid field testing.

Industrial automation
PLC programming
Control systems design
Safety interlocks
Sensor prototyping
Process optimization

Research & Development Engineer

University of British Columbia

January 2019 - November 2021
Kelowna, BC, Canada

Researched UAV digital twin systems and microfluidic sensor technologies for diagnostics and environmental sensing. Developed control systems and simulations for UAVs and thermal-fluidic processes using COMSOL and SolidWorks.

Robotics
Digital Twin Modeling
Control Systems
ROS
SolidWorks
COMSOL
Microfluidics

Education

Master of Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering (Sensors and Automation)

University of British Columbia

2020 - 2021
Kelowna, BC, Canada

Research focused on control systems, automation, and microfluidic sensor design.

  • Developed UAV digital twin for autonomous environmental monitoring
  • Published research on microfluidic sensor development, testing, calibration, and process control
  • Thesis: Development of a field-portable thin-layer chromatography based chemical analyzer for cannabinoid sample analysis

Bachelor of Science, Physics

University of Alberta

2013 - 2017
Edmonton, AB, Canada

Studied applied physics with focus on instrumentation, robotics, and automation.

  • Undergraduate research in optical sensing and robotics