Experience, academia & education
Résumé
Two decades across AI research, standards and platform engineering — in enterprise, industry, academia and open source foundations.
Experience
Sep 2026 – Present
Founding Executive Director
Open Intelligence Foundation · Berkeley, CA
Apr 2026 – Aug 2026
CTO
PyTorch Foundation · San Francisco, CA
Apr 2024 – Apr 2026
Executive Director
PyTorch Foundation · San Francisco, CA
Dec 2025 – Aug 2026
Global CTO of AI
The Linux Foundation · San Francisco, CA
Apr 2024 – Apr 2025
GM of AI
The Linux Foundation · San Francisco, CA
Dec 2025 – Aug 2026
CTO
LF AI & Data Foundation · San Francisco, CA
Aug 2023 – Aug 2026
Director, Generative AI Commons
LF AI & Data Foundation · San Francisco, CA
Dec 2025 – May 2026
Founding CTO
Agentic AI Foundation
Aug 2006 – Aug 2026
Co-Founder & Chair
Open Metaverse Foundation · San Francisco, CA
2022 – 2025
CEO & Founder
Berkeley Synthetic · Berkeley, CA
2020 – 2024
Head of Artificial Intelligence and Data
Amdocs · Denver, CO
2018 – 2020
National Director, Data Science
IBM · Irvine, CA
2016 – 2018
Director, Enterprise Architecture and Technology Innovation
Shaw Communications · Denver, CO
2013 – 2016
Principal Architect, Video, Applications and Security Technology
CableLabs · Denver, CO
Academia
2026 – Present
Visiting Scholar
Columbia University · New York, NY
2026 – 2027
Lecturer
Stanford University · Stanford, CA
2022 – 2026
Lecturer, Data Science
University of California, Berkeley · Berkeley, CA
Education
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Data Science
University of California, Berkeley
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
University of Denver, Daniels College of Business
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Information Technology
York University
Board & Advisory
2026 – Present
Advisor
Berkeley SkyDeck · Berkeley, CA
2026 – Present
Advisor
Arcee AI
2026 – Present
Advisor
NEAR AI
2026 – Present
Advisor
Myriad Venture Partners · Boston, MA
2026 – Present
Advisor
cyber•Fund
2023 – Present
Member, Board of Directors
The GenAI Collective · San Francisco Bay Area
2022 – Present
Member, Board of Directors
Metaverse Standards Forum · San Francisco, CA
2017 – Present
Founder, Silicon Valley Generative AI
Meetup · San Francisco Bay Area
2019 – 2021
Chair, Robotics and Automation Society (Region 5)
IEEE
Sep 2013 – Sep 2018
Mentor
FIRST Robotics
Jun 2016 – Feb 2022
Mentor
The WICT Network
Certifications
CISSP
(ISC)²
PMP
PMI Southern Ontario Chapter
P.Eng
Professional Engineers Ontario
AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate
Amazon
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon
CCNA
Cisco
IT Information Library Foundations Certification (ITIL) 4
AXELOS Global Best Practice
ITIL Practitioner
Axelos
Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Scaled Scrum Master Certified (SSMC)
Scaled Agile, Inc.
Honors & Awards
40 Under 40
Multichannel News
Volunteer of the Year Award
U.S. FIRST Robotics
Languages
English
Native or bilingual proficiency
French
Native or bilingual proficiency
Spanish
Full professional proficiency
Memberships
Jan 2017 – Present
Member
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
Dec 2016 – Present
Member
Association of Enterprise Architects
Jun 2015 – Present
Member
Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry
May 2015 – Present
President
The White Foundation
Dec 2014 – Present
Associate Board Member
SCTE
Nov 2014 – Present
Vice Chair
IEEE
Mar 2014 – Present
PMP
Project Management Institute
Jan 2014 – Present
Member
Colorado Technology Association
Jan 2014 – Present
Member
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
Nov 2013 – Present
Member
Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
Jan 2012 – Present
Member
IEEE Cybersecurity, Computational Intelligence, Consumer Electronics & Communications Society
Jan 2012 – Present
Professional Engineer
Professional Engineers of Ontario
2013 – 2015
Member
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)