I'm a software engineer at Google working on Firebase -- Google's mobile platform. My expertise is concentrated on the intersection of cloud computing, mobile apps and programming languages. I enjoy building middleware, frameworks and APIs that other developers can use to build world changing apps and systems. I have a bachelor's degree in engineering, and a Ph.D. in computer science from UC Santa Barbara. I'm also an avid open source enthusiast, and I've been contributing to a number of open source projects for nearly a decade.