I am the ranking lead for Instagram Search working on building IG search as a state-of-the-art short form video search platform. I worked on various aspects of IG ranking, most notably evolving Stories ranking and developing Threads trends.
Prior to joining IG, I was head of engineering at Level, a Fintech startup in the benefits space, and had a long career at Google that spanned Search by Voice, information extraction, Search quality and recommendations, and Payments.
I received my Ph.D. from the Computer and Information Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania. My dissertation research centered on the design and analysis of algorithms for linear and nonlinear approximation of large data. I graduated from Yale University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.