I develop Pixar’s state-of-the-art animation software, Presto, working with C++, Python, Qt, and USD.

• Contributed to a multi-year improvement of Presto's animation object model that allows animators to expressively blend animations. Delivered core-level implementations, user interfaces, editing tools, performance optimizations, and integration with Presto's many other systems.

• Conceptualized and implemented a Python scripting editor embedded in Presto for accessible development. Prototyped UI features in Figma with input from end-users to design a delightful UX. The editor is used by developers and technical artists across Pixar to wide acclaim.

• Extended a system for preserving character poses across space and solver changes. Delivered support for new features, performance improvements (10-40% speedups across each of several changes), correctness fixes, expanded unit testing, refactors, simplifications, as well as improved documentation.

• Collaborated with animators to develop an algorithm that automatically computes tangents on Bézier splines to achieve aesthetic interpolation between keyframes. Led regular forums with a team of animators to build a pipeline for evaluating and iterating on candidate automatic tangent algorithms.

Contracted for Pixar through Eastridge Workforce Solutions 2022-2024.

• Rigged and optimized simulation assets, including soft-body assets using Pixar’s in-house cloth simulation engine and rigid-body assets using Bullet.

• Achieved significant runtime performance improvements in rigid-body assets.

• Produced simulations for films: Cars 3, Incredibles 2, Toy Story 4, and Onward.

Researched and developed algorithms bridging industrial knitting with hand knitting.

Implemented topological description of knitted structures, and a pipeline for converting hand knitting instructions into machine knitting code.

Designed a resting shape prediction algorithm for knitted structures.

Served as a TA for 6.S063, Engineering Interactive Technologies.

Taught and assisted students in working with circuits, microcontrollers such as the ESP8266 with MicroPython, and laser cutters.