Co-founder & CEO of Zehitomo. Born and raised in NY, graduated computer science from USC in 2008 (fight on Trojans!) Worked in finance in Tokyo for 8yrs as a programmer and then a sales trader. Happily married and have a 1yr old daughter.

I am a full-stack software engineer with a background in chemistry. I came to Japan 4 years ago with no knowledge of Japanese, to start working at an Elementary school. I worked alongside many teachers and hundreds of children of all ages, and was able to improve my Japanese ability quickly. The highlight of my time there was organising a short English musical with 20 children for the entire school and their parents to enjoy. My path to coding began when I attended a coding meetup at Code Chrysalis in Roppongi, and started learning to code. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to quit my job and retrain as a software engineer. I studied on my own until I was able join Code Chrysalis.

I am a full-stack software engineer based in Tokyo, Japan. I have developed multiple web applications and mobile applications in Javascript, Typescript, and Dart utilizing frameworks like React, Vue and Flutter as well. I am very passionate about learning technologies that I have never worked with and being able to quickly adapt to them. I like to work with people from different backgrounds since I also have a multicultural background! Strong: JavaScript, HTML/CSS, React-native, React.js, Vue.js, Node.js, Express, PostgresQL, MongoDB, Dart, Flutter, Hapi, Heroku Experience: Typescript, TypeORM, Python, TDD, Agile