I deploy AI into real companies.
FDE at Cresta, San Francisco. My days are discovery calls, architecture docs, evals, and deployments into environments that were never designed for AI. I write about the role — and coach engineers into it.
The 90-Day FDE Path
How a software engineer or data scientist becomes a Forward Deployed Engineer in 90 days. The full path, written out.
Work with me, 1:1
I coach engineers through the path 1:1 - from stuck SWE/DS to deployed proof and FDE interviews.
Chicago → Providence → Atlanta → San Francisco.
Born in Chicago
Where the story starts.
Computer Science, Brown University
CS degree, hackathons, and the Ivy League network. I built the experiences and skills that still shows up in my work.
Software Engineer, Salesforce
Enterprise software (with a blend of AI) at scale - the traditional SWE role that my whole career starts from.
Founding CTO, Guala
Built and scaled a fintech app for micro-sellers and the GTM AI systems around it. First time deploying AI into a real business: my own.
Founder, Vocalink AI
Freelance voice agents for salons and studios - inquiry, booking, and payments over voice and text. FDE work before I had the title.
Forward Deployed Engineer, Cresta
Fifth FDE on the team. Deploying AI agents into real contact centers - the work that matters.
Turned down a Founding FDE offer
Chose to teach the path and build the tools to help others for myself instead of climbing to the spot for one company.