I lead technology innovation teams that start with a hard problem requiring basic research and end with award winning commercialized solutions. I am a published author with extensive R&D experience in machine learning, computer vision, data analytics, sensor technologies and distributed systems -- essential elements of what has now gained a lot of buzz as the "Internet-of-Things." ​ I was part of the Werner H. Kirsten internship program at the National Cancer Institute. My work focused on immunology. The amazingly adaptive nature of the immune system inspired me to start thinking about mathematical models of learning. I went on to get my doctorate at Carnegie Mellon University in machine learning while working with robots (two robots named Lewis and Clark). Lewis and Clark, outfitted with 5 cameras, were built for autonomous navigation, surveillance and reconnaissance. The realization of what is possible while continuously learning from rich visual sensory data, inspired me to co-found Broad Reach Security. Two years later, Broad Reach Security joined forces with GE to develop VideoIQ - an award winning, state-of-the-art automated video surveillance system. In 2007, VideoIQ became an independent technology company focused on taking video analytics to the next level. VideoIQ was acquired by Avigilon in January, 2014. I continue to be inspired by the adaptive nature of the immune system as I work on continuously learning sensor networks (internet of things) that help bridge physical spaces and the cyberspace.

Chief Technology Officer @ From September 2014 to Present (1 year 4 months) Greater Boston AreaSenior Vice President, Analytics and Data Science @ From January 2014 to September 2014 (9 months) President and CTO @ I co-founded VideoIQ in 2007. VideoIQ is the leader in the application of intelligent analytics to video surveillance and is funded by top tier venture capital firms. I lead an amazing team of engineering, sales, marketing and product management wizards. From May 2013 to January 2014 (9 months) CTO and Chief Scientist @ I co-founded VideoIQ in 2007 and is funded by top tier venture capital firms. I lead architecture and development of machine learning and computer vision algorithms. Computer vision and machine learning in general are great big data problems and my goal is to make sure that VideoIQ is at the forefront of innovation. From March 2007 to May 2013 (6 years 3 months) CTO and V. P. R&D @ I managed the core video analytics team that delivered multiple generations of GE's VIQ-8HD (server based video analytics) product line. From November 2004 to March 2007 (2 years 5 months) Co-Founder, V.P. R&D @ I had an opportunity to visit a state-of-the-art security operations center in early 2000. After spending much of my academic life enabling robots to see, I was surprised that state-of-the-art meant that a handful of people were trying to watch hundreds of live camera feeds hoping to detect a suspicious event. While certainly not the original plan of how some of the technology I had developed could be commercially applied, a couple of partners and I decided to focus on video surveillance. This gave birth to Broad Reach. We were funded initially by angels and later (in 2002) by General Electric. With the help of a skilled and inspired team, we built two amazing award winning products. I led all Research and Development at Broad Reach. From 2000 to 2004 (4 years) Research Assistant and Doctoral Candidate @ Many machine learning tasks for visual object recognition require data to be provided in bulk. My focus was on developing theory and algorithms to sequentially manage complexity (geared to improve generalization performance) of a classifier. The result was my thesis: Sequential Discriminant Error Minimization for Object Recognition. From January 2000 to June 2002 (2 years 6 months)

Ph.D., Machine Learning, Applied Statistics, Computer Vision @ Carnegie Mellon University From 2000 to 2005 MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering @ Carnegie Mellon University From 1998 to 1999 BS, Electrical and Computer Engineering @ Carnegie Mellon University From 1995 to 1998