- AboutMy Story
I am a software engineer and entrepreneur living in San Francisco, CA. Currently, I am a Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. In the recent past I was Co-CEO of Droplet Health (now Kit.com acquired by Ro), CTO MedXT, Engineer at Box, PM at Facebook. I have many interests including but not limited to: software engineering, the future of healthcare, virtual currencies and payments, software as a service, productivity, traveling and global living.
Where I'm fromI am from Palo Alto, CA. My mother is from the Philippines and my father is from India. I am a dual-citizen US/Philippines.
- Right Now
- Experience
Visiting Partner
Helping companies in the W21 and S21 YC batch. Read about the program, me, and my colleagues here.
Software EngineerBox acquired my company MedXT in 2014, and I was on the engineering team working on medical data and preview. Try viewing your X-rays on Box!
Co-Founder and CTOMedXT is a medical imaging platform designed for telemedicine. If you wanted to add telemedicine services to your practice made software to help you do it. We served hospitals, imaging centers and clinics worldwide.We were based in San Francisco and participated in YCombinator (W13).Product Manager, Platform, Payments and AndroidAt Facebook I worked on the Developer Platform, including the payments system and Facebook Credits. We built the global payments network with 80+ payment methods for developers, gifts, advertisers and more.I am a payments and currency enthusiast.B.S. and M.Engg Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceI did my undergrad and masters at MIT, including thesis work at the Media Lab (Human Dynamics) ADVISORy
I'm interested in improving CS education
University of Nebraska Lincoln Raikes School
Board Member
Helping some of the top students in the state of Nebraska have great careers in tech. Read about The Raikes School and the board.
- BELIEFSDon't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. - Mark Twain
- Writing & Articles
YC 2021 Partners Announcement
This blog post talks about the Visiting Partners for W2021. Working with Ralph, Surbhi, Tracy, Brad and Uri is an experience like no other.
Female Founder StoriesRead my company's story on Y Combinator Female Founder Stories website.Unemployment Insurance in the US struggled in the wake of the pandemic, this interview discusses some of the technical problems.
Bitcoin FAQMy responses to the top questions I have been asked on Bitcoin. Based on my experiences with payments and payment systems and with Bitcoin itself.Box's Big Data Triple ThreatInterview with me and my colleagues Heidi Williams and Divya Jain in Fortune.
This was the article that covered some of the AI and Machine Learning stuff I was doing at Box!
More writing, varied topics.