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The study uses randomized emotion identification, confidence ratings, and temporal gates across 48 trials, with a planned mixed-effects logistic regression to estimate modality, time, and confidence effects."},{"name":"Confidential early-stage company","position":"Independent Strategy and Research Advisor","location":"Remote","startDate":"2023-10-01","endDate":"2024-05-01","summary":"Advised senior leadership on AI product strategy and internal ML capability-building. Developed decision materials and training resources on AI/ML technologies for cross-functional teams."},{"name":"Hogarth Worldwide","position":"Content Project Manager, Worldwide Image Producer","location":"California, US (onsite at Apple)","startDate":"2019-09-01","endDate":"2021-05-01","summary":"Managed cross-functional production and localization for global web, retail, channel, and print assets. Moved from project management into worldwide image production, coordinating agency-client delivery across time, budget, quality, localization, and stakeholder constraints."},{"name":"Apple","position":"Machine Learning Product Operations Engineer","location":"Sunnyvale, CA","url":"https://apple.com","startDate":"2018-01-01","endDate":"2019-06-01","summary":"Coordinated R&D prototype development and user-acceptance testing for image segmentation, object occlusions, object motion keypoints, annotations, LiDAR, ARKit, and Core ML initiatives. Ran Agile delivery cycles and managed high-volume data and vendor workflows for global ML product development."},{"name":"TherapyOS","position":"Co-Founder and Product Research Lead","location":"Oakland, CA","url":"https://therapyos.com","startDate":"2016-11-01","endDate":"2018-06-01","summary":"Led product research and early development for a bootstrapped mental-health technology venture. 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