Teaching & Recognition

Teaching, speaking, volunteering, and giving back.

Teaching Experience

Teaching students and working professionals how to develop their own creative process for the next generation of computing experiences.

2018–2022School of Visual Arts

Augmented and Virtual Reality

Adjunct Faculty

Senior elective in spatial computing using human-centered design methodology. Started at half capacity, grew to overcapacity within two semesters. Guest lecturers from Amazon and XR software providers.

2017–2020School of Visual Arts

Interaction Design and Communication

Adjunct Faculty

For junior advertising and design majors.

2020MIT Media Lab

Hack Reality

Hack Reality — Mentor

Enabling designers to create 3D experiences without engineering dependencies.

2019–2020RLab — NYC's Home for Spatial Computing

UX Design for AR & VR

Instructor & Curriculum Developer

Two-day intensive in-person workshops. Also led Mixed Reality Healthcare Masters Class Workshop.

2019–2020NYU Tandon School of Engineering

UX Design Principles for VR & AR

Guest Lecturer

Via Emeritus Online. Also lectured on UX Strategy Design & Strategy for Emerging Technologies.

2017–2018R/GA

R/GA University

Inaugural Faculty

Inaugural class of R/GA University — an external professional education offering.

Design & Technology Recognition

Sponsorship2019

Adobe Aero #MakeItImmersive

Adobe-sponsored artist selected globally to explore Adobe Aero pre-release. Collaborator: Wendy K. Fok.

SponsorshipAR
Preservation2018–2019

Glass House by Philip Johnson

Virtual architectural tour for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. 70th anniversary Glass House Summer Party in New Canaan, CT. Collaborator: Roy Peer.

PreservationVR
Award2017

2nd Place MIT Merge Cube Award

MIT Media Lab Reality Virtually Hackathon. PlayARWorld Levels — an educational AR game encouraging users to move through space to learn new topics and test themselves.

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AwardARCoreMIT
Award2025

btc++ SPEED AI Hackathon

Augmenting self-driving cars, bringing a new meaning to spatial computing and mobile advertising. Powered by the largest compute and financial network.

AwardHackathonAIBitcoin
Award2017–2024

ETH Global Hackathons

3D objects, 3D interoperable worlds, text prompt to 3D printed jewelry collections. Collaboratively concept and code.

AwardEthereumBlockchain
Award2017–2024

Consensus Hackathons

3D objects, 3D interoperable worlds, text prompt to 3D printed jewelry collections. Collaboratively concept and code.

AwardEthereumBlockchain
Award2016

Clio Sports Silver
Nike Speed Drops

Speedy Lamborghini delivery for Super Bowl 50.

AwardNikeSuper Bowl

Patents

US20200167712A1 · Filed Nov 11, 2019

Method for augmenting procedures of a locked, regulated document

A method for augmenting procedures at production equipment — linking procedure steps to capture fields, generating augmented guidance based on visual content from mobile devices, and linking guidance to locations proximal to equipment.

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US20190316912A1 · Filed Apr 4, 2019

Method for controlling dissemination of instructional content to operators performing procedures at equipment within a facility

A method for controlling dissemination of instructional content — accessing digital procedures with multiple instruction formats (text, audio, visual) corresponding to varying degrees of guidance, and presenting instructions matching minimum guidance specifications.

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Publications

Speaking & Volunteering

Speaking

2020Swissnex in Boston and New York

Speaker — swissnex Labs

Connecting with your Audience: How to Ensure the Success of Immersive Media Projects?

2020Reality Hack at MIT

Design Mentor

Empower creators to design spatially, developing natural user interfaces with real and virtual objects.

2017–2018XRC Ventures

Mentor

Mentor startups in Parsons retail venture studio. DTC CPGs, DRC fashion, workforce hiring platform.

2017Columbia School of Engineering

Guest Lecture

Guest lecture on digital product design process.

Volunteering

2024Columbia Business School

Mentor

Mentored a class on market access through a roadmap designed to scale for D2C commerce. Guided entrepreneur in digital literacy from market segmentation and funnel analytics to augmented reality for conversion and the future of 3D product visualization.

2025Base58

Based Volunteer

Focus on the most reliable compute network that is also expanding the energy grid.

2024Texas Blockchain Council

Volunteer

Economic empowerment.