The arc.
Born in Brazil and raised in Texas, I started in a robotics lab and never lost the taste for systems that touch the real world. Most engineers move atoms with bits from a safe distance — I kept getting closer to the metal.
I co-founded Booster in 2015 and spent most of the next decade in Silicon Valley turning mobile energy delivery into a SaaS platform now used by fleets across the USA — software that moves atoms, not just electrons. Then for four years I went heads-down on ZEVO, building a two-sided marketplace for EV rentals end to end.
After ZEVO I stepped back to think about what comes next. The answer was intelligence. I'm focused on Booster again now, scaling it with AI, and Blacklite Labs, the studio I have run since 2013, is where I help other teams build with AI and prove it holds.
The robotics lab
Computer Science and math at Virginia Tech and UT Austin. Robotics, and a lasting interest in human-computer interaction.
Founded Blacklite Labs
An independent engineering studio of my own. Now focused on building with AI and proving it holds.
Booster · atoms
Co-founded a mobile-energy SaaS platform now used by fleets across the USA. Most of these years in Silicon Valley.
Two books shipped
Authored guides on AngularJS and Ionic while maintaining open source the community actually used.
ZEVO · electrons
Co-founded and built a two-sided marketplace for EV rentals.
AI · intelligence
Scaling Booster with AI, and refocusing Blacklite Labs on AI and security.