I am a researcher and engineering leader driven by the mission of bringing AI from the lab into the real world. I am currently a Sr Staff Researcher and Tech Lead Manager at Waymo, developing Foundation Models for Self-Driving Cars. My work builds on a deep background in autonomous technology, including my time leading the Perception and Behavior Reasoning team at Waabi, my role as a Research Scientist at Uber ATG, and my PhD in end-to-end autonomy from the University of Toronto, where I was advised by Raquel Urtasun.