About

I work at OpenAI, helping state and local governments put AI to work. My background spans public service, startups, and technology, including serving as San Francisco’s first Chief Innovation Officer and Co-CEO of Authorium. I’m interested in how new tools can help public servants do their work and improve the services people rely on. Here, I write about government, AI, and what it takes to turn promising ideas into everyday practice.

More about my background

Previously, I served as San Francisco’s first Chief Innovation Officer. Working with city colleagues and partners, I helped create ways to bring outside expertise into government. Civic Bridge connected private-sector volunteers with city staff to work on public challenges. Startup in Residence brought startups and government departments together to develop solutions to civic problems. Both reflected an approach that continues to interest me: bringing people with different skills together around a problem worth solving.

I later served as Co-CEO of Authorium, a software company focused on government’s administrative work, including procurement, contracting, and budgeting. That work put the everyday processes behind public services at the center of my professional life.

AI is now the focus of my work and much of my curiosity. I write about where it can be useful in government, what it takes to adopt it, and how to judge whether it is making things better. I’m interested in the people and institutions using the technology as much as the technology itself.

Earlier in my career, I held product leadership roles at SquareTrade and worked in consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers. I’m a Cornell graduate, a chess player, and a cyclist.

I work at OpenAI. The views expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.