I stand by the power of images to tell stories, which is why I have shared my story through images. If you want more detailed information on my background then please check out my resume.
I did my PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at Brown University
The day I defended with my PhD committee (from the left) David Sheinberg, Michael J. Tarr, Moshe Bar, and David Badre
I did my postdoc at Carnegie Mellon University with Michael J. Tarr in the Center for the Neural Basis of Behavior
I started commercializing my research at Carnegie Mellon University's Silicon Valley campus
Right after I closed Neon's seed round a rainbow came out over our office at Moffett Field
Cupcakes to say thank you to the CMU team for all their help in commercializing the technology
Neon was awarded an Edison Award for Innovation, photo with Deb Johnson and Sunil Mallya
I participated in the NSF I-Corps program, photo at an NSF panel in Washington DC
The early stages of commercialization with the business model canvas, photo with Emma Cunningham and the WeDistill team
Happy days with our early stage team, photo with Sunil Mallya, Nicole Halmi, Deb Johnson, and Mark Desnoyer
Our first Brightcove conference with Deb Johnson and Sunil Mallya
Company field trip to the National Academy of Science
Moved into our WeWork office, photo with Nicole Halmi
Designing the UI of our first thumbnail selection product
Closing our Series A with Bill Ericson (Mohr Davidow Ventures)
Speaking at Neon's event at the International Center for Photography in NYC
Our amazing panelists from Bloomberg, ESPN, and Princeton University
"The power of images" event at International Center for Photography
Starting to scale, which meant lots of post its!
Neon organized and hosted a panel with Witness on the future of human rights and technology
After winning the best product of the show from Streaming Media with Meredith Kivett (Brightcove), Nicole Halmi (Neon) and Mike Green (Brightcove)
We used our South Park office as a pop up art gallery in partnership with Bonhams Art dealership
Signing a new customer in Neon's South Park office
At Bloomberg offices in NYC with our customer advisor Michael Smith
All stripes with Nicole Halmi, Deb Johnson, Jenna Vickers, and our awesome intern Christine Lu
Working with my board, Abhas Gupta (Mohr Davidow Ventures) and Eran Pilovsky (Splice Machine)
Working with my lead investor Bill Ericson (Mohr Davidow Ventures)
Neon organized and led panel discussion on images and time at Soho House NYC with Allen Duan (Hearst), Carina Kolodny (Huffington Post), and Michael Dreyer (Getty)
Heavily pregnant after speaking at Business Insider in NYC with Nicole Halmi
Managed to surf until 7 months pregnant!
Holiday party with my wonderful assistant Jenna Vickers
Back at CMU after winning the Technology Pioneer Award from the World Economic Forum, photo with Mark Desnoyer and Michael J. Tarr
Working from home while Theo was little with my Neon teammates Nicole Halmi, Nick Dufour, and Mark Desnoyer
Back to work after Theo was born
Launched Neon Open, an open source emotional AI platform