Hi, I'm John. I'm a Staff Software Engineer at Meta, Tech Lead for Spatial Platforms, leading development of spatial computing and spatial AI behind Orion and future wearable devices. Public projects I've worked on include Orion AR glasses, Meta Neural Band, Meta AI glasses, Quest 3 Augments, React Native for Reality Labs devices, and Meta Spatial SDK.
Prior to Meta, I worked at Amazon to optimize global supply chains throughout COVID-19 disruptions, and at the agriculture data startup Gro Intelligence to combat food insecurity. As a student, I interned at NASA's Atmospheric Science Data Center, developing tools for researchers to monitor and understand climate change.
Alongside my work in industry, I'm also a PhD researcher at New York University, researching how embodied agents perceive, model, coordinate within, and improve urban systems under uncertainty. I hold a master's degree from Harvard University and a bachelor's degree from New York University.
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