I am an AI researcher and software engineer. I currently work as a Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon, on the Special Projects Team within Amazon Ads. Prior to Amazon, I was a Machine Learning Research Scientist at the University of Pittsburgh, where I also served as the Associate Director of the PittNAIL Lab, working on all things LLM. At Pitt, I facilitated a collaboration with HealthUnity to study generative AI with a particular focus on applications in healthcare. Before joining Pitt, I worked as a Research Engineer at DawnLight, a Sequoia Capital-backed startup in ambient intelligence and edge computing. Earlier on, I did AI research for Mayo Clinic, focusing on transformer models and graph-based methods.

I hold a bachelor's degree in both Computer Science and Mathematics from Luther College. During my time at college, I conducted research in topology (math), automated unit testing, artificial intelligence and authorship attribution, and programming languages and type theory. Prior to college, I was a college dropout and worked as a Salesman and Marketing Coordinator at Insta, a reputable Electrical Engineering, Smart Home, and Automation company headquartered in Tbilisi, Georgia. I have also led several startup projects and did some graphic design freelancing work.

I have graduated from Vladimir Komarov School of Physics and Mathematics. In my middle and high school years, I competed in national mathematics Olympiad of Georgia and am a multiple-time finalist. I was also an IMO and IPhO nominee for the national team of Georgia. While my passion for these subjects remained strong, I chose to focus more broadly on general education, which, while rewarding, limited the time I could dedicate to math and physics. This focus earned me a national gold medal for academic excellence—awarded to only a handful of graduates—but likely came at the expense of potential international competition medals in those subjects.

Before all that, I was a die hard football (actual football) amateur player and fan.