hey, i'm

directory

an intro

• ceo at Paprika, building a zoning intelligence system for 150k+ san francisco parcels with postgis + rag pipelines.
• software engineering intern at Railinc, working on gis-driven tools for freight rail operations and terminal workflows.
• studying cs @ berkeley
• research project manager @ ucb eecs, heading a team using multi-spectral satellite imagery (ndvi, ndwi, lst) to detect crypto mining developments in el salvador (potts lab).

projects & research

• Atlas — predictive multi-modal transportation router over 500k+ road segments, combining dijkstra/a*/ch with xgboost traffic models for sub-100ms queries.
• FireGraph — real-time fire risk visualization platform combining live fire perimeters, winds, and population density to surface high-risk evacuation corridors.

lore

• memorized every world capital at age 2. mass applause from indian aunties. zero practical applications since.
• played trevor rainbolt in ranked geoguessr. got absolutely cooked tho
• former international geography olympiad competitor.
• played the carnatic violin for 10 years
• once chased my bag on a caltrain from redwood city to sf in a $100 uber going 100mph. got it back with 30 seconds to spare.
• grew up in cary, north carolina. escaped. sorry mom.

tl;dr

cities are broken and i want to fix them with ai. most of my work is at the intersection of geospatial data, machine learning, and urban planning—which is a fancy way of saying i read zoning codes so you don't have to.

currently

• looking for sf housing for summer 2026 to scale and build wherever and whatever i can
• building paprika.nu
• probably on bart right now
• still thinking about that caleb williams throw…

some other things

• coursework: data structures, discrete math, structure of computer programs, computer architecture, probably more ai/ml stuff if i feel like it
• tools: python, typescript, react/next.js, postgresql/postgis, xgboost, scikit-learn, all sorts of gis software, aws, docker
• interests: cities & transit, maps, tamil culture, soccer jerseys, geoguessr, chicago sports, and international music. a little less frequently, south indian movies, home decor, sketching, online chess, and sparkling water.

other things

• i used to watch anime a little bit
• roast my spotify playlists