Operator who builds.

At The Tao of Tea, I work across revenue, operations, data, and software. I've taken Faire from zero to 35 retail accounts — Top Shop status every month since launch — secured price increases with Amazon and iHerb, and shipped six production applications spanning forecasting, demand planning, and warehouse operations. I work directly with the founder on expansion, compliance, liquidation, and whatever the business needs next.

When a QuickBooks migration had been stuck for eleven years, I finished it in two weeks without disrupting operations.CONSTRAINT RESOLVED · 11Y → 2W

The approach is the same everywhere: see the whole system, find the broken loop, build the fix, get it adopted. An MBA to read the business, an MS in Data Science for the analytical depth, AI-assisted development to move from idea to working software quickly. The technology is rarely the point. Building something people actually use is.

Before Tao, I was Chief of Staff at an early-stage startup and spent five years evaluating search quality for machine-learning systems. I grew up in a small town in India and came to the United States on a 90% scholarship. Leaving what I knew to build a life somewhere unfamiliar probably explains my attraction to unfamiliar systems — and my belief that they can be understood.

Outside work: history, civilizations, how individual decisions shape larger events. I read, play chess, hike around Oregon, and love ambitious storytelling — Red Dead Redemption 2 and Halo especially.

Long term, I intend to build a company of my own.