Hey, I'm Ian

I work on Applied AI at Ramp in NYC. I write and invest sometimes.

Work

Applied AI, Ramp

Building AI agents to automate financial operations

2025 - Present

AI products to automate data pipelines

2023 - 2025

Tech Lead, Stripe

ML ranking systems, hosted UI products

2021 - 2023

Software Engineer, Pinterest

Growth engineering, 5x'd SMB advertising business

2018 - 2021

Software Engineer, Atlassian

Created Atlassian Guard security product

2017 - 2018

Drone swarm applications for DARPA special projects

2015 - 2017

Co-Founder & President, Hack Arizona

3000+ students, $500k in sponsorships, lots of startups launched

2014 - 2017

E-commerce operations and logistics

Sensors to measure space, not people

Rethinking podcast networks

How I stand up Hermes, Hermex, Tailscale, and Ramp Router as a personal agent box.

Reflections on building Hack Arizona and fostering hacker culture in the southwest.