Hi, I'm Forrest

Studied Machine Learning and Controls, Robotics, and Autonomy at Virginia Tech.

Interested in markets, poker, information theory, and researching "value".

Working on all things in emerging tech, startups, and art.

Resume

Currently

  • Founding Engineer @ Grand Charter

    Building some fun things that will help people in the legal space.

  • Movi Collective

Prev

  • 8VC Fellow
  • SWE Intern @ Susquehanna International Group

    Worked on tools and feeds for traders.

  • UTA for CS3214 Operating Systems
  • Director of Operations @ Student Engineers' Council at Virginia Tech

    Served over 10k engineering students with events, $300k+ in philanthropy, and the largest career fair on the east coast (300+ companies, $700k revenue).

  • SWE Intern @ Roblox

    Built new state APIs for GUIObjects, officially launched features in August 2023.

  • Research @ Wireless at VT

    Researching novel applications and algorithms in the area of semantic communication and joint source channel coding.

  • Club Admin @ Hokie AI
  • Founding Member @ Art Club at VT
  • Neo Scholar Finalist
  • Full Stack Contractor @ Tholos
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant @ COLLAB
  • SWE Intern @ SCOUT Inc.

    Got my first taste of startups here :D

  • Controls @ BOLT Electric Motorcycle
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant @ Assistive Robotics Lab
  • Robotics & Computer Vision @ TJHSST

My reading list:

  • Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value by David Graeber [current]
  • The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio [current]
  • Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin
  • Flash Boys by Michael Lewis
  • Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
  • Neuromancer by William Gibson
  • Favorite illustrators:

    If any of this interests you, feel free to reach out :)

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