Hi, I'm Elaine.
I’m a builder and improviser in San Francisco. I am curious about why people are the way they are, how we got here, and where we’re headed as technology changes the way we live, work, and connect. I make things for people, and I’m happiest when something I made lands and changes how we live for the better.
Currently, I’m building at [*] and playing improv at BATS. I also read and paint a lot. Previously, I built a closed-loop device to interrupt compulsive behaviors, studied EECS and political science at MIT, developed medical electronics with the Conformable Decoders group and clinical products at Abby Care, and performed with RKB and at Second City in Chicago.
previously
building things
- 2025: Product @ Abby Care
- 2023-2025: Researcher @ Conformable Decoders
- 2023: Deep Learning Researcher (vehicle computer vision model optimization) @ VIA
- 2023: Researcher (controlled drug delivery methods + fixtures for bioMEMS research) @ the Koch Institute of Integrative Cancer Research
- 2022: EE (fire alarm detection products and IoT data management systems) @ Enventys Partners
- 2022: Researcher (hereditary cataract prediction) @ UNC Wilmington
- 2021-2022: Built a hardware community for young girls @ sheMakes
- How to make almost anything @ FabAcademy
- more things I've built
thinking about things
- 2026: Investment Intern @ Neo
- 2024: Strategy and investing for deep tech, health, and consumer @ Thrive Capital
- 2023: Schemed with Cohort 2 Admin @ Prod