Hi, I'm Michael

I'm a Senior Software Engineer in Apple's Vision Products Group in Seattle WA, where I build the tools, pipelines, and developer platforms that help artists and engineers make 3D content for AR/VR products like the Apple Vision Pro.

Before Apple, I was a Lead Technical Director at LAIKA in Portland, Oregon, an Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe-winning stopmotion animation company. I worked with folks all over the studio to maintain and develop workflows related to scheduling, fabrication, and work tracking.

This site includes a summary of my professional work and a variety of personal projects dating back to my college film days, including:

Software — creative coding, imaging experiments, and personal tools
Photos — photography: places, portraits, illustrative, and performance
Videos — film and video work

Links

Email
LinkedIn
GitHub
Instagram

Interests

Code — especially imaging, creative AI, and machine learning
Photography — photojournalism, illustrative, portrait, and experimental
Food — homebrewing, bread, pizza, pasta, etc.
The Outdoors — hiking, kayaking, camping, foraging, climbing
Filmmaking — directing and cinematography

Education

Northwestern University — B.A. in Computer Science & Film (double major).