Waterbury Did It First
In 2013, Mayor O'Leary paid hundreds of teenagers to shovel out Waterbury's schools after Nor'easter Nemo. I was in the Mayor's Office. Twelve years later, NYC's Mayor Mamdani ran the same play.
We're All Starting to Sound Alike
On AI, voice, and what we lose when we hand over language.
$10 million, my proposal, and a state's bet on the future
On September 26, Governor Ned Lamont announced a $50.5 million investment in downtown New Haven — the first major award under Connecticut's Innovation Clusters Program. The $10M for QuantumCT was mine to build.
First time moderating. Not a bad room to start with.
I've sat on panels before. Moderating UConn's first annual Quantum UP! Challenge was something different — a conversation about industry strength, workforce, and how you get students excited about a quantum economy.