I’m excited to share that I’ve been selected as a 2026 Venture Fellow at Alumni Ventures.
The Venture Fellow Program is a yearlong venture capital fellowship that brings together professionals from across technology, healthcare, research, startups, product, and operations to learn how venture investing works through real exposure to the industry. This year’s cohort was selected from more than 750 applicants for 30 spots, and includes people from organizations like Microsoft, Google DeepMind, Coinbase, Qualcomm, and DoorDash.
What stood out to me about the program is that it is designed for people who may not come from traditional venture capital backgrounds.
Venture has historically been a difficult industry to access. A lot of opportunities happen through existing networks, pattern-matching, and prior exposure to investing circles. For many people working in engineering, product, operations, research, or startups, venture can feel close to the technology world while still being surprisingly hard to enter directly.
I’ve always been interested in the intersection between builders, technology, and long-term industry shifts.
My background has been fairly interdisciplinary. I studied computer science at Western University and have worked across product management, developer tooling, cloud infrastructure, and reliability engineering roles. I previously worked on ML and LLM observability at Datadog, worked on Power BI and Fabric at Microsoft, and currently work in Azure Engineering Operations at Microsoft.
Outside of work, I’ve spent a lot of time in technical communities through hackathons, student organizations, conferences, mentoring, and developer programs. Many of the opportunities that shaped my career came from being around people building ambitious things early.
That environment overlaps heavily with venture capital.
Venture is about identifying people with strong conviction, technical insight, and the ability to execute in areas that may still look uncertain to most of the market.
One thing I find particularly interesting right now is how quickly the barriers to building are changing because of AI. Small teams can move much faster than before. Technical founders have access to tools and infrastructure that previously required much larger organizations. Entire categories around AI infrastructure, developer tooling, robotics, healthcare, and scientific computing are evolving in real time.
Over the next year, the fellowship includes a 52-week curriculum, hands-on work with investment teams, and direct exposure to founders, operators, and investors. I’m looking forward to learning how investors evaluate markets, assess technical products, think about timing, and develop long-term conviction around emerging technologies.
I’m also excited to learn from the other Fellows in the program. One of the strongest parts of any technical or investing community is the diversity of perspectives people bring from different industries and operating experiences.
Grateful for the opportunity and excited for the year ahead.
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