I am the founder of River, a brain-computer interface company. We are building a chronic implant to restore speech and movement without damaging the brain.

My path through life has been unconventional. I was born in Brazil and grew up in Australia and the US (New England region). At eleven I taught myself the National Electrical Code, apprenticed as an electrician, and got hired onto commercial construction sites around Boston because I was small enough to fit the crawlspaces. At fifteen I moved to New Zealand with $2,000, enrolled myself in high school, and painted houses and washed dishes to pay board and tuition. I started my first business that year.

I have been building things from the atoms up ever since. Before River, I built a number of products and businesses. You can see them here.

These days, I spend most of my time in San Francisco, Singapore, and Australia.