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| 1 | +<div></div> |
| 2 | +#### Intro |
| 3 | +I am the CTO of [Arthena](https://arthena.com) where I work on building the most accurate models for pricing and valuating fine art. My primary job functions are as a data scientist and software engineer. |
| 4 | +<br> |
| 5 | +I am available to consult on interesting projects. I am particularly interested in social impact, education, inclusively, space, and in applying machine learning to large data sets. I may even be available for pro-bono work depending on the time commitment and the project. If you'd like to meet, I am based in Palo Alto but travel to New York frequently. |
| 6 | +<br><br> |
| 7 | +#### currently |
| 8 | +At Arthena I have learned how to build teams and manage people, build relationships with customers, sell enterprise products, and build on-line predictive models for production environments. I've also learned how to build and maintain large web applications (see [arthena.com](https://arthena.com)). |
| 9 | +<br><br> |
| 10 | +#### Some History (Early Life): |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +- I was born on February 5th, 1990. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +- My parents put a computer in my bedroom when I was 3. It was an old Tandy that ran MS-DOS and could barely handle Wolfenstein 3D. |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +- We subscribed to AOL in 1995. I still remember installing it from a floppy disk onto our brand new Packard Bell. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +- At 8, my parents bought me a Sony Mavica MVC-FD71 digital camera after I stole their SLR one too many times. It could fit 10 images to a floppy disk at a 0.3MP resolution. I still have it and it still works. I've been taking photographs ever since, now with a Nikon D750, D800, and occasionally with a Mamiya 6II. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +- At 10, I built my first website with Microsoft FrontPage. It was terrible. |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +- I was 11 when I built my first [Tesla Coil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil) (without the permission of my parents). Over the next few years, I built several more including one of the first audio modulated coils and one of the first DRSSTCs. |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +- When I was 12, I set the all-time high record at my local laser tag facility by reverse engineering the charging station and weapon protocols with a photo-resistor, micro-cassette recorder, and a lot of patience. I was unstoppable. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +- At 13, I went to space camp and fell in love. I went back two more times and promised myself that I'd work in space. I've since worked on three generations of satellites. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +- At 14, I was almost expelled for finding a backdoor into my high school's file server and telling everyone but the faculty members about it. Later that year, I figured out how to turn off the internet firewall by editing system registry keys and later anonymously shared my work. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +- At 16, I participated in a foreign exchange program in Dortmund, Germany. Since then, I've gone back almost every year. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +- 14 - 17, I played a lot of video games. My favorites included Counter Strike Source, Command and Conquer 3, Halo 2, and Age of Empires 3. |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +- At 18, In the summer before college, my friends and I started playing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quidditch_(sport)">Muggle Quidditch</a>. We went on to start over 8 teams in the [International Quidditch Association](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Quidditch_Association) including the [Buffalo Quidditch Society](https://www.facebook.com/buffaloquidditch/). At our height, we were ranked third in the IQA. Although I don't play anymore, you can still see pictures of me holding a broom while wearing a chess camp t-shirt on facebook. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +- At 19, I took my first graduate course and published my first paper. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +- At 20, I coauthored a grant to build a satellite and managed a 60+ person team through the end of undergrad. You can read more about that [here](https://ubnl.space/glados/). |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +You can ask me in person for stories that I'm afraid to share with the internet. |
| 41 | +<br><br> |
| 42 | +#### I like |
| 43 | +- Skiing |
| 44 | +- The sea |
| 45 | +- Space |
| 46 | +- Summer |
| 47 | +- [Books](https://www.goodreads.com/mdangelo) |
| 48 | +- Colored pencils |
| 49 | +- NPR podcasts |
| 50 | +- Obscure indie music |
| 51 | +- Good design |
| 52 | +- Photography |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +#### Travel / Geography |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +- I am from originally from Buffalo, New York. I have since lived in |
| 57 | +Palo Alto, Mountain View, San Francisco, Seattle, and New York. |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +- I've been to ~ 50 countries, some of which I have forgotten, and many of which I would like to revisit. |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | +- In 2016, I visited: Canada, Ethiopia, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Italy, Romania, Sweden, Norway, Svalbard, Panama, Costa Rica, Uganda, Japan, and the UAE, mostly in that order. |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +- In 2017, I plan to visit: Canada, Japan, China, Nepal, Indonesia, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Russia, and Uganda. |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +- I am an Oregon Trail II enthusiast. |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +#### Fun Facts |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +- I have a list of thousands of ideas, like creating matching bow ties for cats and humans. |
| 70 | +- I almost always have a sketchbook with me. |
| 71 | +- I can't locate every country on a map. |
| 72 | +- I added this page because so many people complained that my site was just a resume. |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +#### I dream of |
| 75 | +- always finding inspiration. |
| 76 | +- enabling a brighter future. |
| 77 | +- doing better. |
| 78 | +- no one checking my commit history for early drafts of this branch. |
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