Passionate about making social media a safe place for everyone.
SWE w a BA in Anthro.
4 decades on social media. (Seriously, I saw someone catfished in chat in 1978.)
Pan, poly, non-binary
Former TL for Scaled Human Review at Meta (Integrity, Better Engineering, Metaverse). I swore I’d never work there, but I decided to see if I could make things better. I couldn’t.
TiVo, Somewhere (web/security), Utopia (web), Wildfire (voice assistant), Alfalfa (email), OSF (UI standards), HP/Apollo (UI/Unix), Sperry Research, Bell Labs, and a bunch of short-lived startups.
Consulting w my partner (below) on digital security and peace initiatives.
Partner:
Dr. Mollie Pepper, researcher and consultant on gender, migration, violence, and authoritarian governments. https://carlsonpepper.com
Daughters:
Shadi Fotouhi - Senior SWE at Wayfair.
Shireen Hinckley - Editor and Post Production Supervisor for Beyoncé. Black is King. Renaissance…
Banner Art: ©️Shadi Fotouhi
Avatar: Lensa.