Hi, it's Adam S.
Engineering leader in Silicon Valley with a multidisciplinary background in art and technology. Currently senior engineering manager at Apple developing platforms to enable evaluation of AI systems. Musician, tinkerer, dad.
Learn more about my projects and me.
What I'm Building
Explore →My current projects explore the same idea: AI gets dramatically more useful with persistent, structured context. A second mind that knows your ongoing situation, not a chatbot that starts from zero.
PracticePal
AI music practice companion that remembers your goals, repertoire, and progress across sessions.
Fitness AI
Personalized AI trainer that knows your equipment, injuries, and full training history. No more starting from zero.
Lead Skill for Claude Code
AI-augmented management OS. Persistent file-backed context that makes leadership thinking more durable and grounded.
Lead App (idea)
Standalone web app version of Lead Skill. Bringing AI-augmented management to a broader audience beyond Claude Code.
Journey
Full timeline →Careers that zig and zag are exciting. Mine went from a music technology BFA to senior engineering management at Apple. Audio plugins, a startup, VR pioneering, and big tech. Every pivot built on what came before.
Thinking
Read more →- AI as a second mind. Persistent context turns AI from ask-a-question into a system that compounds your thinking over time.
- Creative people make great leaders. Empathy, vision, taste, comfort with ambiguity. The arts background isn't a detour.
- Growth by stretching. Assign people into unexpected areas. The only way to grow is beyond where you're comfortable.
Human
More →- Music. I produce electronic music in experimental, ambient, and psychedelic styles. I also create software tools for music creation and performance.
- Trail running. I train for ultra marathons on Bay Area trails.
- Tinkering. Stanford CCRMA portfolio of instruments, plugins, and audio tools. Still building with my hands.
- Family. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area with my family.