As the previous application developer at CCI, Sasha built web-based tools designed to help conservation scientists do their work more effectively. Sasha coordinated with the rest of the CCI team to identify the most pressing needs of scientists and the conservations community at large, and created software designed to address those needs.

Sasha graduated from Clark University with a Masters in Public Administration. Prior to working at Defenders, he worked in the California State Senate, and taught web development at UC Berkeley Extension.