- Joined
- Sep 2024
- How they joined
- Directly
- Before Cognition
- De Anza CollegePolice Student Aid
- Status
- Current
Details
LocationMountain View, California, United States
Company sitecognition.ai
UniversitySan José State University, De Anza College
JamfKandjiABMLogitech SyncSecurity OperationsComputer HardwareComputer MaintenanceMicrosoft Excel
Notes
- Since Jul 2025 he has been an IT Engineer at Cognition; his own description reads: "Cognitions acquisition of Windsurf gave me the opportunity to provide flexible, on-demand IT support and diagnostics for a merged engineering team, facilitating seamless post-acquisition integration."Jul 2025
- Came to Cognition through its acquisition of Windsurf: Cognition signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf on 2025-07-14, including its IP, product, brand and people.Jul 14, 2025
- Joined Codeium/Windsurf as a Data Center Engineer in Sep 2024, where in his own words he "Built and deployed data center servers for AI infrastructure".Sep 2024
- The Windsurf deal followed Google hiring away Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen and research leaders in a $2.4B reverse-acquihire that left much of the ~250-person team behind; Nolan was part of the team that stayed and moved to Cognition.Jul 14, 2025
- In April 2025 he says he "expanded my technical support during the company's pivot, adopting a wider IT role to support the engineering team".Apr 2025
- Being a Bay Area-based IT and data center engineer for Cognition's merged Windsurf and Devin engineering team makes him a practical contact for questions about on-site infrastructure, device fleets and post-merger IT integration.
- Index listing records his current title as "Server Technician - IT" at Cognition while his LinkedIn headline reads "IT & Data Center Engineer @ Cognition"; the two labels describe the same hands-on hardware plus IT support role.2026
- Built "Memorying Memory" at the UC Berkeley AI Hackathon with teammates Ian Ang, kate w and Nicholas Turangan: a video-call plugin that uses Hume AI emotion detection on facial expressions to trigger responses such as a funny video when a user looks sleepy. Built with Hume, OpenCV and Python, and submitted for the Best Use of Hume AI prize track.2023
- Public headline says "IT & Data Center Engineer @ Cognition".
- Listed skills center on Apple fleet and device management (Jamf, Kandji, Apple Business Manager) and conference-room hardware (Logitech Sync), plus security operations and computer hardware maintenance.
- Enrolled at San Jose State University in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications (Aug 2025 to Aug 2027 expected), which lines up with his data center and network-infrastructure work at Cognition.Aug 2025
- Earned an A.A. in Liberal Arts with a Business and Computer Information Systems emphasis plus Computer Science at De Anza College (Jan 2022 to Jun 2025), studying part-time while working at Windsurf and Cognition.Jun 2025
Previous roleCodeium / Windsurf (acquired by Cognition, July 2025)
Experience
IT Engineer at Cognition
Sep 2024 - Present
San Francisco, CA
Data Center Engineer (2024 - Jul 2025) - Codeium / Windsurf Built and deployed data center servers for AI infrastructure. In April 2025 I expanded my technical support during the company's pivot, adopting a wider IT role to support the engineering team. IT Engineer (Jul 2025 - Present) - Cognition Cognitions acquisition of Windsurf gave me the opportunity to provide flexible, on-demand IT support and diagnostics for a merged engineering team, facilitating seamless post-acquisition integration.
Police Student Aid at De Anza College
Sep 2023 - Jun 2024
Cupertino, California, United States
Education
San José State University
Aug 2025 - Aug 2027
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
De Anza College
Jan 2022 - Jun 2025
A.A., Liberal Arts: Business and Computer Information Systems Emphasis, Computer Science
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