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from app import *
from datetime import datetime
def page():
h2s = 'Work Experience', "Education", "Volunteering",'Hobbies'
txts = [Markdown(work), Markdown(education), Markdown(volunteering), Markdown(hobbies)]
secs = Sections(h2s, txts)
return BstPage(1, "", *secs)
hf_start_date = datetime(2021, 12, 6)
time_at_hf = (datetime.now() - hf_start_date)
years_at_hf = time_at_hf.days // 365
months_at_hf = (time_at_hf.days - years_at_hf * 365) // 30
work = f"""
I am currently working at [Hugging Face](https://hf.co) as a Machine Learning Engineer. I have been there {years_at_hf} years and {months_at_hf} months as a member of the monetization team. I have helped companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Grammarly, Optum, Writer, Uber, and Liberty Mutual improve their machine learning capabilities.
Prior to working at Hugging Face, I was a data scientist at GSK, where I created a search engine to make it easier to understand Medical Voice of Customer data (what the clinicians who use the products think of them).
I believe in being transparent about my work journey, so I will share more than most people typically do. Here is all of my work experience since I was 16.
* Machine Learning Engineer @ [Hugging Face](https://hf.co) (2021 - Present)
* Member of the success team within the monetization team.
* Helping enterprises and startups improve their machine learning capabilities.
* This involves teaching how to use Hugging Face libraries such as transformers, accelerate, datasets, peft, trl, and diffusers.
* Typical use cases:
* Fine-tuning a model on a custom dataset.
* Serving fine-tuned models (both LLM and non-LLMs).
* Pre-training from scratch.
* RAG using LLMs and embeddings.
* Document understanding using vision-language models.
* Curating a high-quality instruction dataset.
* Manage relations with ~$2M worth of customers.
* Most senior member of post-sales MLE team.
* Hired 5 other team mebers.
* Author on [BLOOM paper](https://huggingface.co/papers/2211.05100) for minor help with datasets.
* Data Scientist @ GSK (2020 - 2021)
* Created a search engine to make it easier to understand what clinicians think of the products.
* Data Science Fellowship @ SharpestMinds (2019 - 2020)
* Fellowship is a generous term. It was a 3-month bootcamp where I taught myself all about data science and machine learning while being mentored by an industry professional.
* High School / Middle School Tutor @ AJ Tutoring (2018 - 2019)
* Shared my love for physics, math, and chemistry with students in the Bay Area.
* I even worked with the daughter of Google's CEO.
* One of my students was in [the scandal where parents paid to get their kids into college](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_Blues_scandal).
* Dog Walker (2017-2019)
* I ran with my neighbors dog 3 times a week for 3 years.
* We did over 2000 miles together.
* Image Sensor Intern @ ON Semiconductor (2017)
* Quit after 5 weeks because it was a waste of my time. Unrealistic expectations, no guidance, and not much learning.
* Research Assistant Internship @ Stanford University (2016)
* Worked on thermionic energy harvesters.
* Spent too much time in the cleanroom alone at odd hours around dangerous chemicals and tools.
* Financial Manager @ [Muwekma Tah-Ruk House](https://nacc.stanford.edu/our-community/muwekma-tah-ruk-native-theme-house) (2015-2016)
* Budgeted $100k for 35 students in the house for food and events.
* Research Internship @ Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (2015)
* Fabrication of implantable neural devices.
* Research Internship @ Stanford University (2014)
* Fabricating sensors that work in extreme environments.
* Worked with graphene, high bandgap semiconductors, and cool equipment like scanning electron microscopes and x-ray diffraction.
* Co-author on 2 papers:
* [Irradiation effects of graphene-enhanced gallium nitride (GaN) metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) ultraviolet photodetectors](https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/9491/949107/Irradiation-effects-of-graphene-enhanced-gallium-nitride-GaN-metal-semiconductor/10.1117/12.2178091.short),
* [Impact of gamma irradiation on GaN/sapphire surface acoustic wave resonators](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/6932293)
* Admin Assistant @ Stanford Graduate School of Education (2014)
* Did various small tasks to help the school run smoothly.
* Research Internship @ Stanford University (2013)
* Worked on helping underrepresented students start learning Computer Science.
* Soccer Coach @ Los Gatos Soccer (2010-2012)
* Coached soccer basics for kids during the summer.
"""
volunteering = """All of my volunteering is tutoring.
* [Lucile Packard Children's Hospital](https://med.stanford.edu/phm/clinical/lpch.html) (2013 - 2014)
* Tutored kids who had been in the hospital for a long time.
* [East Palo Alto Tennis and Tutoring](https://www.epatt.org/) (2019)
* Tutored high school students in math and science.
* [Student U](https://studentudurham.org/) (2019-2020)
* Tutored high school students in math and science.
"""
education = """
* Coterminal M.S. in Electrical Engineering @ Stanford University (2016-2018)
* Did not graduate.
* Decided that I wasn't interested in the classes I was taking (physics, analog devices, signal processing, networks).
* I was also sick of doing research in a cleanroom.
* B.S. in Electrical Engineering @ Stanford University (2012-2016)
* Focus on semiconductor device physics.
* Los Gatos High School (2008-2012)
* Voted "Best All Around" by senior class.
* Played Varsity Soccer for 3 years.
* [Captain of the Varsity Soccer Team (2011-2012).](https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/los-gatos/los-gatos-wildcats/athletes/nicky-broad/soccer/stats/?careerid=11o9q24ridm22)
* [Co-MVP of the league (2012).](https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/03/19/broad-mason-are-league-mvps-in-soccer/)
* [Honorary mention in CCS (2012).](https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/03/27/all-mercury-news-boys-soccer-honors/)
"""
hobbies = """My main hobbies are going on walks with my dog, playing soccer, doing [Kaggle competitions](https://www.kaggle.com/nbroad), reading, [photography](https://flickr.com/photos/131470140@N06/), and taiko. This last one, taiko, is probably the most interesting, though I am on a bit of a hiatus. I played taiko for 12 years, starting with [San Jose Junior Taiko](https://www.taikoconservatory.org/juniortaiko) and continuing with [Stanford Taiko](https://taiko.stanford.edu/). Here is a video of me performing in Stanford's Bing Concert Hall.
"""
four_sizzlin_beets = """<div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Q_4sffQZBA?si=4ArGNw1wy5ps2ra0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>"""
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hobbies += four_sizzlin_beets + "<br><br>Stanford Instagram also featured me on their page.<br><br>" + stanford_instagram_embed