Bradley Holt
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Education & Workforce Development @ IBM Quantum
New York, United States
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Manager, Technical Advocacy, Application Development & PerformanceDatadogJun 2026 - Current (1 month)Managing a team of developer advocates focused on application development and performance. Helping developers build, ship, and own the outcomes of their work.- Advisory Board Member, Elevate Quantum Workforce Collaborative (EQWC)Elevate QuantumAug 2024 - May 2026 (1 year 10 months)Served on the Elevate Quantum Workforce Collaborative (EQWC) Advisory Board supporting the Mountain West region (Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming) in building a quantum workforce by enabling academic, industry, and government to collaboratively drive quantum education, use cases, and job creation through quantum algorithm and application discovery. Led an EQWC Advisory Board initiative to integrate IBM Quantum educational resources into curriculum. Engaged with policymakers and aligned the community on strategies to drive economic development for the region.
- Workforce Development Partnerships Lead, IBM QuantumIBMMar 2024 - May 2026 (2 years 3 months)Drove a flywheel of IBM Quantum Platform (quantum computing cloud access) adoption by building an organic pipeline of Qiskit (open source quantum software stack) developers through workforce development partnerships with academia, government, and industry. Supported quantum education initiatives in partnership with consortia in the Mountain West (Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming), Chicago, New York, Connecticut, and other regions. Earned an award for IBM from the Colorado Governor's Office state agency for economic development. Built communities of practice around quantum workforce development and education, collaborated with educators to incorporate Qiskit into their classrooms, and enabled academic institutions to utilize IBM's open educ
- Program Director, Global Skills Development, IBM QuantumIBMAug 2019 - Mar 2024 (4 years 8 months)Provided industry-leading work, research, and educational opportunities for students building their careers in the field of quantum computing. Established IBM Quantum internship programs which directly trained over 400 students at all levels of higher education, many of whom went on to work at IBM Quantum or elsewhere in the field of quantum after graduation. Collaborated with academic partners to develop programs that prepared early professionals with the networks and career paths needed to launch their careers in the field of quantum computing. Partnered with Princeton, Qubit by Qubit, UCLA, and the IBM-HBCU Quantum Center to build workforce development programs that served almost 50% women and 40% underrepresented minorities as particip
- Sr. Program Manager, Developer Advocacy, Center for Open-Source Data & AI Technologies (CODAIT)IBMMay 2018 - Aug 2019 (1 year 4 months)Led a geographically distributed developer advocacy team democratizing data science and artificial intelligence (AI) through open source technologies (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Jupyter, etc.). Created open source code, high-quality content, and compassionate communities to help developers, data scientists, and data engineers discover and successfully utilize open source data science and AI technologies and related IBM offerings. Worked closely with business units throughout IBM to ensure that product teams derived value from open source data science and AI technologies while continuing to invest resources back into strategically-important open source ecosystems.
- Lead Developer Advocate & Senior Software Engineer, IBM Watson & Cloud PlatformIBMOct 2014 - May 2018 (3 years 8 months)Helped grow a developer advocacy team from four members responsible for one offering (IBM Cloudant) to 16 members responsible for over a dozen data and analytics cloud services. Directly managed a team of four developer advocates. Recruited new team members, established metrics systems for tracking our team’s progress, and led a strategy for building a developer community around the Offline First movement. Helped developers understand how to build with IBM Watson & Cloud Platform through preparation and delivery of over 40 presentations and webinars, building sample applications, and writing blog posts and tutorials.
- VSoftware DeveloperVermont Oxford NetworkJul 2005 - Dec 2009 (4 years 6 months)Created and maintained database applications used to improve the care and outcomes of high-risk newborn infants. Mentored fellow development team members on applying object-oriented analysis and design, design principles, and design patterns to their software projects. Introduced and implemented best practices such as source code management and bug tracking integration, unit testing, code coverage, continuous integration, and an iterative release management process.
- Managing Partner & Technical DirectorFound LineJan 2005 - Oct 2014 (9 years 10 months)Helped mission-driven and nonprofit organizations strategically leverage print, web, and mobile technologies to collaboratively transform inclusive communities. Received the Vermont Tech Jam 2014 Ambassador Award in recognition for leadership in the Vermont technology community. Developed Vermont Public Radio's Public Post which aggregated 27,000+ public documents from 110+ Vermont towns and made these documents searchable by reporters, bloggers, and citizens.
- Computer TrainerSelfemployedMar 2001 - Aug 2005 (4 years 6 months)Taught software applications, network administration, and software development for the State of New Hampshire, Daniel Webster College, BAE Systems, and Broadcom among other organizations and individuals. Constantly learned new technologies to provide the most up-to-date knowledge and information to students. Consistently obtained exceptional ratings on instructor evaluations. Worked with the Division of Personnel to develop new training programs for employees of the State of New Hampshire.
Projects (professional or personal)
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- MModel Asset Exchange (MAX)May 2018 - Aug 2019 (1 year 4 months)Created demo apps, reference implementations, and learning materials for developers to deploy and consume this curated catalog of open source pre-trained and trainable deep learning models while building their AI skills. Led a project to bring pre-trained deep learning models to the edges of the network utilizing TensorFlow.js and ONNX.js, targeting Node.js and Progressive Web App (frontend JavaScript app) deployment scenarios. Established a programmatic approach to engaging with application developers, data scientists, and data engineers through strategic focus on AI Thought Leadership, AI Trust & Transparency, AI Consumption, and End-to-End AI.
- OOffline First Shopping List Reference ImplementationsAug 2017 - May 2018 (10 months)Identified the need and developed the concept for a series of Offline First demo apps. From Progressive Web Apps, to hybrid mobile apps, to native mobile apps, and even a desktop app, this series of demo apps provided aspiring Offline First developers with reference implementations built using their technology stack of choice, including implementations in plain JavaScript, React, Preact, Polymer, Ember.js, Vue.js, React Native, Ionic, Cordova, Swift, Kotlin, and Electron. Presented an IBM Code Tech Talk (public webinar) on the topic which was the second most attended of all IBM Code Tech Talks produced at the time.
- OOffline CampMar 2016 - Sep 2019 (3 years 7 months)Worked with community members and colleagues to plan, organize, and execute a series of small "unconference" events around the world where the agenda was driven by participants. The intent of Offline Camp was to foster and to grow the nascent Offline First community. Leveraged Offline Camp to produce, curate, and publish over 100 blog posts and numerous articles, podcasts, videos, and other material from Offline First community members. This content was distributed through IBM channels, third-party channels, and Offline First community channels. Mikeal Rogers, former leader of the Node.js Foundation, shared a Twitter Moment in which he outlined the many reasons he was impressed with the Offline Camp community building efforts, including thi
- CCivic CloudJul 2013 - Oct 2014 (1 year 4 months)The Civic Cloud was a prototype community platform for public, non-commercial Internet applications and digital creative works in Burlington, Vermont. The Civic Cloud was built on Burlington’s fiber-optic gigabit network, which provided Internet speeds of over 100 times the average national broadband speed. The Civic Cloud was the recipient of a $35,000 Knight Prototype Fund grant.
- VVPR's Public PostAug 2011 - Aug 2014 (3 years 1 month)VPR's Public Post aggregated over 27,000 public documents from more than 110 Vermont cities and towns, making these documents discoverable through natural language processing and faceted search. The service was used by reporters to source stories, as well as by bloggers and by citizens. This service has since been discontinued.
- CCloudant Location TrackerWith Cloudant, building location-aware systems is within the reach of any web developer. This demo application uses HTML5 and JavaScript to record a device's GPS locations, and then save them—both on the device and to IBM Cloudant.
- BBTV Ignite Mayor’s Advisory GroupBTV IGNITE – is the name of the Burlington, VT -US Ignite partnership.Our mission is to encourage public, private, and academic institutions to develop next generation Internet applications in Burlington, Vermont. BTV IGNITE is dedicated to aligning Burlington’s powerful gigabit infrastructure as a tool, test bed, and accelerator for economic, educational, and community benefit. The BTV IGNITE Advisory Group will focus its work on the following areas to forward Burlington’s tech economy: • Enhancing the existing technology infrastructure in the community; • Developing a Gig Initiative to provide Gigabit connectivity to Burlington students and community facilities; • Supporting a calendar of local events focused on energizing and supporti
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- DOutstanding Accomplishment Award, Quantum Education with QiskitDario Gil PhD Director of IBM ResearchNov 2020Recognized for my contributions to open access education for building the quantum workforce of tomorrow with one of sixteen Outstanding Accomplishment awards in 2020 selected from a field of more than 260 submissions from across IBM Research. The Outstanding Accomplishments celebrate projects, teams and individuals which demonstrated exemplary teamwork, reuse and technical or professional excellence leading to high business and/or scientific impact.
- IFeatured in IBM's "Developing the Future" Think Academy TopicIBM Think AcademyFeb 2017Featured in the "meet the developers" section of IBM's "Developing the Future" Think Academy topic. IBM's roughly 400,000 employees are encouraged to participate in Think Academy. My three-minute interview was intended to help IBMers understand more about software developers and their growing influence. I spoke of the creativity involved in being a software developer and how every industry is being transformed by software.
- IFeatured in IBM's "Developing the Future" Think Academy TopicIBM Think AcademyFeb 2017Featured in the "meet the developers" section of IBM's "Developing the Future" Think Academy topic. IBM's roughly 400,000 employees are encouraged to participate in Think Academy. My three-minute interview was intended to help IBMers understand more about software developers and their growing influence. I spoke of the creativity involved in being a software developer and how every industry is being transformed by software.
- MOutstanding Innovation Award, Developer Advocacy InnovationMike ORourke VP Development for IBM Cloud Data ServicesNov 2015Recognized for innovation around our developer advocacy practices, including a deployment tracker tool which was used throughout IBM.
- VVermont Tech Jam 2014 Ambassador AwardVermont Tech JamOct 2014Bradley Holt and Jason Pelletier of Found Line were the recipients of the Vermont Tech Jam 2014 Ambassador Award in recognition for leadership in representing the Vermont technology community.
- VVermont Tech Jam Ambassador Award FinalistVermont Tech JamOct 2013Found Line was selected as one of three finalists for the Vermont Tech Jam 2013 Ambassador Award in recognition for our leadership in representing the Vermont technology community.
- VVermont Business Magazine Rising StarVermont Business MagazineNov 2011
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- CThe Civic Cloud: A Public Access Model and the InternetCivic Media Project The MIT PressMar 2015The Civic Cloud is a public cloud computing resource for community organizers, nonprofits, government staff and civic hackers in Burlington, Vermont. Building on Burlington's fiber-optic gigabit network, the Civic Cloud is a community platform and digital commons for public, non-commercial Internet applications and creative works. The Civic Cloud is an opportunity to apply the Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) access model to the Internet as the next form of mass media after television.
- BBurlington's Gigabit OpportunityBTV GigMar 2013This document presents a strategy of developing a culture of innovation around Burlington's gigabit network. Over twenty specific tactics are identified that focus on outreach, innovation and digital inclusion. Each tactic includes a list of potential collaborators from the community. The report includes a foreword by Blair Levin, author of the National Broadband Plan.
- pBuilding a Hypermedia API in CouchDBphparchitect November Volume IssueDec 2012This article demonstrates how to add hypermedia controls to a CouchDB application through the use of show functions, list functions, document update handlers, rewrite rules and a virtual host or a reverse proxy.
- Scaling CouchDBOReilly MediaMar 2011This short and concise guide covers scaling CouchDB to meet the capacity needs of a distributed application. Through a series of scenario-based examples, this book explores several methods for creating a system that can accommodate growth and meet expected demand. It also covers several tools that can help with replication, load balancing, clustering, and load testing and monitoring.
- Writing and Querying MapReduce Views in CouchDBOReilly MediaJan 2011This book explains how to write MapReduce views that can be used to query the document-oriented database for meaningful data. This short and concise book provides step-by-step instructions and sample code to create and explore several MapReduce views using an example database constructed by the reader.
- Zend Framework Quick StartZend TechnologiesMar 2008This early version of the Zend Framework Quick Start guide was the go-to resource for users new to the open source Zend Framework.