Jacob Balma
Chief Executive Officer at Maxwell Labs Inc
Circle Pines, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Balma is a technology leader steering Maxwell Labs to redefine data center cooling with a proprietary laser cooling technology that turns heat into light, unlocking new levels of AI and HPC performance. Since 2022 he has served as CEO, blending strategic vision with hands-on HPC engineering built on a track record at Cray and Hewlett Packard Enterprise that informs scalable, efficient workflows. He also leads research at Maxwell Labs Inc as Lead Scientist, guiding nanoscale heat management and photonics with a world-class team. His academic path spans theoretical and mathematical physics and English literature, a blend that fuels rigorous analysis and clear cross-functional communication. An active open-source contributor to HPC and AI communities, he champions collaborative innovation while advancing sustainable, water-free, moving-part-free cooling solutions.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Bachelor’s Degree, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at University of Minnesota Duluth
Github Skills (47)
python10
data-science10
machine-learning10
ml10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
deep-neural-networks10
neural-network10
baidu10
keras-tensorflow9
java9
machinelearning9
keras9
ray8
deeplearning8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jbalma/mesh-transformer-mpi
Jul 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:4 commits in 2 months
jbalma/pharml
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
Contributions:4 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 28 days
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