Brad Hubbard-nelson
Co-founder And Treasurer at MassEnergize
Concord, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolBrad Hubbard-nelson is a physicist-turned-entrepreneur with over a decade of experience building advanced X-ray instrumentation and founding mission-driven technology ventures. As Co-founder and Treasurer of MassEnergize, he applies deep expertise in analytical instrumentation, energy and sustainability research, and climate science to practical community-focused solutions. Previously he led R&D and product design for portable XRF analyzers, pioneering miniature x-ray tube systems, FPGA/DSP processors, and silicon drift detector integration that boosted sensitivity tenfold. He has held technical leadership roles from CTO to VP of Technology and taught electronics at Harvard, blending hands-on engineering with mentorship and academic rigor. His career uniquely spans lab-grade detector development and scalable field instruments used in environmental monitoring, maritime fuels, and recycling systems. Based in Concord, MA, he pairs a Berkeley PhD in Physics with a track record of turning complex measurement challenges into robust commercial products.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Physics, Ph.D. Physics at University of California, BerkeleyAB Chemistry and Physics, AB Chemistry and Physics at Harvard University
Spanish, french, german
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Github Skills (18)
django10
api10
webapp10
portal10
rest-api10
nodejs10
backend10
mongodb10
database10
admin9
web-platform9
wayland9
frontend9
react8
calculator7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
massenergize/frontend-carbonsaver
Oct 2019 - Sep 2021
Frontend for the Carbon Calculator App Developed at Masssenergize
Contributions:15 PRs, 34 pushes, 13 branches in 1 year 11 months
reactmicrofrontendcalculatorcalculator-appcarbon-calculator
massenergize/frontend-portal
Jan 2020 - Jan 2023
Front End Code for the MassEnergize Community Portal. The community portal is customized for each participating community, and has the canonical URL https://community.massenergize.org/<community-name>/. For example, https://community.massenergize.org/wayland/.
Contributions:255 reviews, 931 commits, 393 PRs in 3 years 1 month
waylandparticipatingcustomizedfor-eachportal
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