Brian Hart
Software Engineer - WML CE PowerAI at IBM
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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SeniorBrian Hart is a seasoned software engineer with 10+ years at IBM specializing in porting deep learning frameworks like PyTorch and Caffe to Linux on IBM Power for Watson Machine Learning Community Edition. His background spans low-level systems work—from AIX storage and VirtIO SCSI guest drivers to kernel update readiness and cross-organizational CUDA ports—giving him rare expertise at the intersection of device drivers, OS internals, and AI stack integration. Based in Austin, he combines hands-on kernel and driver development with modern ML framework engineering, enabling high-performance compute on Power hardware. Colleagues rely on him to translate hardware and virtualization constraints into production-ready software, and he frequently bridges teams across IBM and external partners. That fusion of legacy enterprise systems experience and contemporary deep learning deployment makes him especially effective at productizing ML on unconventional platforms.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (104)
python10
forge10
datasets10
openblas10
deep-learning10
gpu10
ibm-watson10
ray10
gpu-acceleration10
clustering10
acceleration10
numpy10
torchvision10
neural-network10
computer-vision10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
hartb/powerai
Nov 2019 - Jun 2020
This repo contains ancillary information used to assist users of IBM Watson Machine Learning Community Edition. This repo will contain How To's, Readme's, Dockerfiles, etc. that can be consumed by users looking to get started.
Contributions:54 pushes, 41 branches in 7 months
ancillaryconsumedget-startedcommunity-editionml
hartb/pytorch
Jul 2018 - Nov 2019
Tensors and Dynamic neural networks in Python with strong GPU acceleration
Contributions:8 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year 4 months
pythongpu-accelerationdeep-learninggpuacceleration
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