Charlie Holtz
Founder CEO at Conductor
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCharlie Holtz is a founder and CEO based in San Francisco with a decade of experience blending machine learning, quantitative research, and product engineering. He previously engineered at Replicate and served as a quantitative researcher at Point72, bringing rigorous data-driven methods to production ML systems. His background in computational cognitive neuroscience from Brown and research on visual circuits suggests a strong foundation in perception-driven model design and experimental rigor. Charlie has moved between roles in startups and finance, pairing forward-deployed engineering experience with leadership in launching Conductor. He also contributes to the AI tooling ecosystem through work associated with Melty Labs, indicating ongoing involvement in applied research and developer-facing ML infrastructure. Pragmatic and research-minded, he’s comfortable translating complex models into deployable products while founding companies that bridge research and real-world impact.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Honors in (Computational) Cognitive Neuroscience, Bachelor of Science - BS Honors in (Computational) Cognitive Neuroscience at Brown UniversityEthical Culture Fieldston School
Github Skills (35)
chatgpt10
python10
langchain10
elixir10
open-source10
typescript10
nextjs10
git-workflow10
llm10
openai10
tailwindcss10
generative-ai10
ai10
liveview10
gemini10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
replicate/zoo
May 2023 - Feb 2024
🦓 Zoo — Image Playground
Contributions:23 PRs, 64 pushes, 25 branches in 9 months
replicate/llama-chat
Jul 2023 - May 2024
A boilerplate for creating a Llama 3 chat app
Contributions:27 PRs, 107 pushes, 20 branches in 9 months
llama
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