Smitha Kolan
Senior Developer Relations Engineer
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolSmitha Kolan is a Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Google and an AI-focused educator with eight years of experience bridging machine learning research and developer communities. She holds an MS in Computing Science (Machine Learning) from Simon Fraser University and builds accessible AI content through a popular YouTube channel with 70K+ subscribers and ongoing educator roles at the School of Machine Learning. Her industry experience spans developer advocacy and senior roles at AssemblyAI and hands-on software development at Covalent and SAP, reflecting a mix of product-focused engineering and public-facing technical communication. Known for distilling complex ML concepts into engaging tutorials and talks, she blends practitioner credibility with a knack for teaching—often turning research ideas into practical demos that resonate with engineers and learners alike.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Tampines Junior CollegeBachelor of Engineering Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science at Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology -University of PécsMaster of Science - MS Computing Science Machine Learning, Master of Science - MS Computing Science Machine Learning at Simon Fraser University
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (13)
assemblyai9
transcription9
speech-to-text7
pip6
jupyter-notebook6
python6
java6
asr5
ai4
llm3
installer2
keybase1
shiny1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
smithakolan/MachineLearningFundamentals
Sep 2019 - Dec 2021
Contributions:14 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
smithakolan/NFT-Big-Data-Analysis
Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:33 commits, 12 PRs, 33 pushes in 22 days
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