Tonye Brown

Tonye Brown is a Senior Software Engineer at Niantic, Inc., since October 2020, specializing in machine learning within the Machine Learning Team. Prior experience includes a Software Engineer role at 1QBit from August 2019 to October 2020, and a Deep Learning Software Engineer position at Intel Corporation from June 2017 to May 2019, focusing on Intel's FPGA SDK for machine learning applications. Additionally, Tonye served as a Research Assistant at the Structure Function Lab at Columbia University in 2016, where responsibilities included developing pre-processing software for optical coherence tomography images. Early career experience includes work as a Radio Programmer at WKCR-FM NY 89.9, where music curation and artist research were key duties, and an internship at openlectures, where animation design and lecture material presentation were performed. Tonye holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Columbia University, completed in 2017.