Byron Coetsee
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolByron Coetsee is a founder-turned-CTO with 11 years of experience building and scaling technology businesses, having founded Crisscross and led its acquisition by Stitch (backed by Ribbit Capital) in 2022. He continues to steer Crisscross’s technical direction as it expands operations across four continents, blending hands-on engineering with product and growth sensibilities. Passionate about electronics, finance, and problem-solving, he brings a perfectionist’s attention to detail to system design and operational excellence. Outside work he channels competitive drive into adventure sports—winning the BMW GS Trophy series internationally—and pursues rock climbing, mountain biking, and extensive motorcycling, reflecting a high-risk, high-reward mindset that informs his leadership.
11 years of coding experience
Varsity College
English, Afrikaans
Stackoverflow
3,563reputation
484kreached
38answers
34questions
uikit
top-5%
swift
top-5%
ios
top-5%
uitableview
top-5%
Github Skills (200)
expressjs10
python10
mapbox-gl10
automation10
realm10
sailfishos10
home-assistant10
rest-api10
backend10
relay10
mbaas10
graphql-api10
mqtt10
parse-platform10
parse-server10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
byroncoetsee/MyCiTi-v2
Feb 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:3 PRs, 6 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 5 months
Cipher099/MyCiTi-v2
Dec 2016 - May 2019
Contributions:6 commits in 2 years 5 months
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