Cho Yong is a technology leader with 12 years of experience and over 8 years leading cross-functional engineering initiatives in healthcare tech, currently serving as Director, Technology at Verto Health. He combines hands-on full-stack development and architecture—co-authoring two patents and building SMART on FHIR integrations and high-throughput patient orchestration systems—with commercial impact, helping land over $1M ARR through contextual technical sales enablement. As a former engineering manager and team lead he built hiring pipelines for AI/ML growth, led major EMR integrations across North America, and launched internal developer programs and open-source initiatives. He also teaches software engineering at the University of Toronto, where he scaled courses to 150+ students and guided substantial student contributions to open-source projects, demonstrating a rare blend of product delivery, mentorship, and academic engagement.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Honours Bachelor of Science Computer Science - Specialist in Software Engineering (Co-op), Honours Bachelor of Science Computer Science - Specialist in Software Engineering (Co-op) at University of Toronto
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at Victoria Shanghai Academy
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