Chris Hay
Distinguished Engineer at IBM iX
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChris Hay is a Distinguished Engineer and CTO within IBM iX, bringing over a decade of experience in web and mobile technologies, commerce, cloud, and IT architecture to customer transformation programs. He combines strategic foresight on technology trends—currently focused on metaverse and web3—with hands-on expertise in Rust, WebAssembly, JavaScript, React, and TypeScript to guide teams and clients through large-scale change. His practical background includes early work on M-Pesa, where he progressed from original development to leading architecture, informing his enduring passion for disruption, scale, and real-world impact. At IBM he blends technical leadership with customer-facing transformation, shaping architectures that balance innovation with enterprise needs. Outside of client work he shares his thinking publicly via a YouTube channel and social media, using content as a form of “tech therapy” to explore emerging ideas. Based in England, he is a technologist and futurist who prioritizes measurable outcomes and long-term societal benefit in digital transformations.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of Stirling
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Github Skills (3)
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Github contributions (5)
chrishayuk/mcp-cli
Nov 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:25 reviews, 74 PRs, 100 pushes in 4 months
chrishayuk/chuk-mlx
May 2024 - Sep 2024
Contributions:126 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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