Derek Knox
Software Engineer (Core Engine) at Hockey Copilot
Moscow, Idaho, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Knox is a product-focused software engineer and founder with nearly a decade of professional experience and over 15 years of designing interactive, information-rich software. He currently builds core engine systems at Bezi and heads Hockey Copilot, a 0-to-1 product that blends computer vision, 3D graphics, and ML to give hockey players realistic, personalized feedback. His background spans frontend-heavy design systems and real-time multiplayer game engineering, with hands-on work across Python, TypeScript, React, Unity/C#, and YOLOv8-based vision pipelines. Derek is comfortable owning product end-to-end — from user research and prototyping to hardware and deployment — and has repeatedly shipped features that improve UX and developer workflows. He mentors teams and shapes engineering processes, bringing an unusual mix of game-systems thinking to productivity and design tools. Based in Moscow, Idaho, he pairs a B.S. in Virtual Technology & Design with a creative-writing minor, which helps him craft clear, user-centric product experiences.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Virtual Technology & Design (Minor: Creative Writing), B.S. Virtual Technology & Design (Minor: Creative Writing) at University of IdahoDigital Technology & Culture Interaction Design, Digital Technology & Culture Interaction Design at Washington State University
Github Skills (98)
jquery-plugin10
hub10
python10
deep-learning10
instance-segmentation10
videojs10
yolov710
yolov510
javascript10
emmet10
yolov810
object-detection10
computer-vision10
html5-video10
cli10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
derek-knox/Notes
Mar 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:481 commits, 467 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
derek-knox/reticle-designer
May 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:177 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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