Detlev Kerkovius
Founder at Modal Vector AI
Perth, Western Australia
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Top SchoolDetlev Kerkovius is a founder and interdisciplinary technology leader with over two decades of experience spanning design, education, data, and health systems, now focused on building Modal Vector to reduce the administrative and emotional burden of fragmented care. He combines hands-on engineering (Go, Python, React, Docker, Postgres) with formal thinking (TLA+) to deliver structurally safe AI: his Orbit agent-orchestration system applies Unix philosophy to coordinate autonomous agents and automate regulatory compliance. At WA Health he built data and funding capability—designing and running a $19M Emergency Department Innovation Fund, authoring funding model white papers, and leading system-wide evaluation and outcome frameworks. He holds a Master of Data Science & Innovation (High Distinction) and has a track record of translating complex policy and clinical requirements into auditable technical systems. Uncommonly for a public-sector leader, he pairs product-grade software development with constitutional engineering for AI governance, treating safety as an architectural property rather than behavioural guidance. Based in Perth, he is actively interested in health AI safety, regulatory automation, and agent orchestration that preserves trust and accountability.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Audio Production, Audio Engineering, Bachelor of Audio Production, Audio Engineering at SAE InstituteMaster of Data Science & Innovation, Master of Data Science & Innovation at University of Technology Sydney
English, Afrikaans, German
Github Skills (2)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
D-r-K/anette-kerkovius
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:42 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
FlipAround/FlipAround
Feb 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:16 pushes, 6 branches in 1 day
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