Emmanuel Kong
Chief Technology Officer at Upscaler
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Top SchoolEmmanuel Kong is a seasoned technology leader and CTO based in Melbourne with 11 years of senior engineering experience and a career stretching back to early software roles since 2003. He leads Upscaler, a compliance-focused SaaS platform that helps organisations meet standards like ISO 27001, GDPR, DORA and the EU AI Act, combining product strategy with hands-on architecture and delivery. Emmanuel has deep full‑stack and cloud expertise—spanning React/Node, AWS, Terraform, serverless patterns, CQRS/event sourcing, Neo4j/GraphQL and DevOps practices—gained through leadership and consulting roles at Orchestrated Systems, Nintex and as a co-founder. Known for translating complex regulatory requirements into auditable, scalable systems, he pairs enterprise SaaS experience with a background in enterprise architecture and workflow solutions. A pragmatic mentor and technologist, he brings both startup grit and disciplined engineering processes to scale secure, compliant platforms.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Microelectronic IT, Bachelor Microelectronic IT at Campbell UniversityAdvance Diploma In Microelectronic IT Information Technology, Advance Diploma In Microelectronic IT Information Technology at Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology
English, Chinese, Malay, Chinese
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Github Skills (105)
styled-components10
aws-s310
styled-system10
amplify10
serverless-offline10
stream10
dynamodb10
aws-amplify10
serverless-plugin10
storage10
serverless-framework10
aws10
react10
javascript9
lambda-functions9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
emmkong/serverless-plugin-offline-kinesis-stream
May 2018 - Oct 2022
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch, 1 tag in 4 years 5 months
emmkong/serverless-plugin-offline-dynamodb-stream
May 2018 - Dec 2020
Serverless Plugin for emulating dynamodb stream triggering lambda functions offline
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 58 commits in 2 years 7 months
lambda-functionsserverless-applicationsserverlessaws-lambdadynamodb-stream
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