Howie Y is a seasoned technology leader and founder with 15+ years building large-scale backend systems, cloud-native infrastructure, and AI-enabled products across APAC and Europe. As Founder & CTO of Coachly and Coaching365 he blends engineering rigor with a coach-first vision, creating AI-augmented workflows that reduce admin overhead while preserving human judgement. His background includes delivering mission-critical systems—from EV navigation at TomTom to video streaming SaaS at KKStream and high-throughput RTB and ML recommendation engines at TenMax—while leading cross-functional teams of 30+ engineers. He’s pragmatic about CI/CD, resiliency, and operational excellence, having led core tech transfer, localization, and drive-testing initiatives that measurably improved product quality. A certified coach and organizational consultant, he uniquely pairs people-centered coaching practice with hands-on platform engineering to advance ethical, transparent AI in coaching. Based in Taipei, he is building tools that let coaches scale impact without losing the human connection.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Master Computer Science, Master Computer Science at National Taiwan Normal University
Bachelor Computer Science, Bachelor Computer Science at Taipei Municipal University of Education
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