Jaco Van Wyk
Technical Director at NVIDIA
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJaco Van Wyk is a technical director and serial founder with nearly three decades of experience in cryptography, computer engineering, and multimedia, who builds practical fintech and compliance products that simplify real-world payment and data-security problems. He founded Direct Debit and PCI Vault and created South Africa’s first electronic debit order agreement, combining deep technical fluency with hands-on product and business leadership. His background spans startups, SEO tooling (RankTank) and Google Workspace add-ons (XURJ), reflecting a blend of engineering, design and go-to-market skills. A Stanford-trained cryptography and cybersecurity learner and long-time investor in AI and infrastructure leaders, he pairs curiosity about cutting-edge tech with a track record of shipping auditable, compliance-focused systems. An unexpected thread: beyond backend security he’s fluent in illustration and web design, enabling him to craft both secure architectures and the user-facing experiences that make them adoptable.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at University of PretoriaIEB Matriculation, Awesomeness, IEB Matriculation, Awesomeness at Christian Brothers' CollegeCryptography II, Cryptography II at Stanford University
English, Afrikaans, Spanish, Sotho, Greek, official aramaic (700-300 bce), German
Github Skills (8)
solidity7
smart-contracts6
ethereum6
blockchain6
gravity3
eip3
csv2
email-address2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
RankTank-Free-SEO-Tools/free-keyword-rank-checker-tool
Apr 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 27 days
pci-vault/wordpress-plugin
Aug 2022 - Mar 2024
Contributions:1 push in 1 year 6 months
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