James Hong
CSO & Co-founder at BYROBOT Co., Ltd.
South Korea
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolJames Hong is a technology entrepreneur and co-founder leading BYROBOT as CSO with a decade of experience in intelligent flying robot systems. He blends academic rigor from an M.Eng. in Intelligent Robot Engineering with hands-on R&D at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology to drive product strategy and technical execution. Based in South Korea, he focuses on autonomous aerial platforms and commercialization pathways that bridge lab prototypes to market-ready solutions. His background in mechanical engineering gives him a systems-level perspective on integrating hardware, control algorithms, and safety requirements. Known for steering early-stage robotics ventures, he pairs research-driven innovation with pragmatic business development. Outside the obvious leadership role, he brings deep familiarity with translating complex robotics research into manufacturable designs.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Intelligent Robot Engineering, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Intelligent Robot Engineering at (UST) University of Science and Technology, KoreaBachelor of Engineering (BE), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Mechanical Engineering at 숭실대학교
Korean, EnglishGithub contributions (5)
petrone/PetroneAPI_swift
Aug 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:4 releases, 24 commits, 22 pushes in 2 months
petrone/PetroneAPI_kotlin
Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:1 release, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.