Jarrold Ong
CEO & Co-founder at SWAT Mobility
Singapore
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Top SchoolJarrold Ong is a founder-led technology executive with 12 years of experience building and scaling consumer and urban mobility products from prototype to paying customers. As CEO and co-founder of SWAT Mobility he transitioned a simulation engine into a live transport platform, partnering with governments and operators to rethink public transport beyond on-demand booking. Earlier roles include engineering leadership at Viki—where he built and grew the iOS app to millions of installs and doubled MAUs—and founding startups that attracted top investors and exits. He combines hands-on product engineering (mobile, backend, simulation) with operational leadership and a knack for deploying complex systems in regulated urban environments. His background spans Silicon Valley entrepreneurship (NUS Overseas Colleges, Stanford exposure) and military leadership as a former infantry section commander, giving him a pragmatic, execution-oriented approach. He is known for turning data-driven simulations into real-world services that scale.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Minor in Technoprenuership Engineering, Minor in Technoprenuership Engineering at Stanford UniversityNOC Silicon Valley Batch 6 (NCSV6), NOC Silicon Valley Batch 6 (NCSV6) at NUS Overseas Colleges'A' levels Physics Economics Maths C Further Maths, 'A' levels Physics Economics Maths C Further Maths at National Junior CollegeBa. Eng Computer Engineering Technopreneurship, Ba. Eng Computer Engineering Technopreneurship at National University of Singapore
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Github Skills (25)
swift10
ios9
objective-c9
player9
macos9
cocoapods8
xcode8
video-player8
carthage7
audio6
avaudioplayer6
iphone6
audiounit6
wmd6
jquery6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
viki-org/VKVideoPlayer
Jan 2015 - Sep 2015
VKVideoPlayer is the same battle tested video player used in our Viki iOS App enjoyed by millions of users all around the world.
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes, 12 comments in 8 months
ios-appbattle-testedbattlevideo-playerios
judeyouzhi/VKVideoPlayer
May 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:16 commits in 6 months
ios-appbattle-testedbattlevideo-playerios
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