Summary
Kevin Yeung is a Head of Data Platform with over 20 years of software development experience and more than a decade in senior technology leadership roles across startups and Fortune 500 environments. He has led and delivered large-scale, high-performance systems—from RFID middleware and bioinformatics platforms to education data platforms—while championing TDD, CI, trunk-based development and Agile practices. Comfortable both building core architecture and coaching teams, Kevin combines hands-on engineering with strategic oversight to reduce cycle time and improve technical excellence. His career blends system architecture, cloud utilisation, and data engineering, with published scientific software experience and a track record of shipping internationally used products. Based in Melbourne, he is known for seeing problems from multiple angles and leading without formal authority to enable teams to deliver. An effective public speaker and community builder, he now focuses on enabling agility and excellence across data teams.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Commerce Information Systems, Bachelor of Commerce Information Systems at University of Wollongong
Master of Computing Computer Science, Master of Computing Computer Science at National University of Singapore