Ruan Viljoen
Chief Technology Officer at BroadReach
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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SeniorRuan Viljoen is a seasoned technology executive and Chief Technology Officer based in Cape Town with over 25 years of experience building and scaling platforms across health and enterprise domains. As BroadReach Group CTO and VP of Technology at Vantage Health Technologies, he blends strategic leadership with hands-on engineering to deliver systems that expand access to quality healthcare. He is pragmatic about turning complex public health requirements into robust, scalable software and operational practices that support measurable outcomes. Ruan remains actively technical—contributing iOS bug fixes and UX improvements to high-profile apps like Pocket Casts—demonstrating a continual focus on product quality and user experience. He is driven by a mission to create a world where access to good health allows people to flourish, pairing domain passion with delivery discipline. Colleagues describe him as a systems thinker who bridges clinical impact, product strategy, and engineering execution.
8 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (7)
swift10
debug10
ios10
user-interface10
ui-design10
objective-c8
obj8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/pocket-casts-ios
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
Pocket Casts iOS app 🎧
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:12 reviews, 13 commits, 18 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Ruan primarily contributed to the Pocket Casts iOS app, focusing on bug fixes and feature enhancements related to the user interface and core application functionality. Their commits addressed issues in the edit folder screen, improved the Now Playing screen's behavior, and fixed the close button rendering in the stories view. Further improvements include correcting Siri integration and optimizing the display of shownotes. These changes demonstrate a focus on improving user experience and addressing various aspects of the app's functionality.
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rviljoen/pocket-casts-ios
Nov 2022 - Dec 2024
Pocket Casts iOS app 🎧
Contributions:2 PRs, 72 pushes, 42 branches in 2 years 1 month
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