Sam Ho
Head Of AI And Platform Development
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSam Ho is a London-based Head of AI and Platform Development with 14 years of engineering experience building product-led teams and embedded-to-cloud systems. He began in low-power in-ear sensing and R&D at Imperial College and Bodytrak, evolving into software engineering leadership and AI platform work that bridges hardware, firmware, and scalable backend services. An active investor in fintech startups (Chip, Freetrade, Emma) and contributor to open-source projects like the popular polyfill-service and the REST-friendly slumber library, he blends product intuition with pragmatic engineering. Sam is drawn to hypothesis-driven investing and the cultural impacts of financial innovation, bringing a designer-first empathy to technology that aims to protect "our heroes." He combines hands-on implementation experience with strategic thinking about agentic AI disruption—particularly how private companies will be reshaped—making him as comfortable refactoring a legacy API as he is shaping roadmap-level conviction.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering (MEng), Master's Degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering (MEng) at Imperial College LondonHigh School, Science and Engineering, Alevel A*AAA, High School, Science and Engineering, Alevel A*AAA at Stephen Perse FoundationInnovation & Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Imperial College Business SchoolYew Chung International School
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (18)
api-rest10
javascript10
python10
api-design10
restful-api10
testing10
data-serialization10
serialization10
http-request10
rest-api10
user-agent9
expressjs9
apim9
api9
nodejs9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
samgiles/slumber
Oct 2014 - Jun 2015
A library that makes consuming a RESTful API easier and more convenient
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 13 PRs, 17 pushes in 8 months
Contributions summary:Sam primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the 'slumber' library, focusing on API consumption. They implemented features like the `url()` endpoint and improved exception handling. The user refactored code, improved documentation, and addressed compatibility issues with Python 2.6 and Python 3. They also made changes related to the build and release process.
apirestfulrestrest-apitypescript
polyfillpolyfill/polyfill-service
Jan 2015 - Sep 2015
Automatic polyfill service.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:22 PRs, 28 pushes, 15 branches in 8 months
Contributions summary:Sam contributed to the development of the polyfill service by implementing features and making code improvements across the frontend and backend. Their work includes creating and modifying core files related to the polyfill logic, alias resolution and browser compatibility. The user also refactored existing functions and added a series of tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
origamipolyfillsystemcode-origami-polyfill-servicejavascriptpolyfill-service
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