Summary
Sokmesa Khiev is a seasoned software leader and interim CTO with 11 years of experience building scalable web and AI-infused systems from Phnom Penh. He has driven end-to-end engineering initiatives—most recently architecting a Private Translation Cloud that combines Anthropic, AWS Bedrock and ChatGPT to deliver translation quality that exceeds human standards while keeping >99% accuracy through robust validation. Comfortable both as a hands-on Ruby on Rails and React developer and as a strategic partner to CEOs, he has led infrastructure migrations to containerized platforms, optimized background processing, and prepared technology roadmaps and investor-ready risk frameworks. His background spans fintech, geospatial data APIs, and eCommerce, and he’s known for improving delivery governance and mentoring engineering teams to raise code quality and performance. Notably, he blends deep technical execution with business-facing strategy—reducing operational risk while enabling growth and product-market alignment.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Computer Science, Computer Science, Bachelor's of Computer Science, Computer Science at Royal University of Phnom Penh
Bak Touk High School