Sören Balko
Founder at Clipchamp Pty Ltd
Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolSören Balko is a founder and senior software architect with 13 years of commercial and research-backed experience in BPM, cloud computing, middleware, and database technologies. He co-founded Clipchamp and served as CTO prior to its acquisition by Microsoft, pairing entrepreneurial leadership with hands-on engineering. His open-source contributions include substantive work on the high-profile Emscripten project—implementing core C/JS runtime functions and performance optimizations for WebAssembly workflows. Holding an MSc and a PhD in Computer Science (with distinction) from Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, he combines deep academic rigor with product-focused delivery. Passionate about applying IT to sustainability, he balances technical pursuits with fatherhood, sports, motorbike riding, and scuba diving.
13 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, with distinction, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, with distinction at Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
German, English
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Github Skills (13)
c1710
emscripten10
javascript10
webassembly10
c1110
ios6
webworker6
google-chrome-extension6
pass-data6
google-chrome6
requirejs6
mobile-safari6
html5-video6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
emscripten-core/emscripten
May 2013 - Oct 2014
Emscripten: An LLVM-to-WebAssembly Compiler
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 12 comments, 3 issues in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Sören primarily contributed to the Emscripten project by implementing and modifying core JavaScript and C code related to the `strtoll`, `strtol`, and `strptime` functions. They added tests to ensure the correct functionality of these functions and implemented formatting changes. Furthermore, the user worked on enabling the %[] pattern in scanf and incorporating performance optimizations by utilizing the Performance API within Web Workers.
emscriptenwebassemblycompilerwasmllvm
hissohathair/data-market
Aug 2014 - Sep 2014
Contributions:10 commits in 1 month
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