William Byrne
Chief Technology Officer at Backlight LLC
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Byrne is a CTO and mathematically minded software engineer with 12 years of experience building cloud infrastructure, secure data systems, and AI-driven HR products from Boston. He blends practical systems work—managing transactional databases and cloud security across startups—with research-rooted interests at the intersection of theoretical computer science and economics. A hands-on full-stack contributor to MIT App Inventor, he has shipped frontend and backend improvements, unit tests, and IoT mentoring work that helped extend the project’s reach to Raspberry Pi. His background in algorithmic research on Bézout pairs and a dual mathematics/computer science education inform a disciplined approach to designing reliable, auditable systems.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Mathematics and Computer Science at Northwestern UniversityHighschool Diploma High School, Highschool Diploma High School at Boston Latin School
English
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Github Skills (15)
javas10
blockly10
java10
testing10
javascript9
web-development9
user-interface8
android8
json6
ajax6
mmap6
php6
jquery6
magento6
hugepages6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mit-cml/appinventor-sources
Jul 2013 - Aug 2016
MIT App Inventor Public Open Source
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 3 PRs, 9 comments in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:William contributed to the MIT App Inventor project by implementing and testing new features. Their work included adding a unit test for the PictureCycle program and developing five new BlocklyEvalTests for various components. They also re-implemented the build progress bar and fixed issues related to dropdown menus in Chrome. The contributions focused on both the frontend and backend aspects of the project.
app-inventormit-app-inventorandroidmitinventor
William-Byrne/appinventor-sources
Jun 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:24 commits, 34 pushes, 7 branches in 1 year
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