William Viker
CTO at Bitfocus
Oslo, Norway
Summary
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RockstarWilliam Viker is a seasoned technology leader and hands-on CTO based in Oslo with 14 years of experience building broadcast, streaming and IP-based AV systems as well as full-stack software. He has led product and technical strategy at Bitfocus and served as CTO for multiple media-tech companies, uniting UX-focused product work with deep systems expertise spanning Node.js/React/TypeScript, Kubernetes, and network automation. William’s background includes large-scale live production (100+ sources, NDI/Dante/AES67), data center and fiber design, and practical operations for high-profile events, giving him rare fluency across hardware, networking and cloud-native software. An active open-source contributor, he’s improved core functionality and UI in the popular Bitfocus Companion project that turns consumer controllers into professional broadcast surfaces. Known for translating complex broadcast workflows into reliable, user-focused products, he combines strategic leadership with frequent hands-on development and on-site technical execution.
14 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (16)
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electron9
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
bitfocus/companion
Apr 2018 - Jan 2023
Bitfocus Companion enables the reasonably priced Elgato Stream Deck and other controllers to be a professional shotbox surface for an increasing amount of different presentation switchers, video playback software and broadcast equipment.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:17 releases, 886 commits, 67 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:William made significant contributions to the codebase, including core logic and user interface updates. The user added and modified code in `src/index.js` suggesting the development of core functionality, and also added functionality related to network interface selection and improved the user interface. The changes in multiple files, particularly `app.js`, `lib/http.js`, and `lib/elgato.js`, suggest the user was involved in both back-end and front-end development. These actions suggest an integrated skillset, common to full-stack roles.
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RaiderEMB/timecode-dmx
Aug 2011 - Sep 2011
Contributions:64 commits in 1 month
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