Willy Ko
Founding Partner at Satelyx
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolWilly Ko is an experienced software engineer and founding partner with 11 years building systems-level software across networking, embedded, and blockchain domains. He has shipped production C and C++ code for core router/MPLS features at Cisco, led Syscoin core development and internationalization through Blockchain Foundry, and now runs a satellite mission-stack startup enabling hardware teams to focus on their products. His toolkit spans C, C++, Python, JavaScript and testing automation, backed by a BASc in Electrical Engineering with a Commerce minor from UBC. Comfortable moving between low-level firmware and distributed systems, he also brings hands-on operational experience—signing releases, managing translations into 17+ languages, and coordinating community growth—which reflects a blend of engineering rigor and product-minded execution.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
CodeCore CollegeBachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Electrical Engineering, Minor in Commerce, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Electrical Engineering, Minor in Commerce at The University of British Columbia
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Github Skills (103)
interoperability10
identity10
bitcoin-core10
cryptocurrency10
guix10
smart-contracts10
cubing10
corda10
p2p10
crypto10
solidity10
architecture10
chain10
ecdsa10
currency10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
syscoin/gitian.sigs
Oct 2016 - Mar 2020
Contributions:87 commits, 22 PRs, 39 pushes in 3 years 6 months
syscoin-core/gitian.sigs
Dec 2019 - May 2021
Contributions:48 PRs, 29 pushes, 75 branches in 1 year 5 months
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