Willy Kuo
Co-Founder & CTO at Linker Networks Inc.
Taipei, Taiwan
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Top SchoolWilly Kuo is a Co-Founder and CTO with 13 years of experience building AI-driven products and leading engineering organizations from Taipei. He blends deep systems and backend expertise—contributing to prominent open-source projects like Apache Arrow and DataFusion—with hands-on DevOps and benchmarking work on ClickBench to optimize analytical performance. At Linker Vision he sets technology strategy and drives product execution and growth, while previously defining architecture and global office operations at Linker Networks. His background spans embedded systems and media algorithms at Quanta to full-stack data science and NLP work in startups, giving him a rare cross-domain fluency from kernel to cloud. Willy holds advanced training in electrical engineering and mathematics from National Taiwan University and consistently turns research-grade tech into practical, scalable products. Notably, his open-source contributions demonstrate attention to correctness and performance in time/timestamp handling and SQL engine features that directly benefit data-intensive applications.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at National Taiwan University
English, Chinese, Mandarin
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Github Skills (53)
zone10
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parser10
sqlfunction10
lexer10
python10
datatypes10
data-engineering10
pandas10
big-data10
benchmarking10
bash10
loops10
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
apache/datafusion-sqlparser-rs
Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
Extensible SQL Lexer and Parser for Rust
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:21 reviews, 5 commits, 9 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Willy primarily focused on enhancing the SQL parser and lexer functionality. Their contributions include implementing support for `NestedJoin` with aliases and adding features like `TimestampTz` and the ability to set the time zone. They also implemented the `SET TIME ZONE` statement, alongside modifications to improve parsing capabilities. These changes demonstrate a focus on expanding the parser's capabilities for SQL syntax.
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apache/datafusion
Mar 2022 - Nov 2022
Apache DataFusion SQL Query Engine
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:71 reviews, 22 commits, 28 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Willy primarily contributed to the Apache DataFusion SQL Query Engine by implementing new features and functions. They added CSV registration and SQL query capabilities to the Python interface, enhancing usability. Furthermore, the user implemented the `from_unixtime` and `atan2` functions, expanding the SQL function library. The user's work included modifications across multiple files, including core components, tests, and documentation.
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