Kevin de Youngster

Technologist based in Vancouver, BC

"Hey there! I'm on a sabbatical: sowing seeds and tilling the land"

Now:

• on a quest to walk all the roads in Vancouver
• building Gogomi, an app that turns your city into an exploration game

In the past, I've:

• helped millions collaborate better by building Loop and Copilot Pages at Microsoft
• visualised transit habits for thousands across Metro Vancouver with Compass Wrapped
• analysed 11 million Ghanaian names to optimise a hit song's reach
• gone from my first bike to finishing the Whistler GranFondo in 6 weeks
• built a crossword puzzle game for Ghanaians
• developed infrastructure powering cloud database systems at Azure SQL
• built data pipelines and tools serving schools across Africa at Chalkboard Education
• recreated Ghana's National Digital Address system
• managed the robotics tutoring division at Tech Era Africa (non-profit)
• organised fun game development hackathons at Ashesi University
• studied computer science at Ashesi University, embracing its Africa-focused ethos, and doing my best to prevent my grades from tanking