Wouter Devriendt

Experience

1. 

   Jul 2024 - Present Current

   Software Engineer

   Meta · Superintelligence Labs Menlo Park, CA

   Building Kubernetes-based developer infrastructure for AI training, and maintaining PyTorch's test infrastructure.

   • Contributing to and maintaining pytorch/test-infra, keeping CI healthy for PyTorch contributors.
   • Resumable GPU environments for ML researchers, addressing GPU scarcity and idle time.
   • Containerized training, dev, and CI environments on K8s across cloud and on-prem GPU fleets.

   PyTorchKubernetesDockerPythonLinux
2. 

   2021 - 2024

   Co-Founder & CEO

   AICON Boston, MA

   AI-powered construction-site analytics, from idea to paying customers.

   • Raised $750K. Led the full fundraising cycle.
   • Built an end-to-end ML pipeline with weekly retraining and auto-deployment to 100+ edge devices, on a hybrid edge-cloud architecture on AWS for real-time CV inference.
   • Managed engineering, sales, and ops.

   PyTorchComputer VisionAWSEdgePython
3. 

   2014 - 2022

   Team Lead → Senior Engineer

   Agfa HealthCare Boston, MA & Belgium

   Eight years across engineering and leadership in HIPAA/FDA-regulated medical imaging.

   • Team Lead, Integrations (2019-2022). Led the professional-services integration org. Designed a unified HL7/FHIR integration platform that halved hospital go-to-market time.
   • Engineer to Researcher (2014-2019). Computer-vision algorithms for radiology (Innovation Award 2017). C# patient management. Bootstrapped the Boston dev team.

   JavaC#HL7/FHIRComputer VisionLeadership
4. 

   2016 - 2021

   Co-Founder & CEO

   Balloon Inc. Ghent, Belgium

   Mobile and AI consultancy that grew into a construction-tech product studio. Bootstrapped and profitable, doubling revenue four years running. Spun off AICON and dimcost.com from internal R&D bets. Shipped iOS/Android apps and deep-learning projects, including a hackathon winner on hard-hat / safety detection.

   iOSAndroidDeep LearningProduct
5. 

   2012 - 2013

   PhD Researcher

   Ghent University Ghent, Belgium

   Biomechanics of ACL and meniscus repair using finite-element modelling and automated meshing. Contributed to pyformex, an open-source Python geometry tool. Transitioned to industry.

   Three peer-reviewed publications on ACL tunnel placement and peak stresses in the knee, and nerve tissue testing.

   PythonFEMResearch

Skills & Education

M.Sc. Civil Engineering (Distinction), Ghent University, 2012.

Selected Projects