# Wouter Devriendt

San Francisco Bay Area · (781) 600-7288 · wouterdevriendt@gmail.com · [linkedin.com/in/wouterdevriendt](https://linkedin.com/in/wouterdevriendt) · [github.com/wdvr](https://github.com/wdvr)

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Founder-turned-engineer specializing in AI infrastructure at scale. Built and led an AI startup from zero to $750K raised; now engineering Kubernetes-based developer infrastructure for AI training at Meta. Comfortable owning hard problems end-to-end.

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## Skills & Education

- **Degree:** M.Sc. Civil Engineering (Distinction), Ghent University, 2012
- **Infrastructure:** Kubernetes (K8s), Docker, AWS, Linux, CI/CD
- **Languages:** Python, Java, Bash
- **AI/ML:** PyTorch, TensorFlow, computer vision, ML pipelines
- **Other:** System design, fundraising, team leadership, HL7/FHIR (healthcare)

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## Work Experience

### Software Engineer, Meta Superintelligence Labs
**Meta** · Menlo Park, CA · Jul 2024 – Present

Building PyTorch infrastructure and Kubernetes-based developer tooling for AI training workloads at scale:

- **On-demand GPU environments:** designed and shipped resumable GPU environments for developers, reducing idle time and addressing GPU scarcity for ML researchers
- **Docker & K8s at scale:** standardized containerized environments for training, development, and CI; maintaining Kubernetes-based infrastructure across large cloud and local GPU fleets

### Co-Founder & CEO
**AICON** · Boston, MA · 2021 – 2024

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

- **Raised $750K**: led full fundraising cycle: pitch, diligence, close
- Built end-to-end ML pipeline: weekly retraining, auto-deployment to 100+ edge devices; hybrid edge-cloud architecture on AWS for real-time CV inference
- Managed engineering, sales, and ops end-to-end

### Team Lead → Senior Engineer
**Agfa HealthCare** · Boston, MA & Belgium · 2014 – 2022

Eight years across engineering and leadership roles in a HIPAA/FDA-regulated medical imaging environment:

- **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 → Researcher (2014–2019):** CV algorithms for radiology software (Innovation Award 2017); C# patient management; bootstrapped Boston dev team

### Co-Founder & CEO
**Balloon Inc.** · Ghent, Belgium · 2016 – 2021

Mobile and AI consultancy that grew into a construction-tech product studio. Doubled revenue four years running; spun off AICON and dimcost.com. Shipped multiple iOS/Android apps and deep learning projects, including a hackathon winner (hard hat/safety detection on construction sites).

### PhD Researcher
**Ghent University** · Ghent, Belgium · 2012 – 2013

Biomechanics of ACL & meniscus repair; finite element modelling and automated meshing. Co-authored 3 peer-reviewed publications. Contributed to [pyformex](http://www.pyformex.org), an open-source Python geometry tool. Transitioned to industry.

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## Selected Projects

- **wdvr/osdc**: Open Source Developer Cloud, self-hosted K8s developer platform ([github.com/wdvr/osdc](https://github.com/wdvr/osdc))
- **Powder Chaser**: iOS app + serverless ML backend; neural net ensemble scoring snow quality at 1,040+ ski resorts across 25 countries ([powderchaserapp.com](https://powderchaserapp.com))