Kevin Joo
Co-Founder CTO at Operator
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolKevin Joo is a serial software founder and CTO with nearly a decade of experience shipping product-focused engineering across fintech, crypto, and health tech. As Co-Founder & CTO of Operator since 2020, he leads the development of a natural language blockchain search engine that aims to unify the crypto ecosystem. Previously, he co-founded Atana, building a decentralized data layer for privacy-preserving machine learning, and he led HIPAA-compliant data sharing and analytics initiatives at WellDoc. His early research at Johns Hopkins spans microfluidics and neural interfaces, blending hands-on hardware with software for real-world impact. A Johns Hopkins BS in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science and YC W20 alumnus based in New York, he combines rigorous technical depth with practical product sense and a knack for building tools that simplify complex domains.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
W20, W20 at Y CombinatorJohns Hopkins UniversityCentennial High School
English, Korean, SpanishGithub contributions (5)
kevinj507/TrustPain
Apr 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:19 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
kevinj507/DiaBlock
Apr 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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