Dirk Gorissen
Product Lead - Driver at Wayve
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDirk Gorissen is a seasoned technology leader at Wayve, combining 14 years of experience with a strong focus on autonomous vehicles (8+ years) and deep learning. As Product Lead - Driver since 2022, he shapes the next generation of AV2.0 systems, translating research insight into practical, scalable product delivery. His Oxbotica years span Technical Product Lead and Senior Engineer roles, underscoring a track record of turning complex autonomy challenges into deployable solutions. Beyond industry, he led diverse initiatives—from data innovation at the World Bank to running his own venture Machine Doing—blending R&D with product leadership. An active open-source contributor, he helped build pycel, a library for compiling Excel to Python code and visualizing workflows, and integrated it with PyXLL. Based in Southampton, he holds a PhD from Ghent and multiple Master’s degrees, reflecting rigorous academic training paired with broad real-world impact.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Universiteit Gent
German, French, Dutch, English
Stackoverflow
6,255reputation
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63answers
27questions
rabbitmq
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multiprocessing
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multithreading
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python
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Github Skills (21)
lib10
python10
excel10
multithreading9
rabbitmq9
multiprocessing9
datastructures-algorithms8
data-structures8
data-structure8
datastructures8
algorithms8
algorithm8
datastructure8
video-streaming6
api6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dgorissen/pycel
Oct 2011 - Jul 2022
A library for compiling excel spreadsheets to python code & visualizing them as a graph
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:42 commits, 25 PRs, 22 pushes in 10 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Dirk primarily contributed to the core functionality of the `pycel` library. They made numerous code cleanups, added support for new excel functions, and fixed several bugs related to imports and comparisons. The user also added an Excel addin with PyXLL, suggesting a focus on integrating the library with Excel. These changes involved significant modifications to the core logic for compiling and processing excel spreadsheets.
python-codespreadsheetspythonvisualizinggraph
dgorissen/arduino
Mar 2020 - Dec 2024
Misc arduino projects
Contributions:4 PRs, 214 pushes, 13 branches in 4 years 10 months
miscarduino
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