Wesley Luyten

Wesley Luyten has a diverse range of work experience in the tech industry. Wesley started their career at Distrify in 2010 as User Experience Manager, where they focused on UX/UI design and development of a hybrid video player. Wesley also developed a media library application for Mac OSX and Windows. In 2014, they joined BLEND interaction as a Front-end & Back-end Developer, taking on responsibilities such as onboarding junior developers, leading projects, and developing multilingual websites using Expression Engine CMS and custom plugins. Wesley also oversaw the development of web shops created with Prestashop and Shopify. In 2016, Wesley joined Vimeo as an Application Engineer, where they led front-end development of the Vimeo player, implemented new features like playback speed controls, and removed flash support. Wesley later became a Senior Application Engineer at Vimeo, adding low latency HLS support, quality and Picture-in-Picture APIs, and integrating a new DRM implementation. Wesley's most recent work experience is at Mux, where they are currently employed as an Open Source Engineer.

Wesley Luyten obtained a Master's degree in Information Technology from Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen, completing their studies from 2007 to 2010. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor's degree in Electromechanical Engineering from the same institution, studying from 2004 to 2007. Before attending Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen, Wesley attended Technisch Instituut Sint-Paulus from 1999 to 2004. In addition to their formal education, they completed a certification course in iPhone and iPad apps development from Eduvision opleidingen in January 2015.