Visal Sok
CTO at TechCambodia
Skills
About
Visal is a technology leader with over 15 years of experience in software development and architecture. As the CTO of TechCambodia, he leads a team of 50+ engineers building innovative solutions for both local and international clients.
He is passionate about mentoring the next generation of Cambodian developers and regularly contributes to open source projects. Visal is also an AWS Certified Solutions Architect and has spoken at numerous tech conferences across Southeast Asia.
Work Experience
Chief Technology Officer
TechCambodia
2018 - Present
Leading the technical strategy and engineering teams, implementing cloud-native architecture, and driving innovation initiatives.
Senior Software Architect
Global Solutions Inc.
2014 - 2018
Designed and implemented scalable backend systems for enterprise clients across finance and e-commerce sectors.
Software Engineer
StartupHub Cambodia
2010 - 2014
Developed web applications and APIs for early-stage startups in the Cambodian ecosystem.
Achievements
AWS Community Hero
2022
Recognized by Amazon Web Services for significant contributions to the cloud computing community in Southeast Asia.
Best Tech Leadership Award
2020
Awarded by the Cambodia ICT Federation for excellence in technology leadership and innovation.
Education
Master of Computer Science
National University of Singapore
2008 - 2010
Bachelor of Computer Science
Royal University of Phnom Penh
2004 - 2008
Contributions to Khmer Coders
Cloud Computing Workshop Series
2023
Organized and led a series of workshops on AWS and cloud architecture, training over 200 developers.
Khmer Coders Hackathon Judge
2022
Served as a technical judge for the annual hackathon, providing feedback and mentorship to participants.
Open Source Contribution Drive
2021
Led an initiative to increase open source contributions from Cambodian developers, resulting in 50+ pull requests to major projects.
Technical Advisor
2019 - Present
Provides strategic technical guidance to the Khmer Coders leadership team on community initiatives and events.