Engineering leader with a strong product and delivery mindset. Experienced in building and scaling distributed platforms, leading multi-team engineering organizations, and driving technical and organizational change. Combines hands-on technical depth with leadership in hiring, coaching, execution, and platform strategy.

Skills

Leadership & Execution

  • Engineering management
  • Team scaling
  • Hiring & performance management
  • Coaching & mentoring
  • Delivery management
  • Product & technology strategy
  • Stakeholder management

Technology

  • Ruby
  • Python
  • PHP
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • React.js
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • ElasticSearch
  • DynamoDB
  • HTML
  • SCSS / Less / CSS

Infrastructure

  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Cloud architecture
  • Linux
  • Windows
  • Distributed systems
  • Scalability & reliability

Work Experience (6)

Head of Engineering
Agriplace
May 2024 - Aug 2025

Drove engineering leadership, team development, and organizational maturity at Agriplace preparing for a critical growth stage.

  • Represented engineering in the management team and contributed to company-level strategy

  • Led ~20 engineers across 5 cross-functional teams (frontend, backend, QA)

  • Improved delivery predictability by introducing clearer structure, ownership, and processes

  • Implemented DORA metrics to drive engineering health and continuous improvement

  • Built and coached a stronger leadership layer within engineering

  • Professionalized performance management and development practices across the organization

  • Owned the technology roadmap and architectural direction of the platform

  • Stack: Python, React.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS

Head of Engineering - StudyGo
Futurewhiz
Dec 2010 - Apr 2024

Joined as a developer when Squla was an early-stage start-up in 2010. From being a trusted individual contributor, I grew to lead small teams, in Squla until 2019, to my last role as Head of Engineering for StudyGo.

  • Owned development and operations of the StudyGo platform across multiple growth stages

  • Part of the StudyGo Management Team, jointly shaping the product roadmap

  • In the role as people manager, responsible for hiring, performance reviews and mentoring of the engineering team

  • Presented Squla’s use of AWS as a customer success story at the AWS Summit, Amsterdam (2015), in the keynote address of Amazon's CTO, Werner Vogels

  • Head of Engineering since 2020, Manager/Team lead since 2018

  • Stack: Ruby, Python, React.js, MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, DynamoDB, GCP, AWS

Founder
Slim-IT
Jan 2003 - Current

This job started as a hobby at around age 15, where I had developed an online CRM and inventory management application for my mother’s company. Over time, it has developed into its own business where the application is used by many other businesses around the country.

  • Responsible for all technology related decisions (choosing the tech stack, design, development, and operations)

  • Jointly responsible for product roadmap

  • Stack: PHP, Java, MySQL, Redis, RouterOS, UniFi

Software Engineer
Tizio B.V.
Feb 2010 - Jun 2010

Internship as part of my Bachelor's studies

  • Developed a flexible UI widget system for the MyM data visualisation tool

  • Stack: PHP, C++, MySQL, AWS

Software Engineer
National Aerospace Laboratory
Jul 2009 - Aug 2009

Summer job following my internship here

  • Designed and implemented a budgeting tool for Software Asset Management

  • Stack: PHP, MySQL

Software Engineer
National Aerospace Laboratory
Aug 2008 - Jan 2009

Internship as part of my Bachelor's studies

  • Designed and implemented an automated auditing tool for Software Asset Management

  • Stack: PHP, MySQL, MSSQL

Education (2)

2006 - 2010
Bachelors
Software Engineering + System and Network Engineering
Hogeschool van Amsterdam
2001 - 2006
HAVO
Natuur en Techniek
Keizer Karel College

Languages

Dutch

Native speaker

English

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Interests

Cycling

Technology

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