Utrecht Area
Entered the CIO Office at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce July 2025 after eight years as a Java Developer including three years as Practice Lead and Community Lead. Co Lead for the Dutch Java community NLJUG. Passionate ambassador for Women in IT. Public speaker at IT-conferences. #JFall #JUGs #Devoxx Always expanding my skills and knowledge through training, conferences and community meetups.
Leading a Practice of around 20 Software Developers at KVK while working as a Senior Java Developer in one of our Product Teams. Co-founder of our Java Community, co-lead for our Women in IT Network, WeCode();. Responsibilies: HR, hiring, contracting, staff planning, personal development, community acvies.
Jumped into gear from junior to medior developer building (green field) Rest API's using Java 11 and onward, Spring Boot, DB2/Postgres, Docker/Kubernetes, Gitlab CI/CD. Green field development of robo c process automa on using Camunda and BPMN. Reverse Engineering and rebuilding legacy systems. Tech stack: Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, SQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Gitlab CI/CD, Camunda BPMN/RPA.
• Promoting knowledge sharing and improving professional skills within the Java community. • Co-organizing conferences as NLJUG Board Member. • Collaborating with international speakers to bring together Java enthusiasts at events like J-Spring and J-Fall. • Promoting diversity and community engagement.
Voluntary School Board Member and President. Focussed on strategy and professionalizing staff and management. 200 children, 14 staff members
Half year full ti me IT traineeship as java developer in a mul disciplinairy devops team. Java, Spring Boot, SQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Gitlab CI/CD, Angular
Retraining as a Java Developer through Make IT Work. Eleven months full me training and internship. Leaping into a new career, discovering the joy of programming.