Arne Rutjes
Architect (blockchain & Digital Assets) at IBM
Greater Groningen Area Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolArne Rutjes is an architect specialising in blockchain and digital assets with two decades of coding experience and a Master of Laws in IT law, combining deep technical craft with regulatory insight. At IBM he built and led a globally recognised blockchain solution team that delivered over a hundred multiparty systems across logistics, CBDCs, self-sovereign identity, trade finance and energy for governments, Fortune 500s and startups. He thrives at the intersection of hands-on engineering and multidisciplinary design, moving from proofs of concept to large-scale production while shaping strategy and mentoring talent. Colleagues value his candid communication, technical depth and ability to translate complex legal and technical requirements into auditable, real-world systems. An avid learner and speaker, he frequently runs workshops and contributes to papers and teaching, demonstrating a rare legal-technical combo that accelerates adoption of emerging distributed-ledger solutions.
12 years of coding experience
Master of Laws (LLM), IT-recht, 8.1, Master of Laws (LLM), IT-recht, 8.1 at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen / University of Groningen
English, Dutch
Github Skills (76)
truth10
minecraft10
fabric10
api10
sdk10
hyperledger-fabric10
evaluation10
blockchain10
hyperledger10
javascript9
distributed-ledger9
py9
blockchain-network9
crowdsourcing9
typescript9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
arner/arner.github.io
Nov 2020 - Jun 2025
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
arner/arc42-template
Apr 2020 - Aug 2024
A template for documenting IT architecture in git, using arc42, docsify and plantuml
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
arc42docsifyplantuml
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