Arno Soontjens
CTO & Partner at Fastlane
Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Top SchoolArno Soontjens is a technology leader and entrepreneur with 11 years of experience building full‑stack JavaScript/TypeScript applications and founding product-driven startups. Currently CTO & Partner at Dashdot and co-founder/tech lead at Fastlane, he combines hands-on React.js and Node.js development with strategic product ownership. He previously founded W3Technics to modernize time registration systems and co-led PandaPanda, demonstrating a consistent focus on well-tested, maintainable software. As a lecturer and student coach at KU Leuven and Karel de Grote Hogeschool, he translates academic rigor into pragmatic engineering and mentorship. Based in Antwerp, he blends an industrial engineering background with a postgraduate specialization in innovation and entrepreneurship, enabling both technical depth and business acumen. Peers describe him as someone who pairs entrepreneurial drive with meticulous attention to UX and software quality—often preferring clean, testable implementations over quick fixes.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Postgraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship at KU LeuvenBachelor's degree Electronica - ICT / ICT, Bachelor's degree Electronica - ICT / ICT at Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen
English, French
Github Skills (86)
rest9
api9
nodejs9
location8
javascript8
dashboard8
cms8
mapbox-gl8
graphql8
react8
mapbox-gl-js8
typescript8
mysql8
cfml7
gatsby7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ArnoSoontjens/Odoo-Java
Mar 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:1 release, 64 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 3 months
apirpcpythonodooerp
ArnoSoontjens/JavaSteamaAPI
May 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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