Barend Scholtus
Manager, Applications And Development
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Top SchoolBarend Scholtus is an experienced software leader and manager with 15+ years overseeing applications, development and student systems at RMIT University Vietnam. Based in Ho Chi Minh City since 1999, he blends hands-on development (Python, PHP, SQL, LiveCode) and data analysis with strong operational and financial management skills honed through roles from lecturer to centre and program manager. He has led agile teams since 2014, owning application architecture, integrations, disaster recovery and platform migrations while coordinating across time zones with partners in Australia. Barend’s background in tertiary teaching and curriculum delivery gives him a rare strength in translating complex business and educational requirements into reliable, auditable systems. He has repeatedly improved processes and revenue models, and is comfortable recruiting and coaching multicultural teams through change. Beyond technology, his unique value is the intersection of systems thinking, analytical rigor and practical experience in higher-education operations.
16 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Mechanical Engineering at Christelijke Hogeschool WindesheimBachelor’s Degree, Software Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Software Engineering at Saxion HogescholenMaster’s Degree, Business Administration (Executive), Master’s Degree, Business Administration (Executive) at RMIT University
Dutch, English, Vietnamese
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Github Skills (45)
analyzer9
analyser9
ton8
css8
trading7
backtesting-trading-strategies7
javascript7
ngram7
finance7
typescript7
keyboard-layout7
forex-trading7
jupyter-notebook7
financial-markets6
mysql-connector-python6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
rbscholtus/keycraft
Jul 2025 - Apr 2026
keycraft is a keyboard layout analyser and optimiser
Contributions:1 release, 4 PRs, 69 pushes in 9 months
analyserkeyboardkeyboard-layoutlayoutoptimiser
rbscholtus/Image-Coder
Sep 2010 - Oct 2010
Contributions:13 commits in 4 days
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