Björn Postema
Data Engineer
Gelderland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolBjörn Postema is a data engineer with a PhD in Computer Science and eight years of experience building scalable, quality-focused data solutions in Azure and enterprise environments. He blends academic rigor—research on energy-efficient data centres and simulation frameworks—with practical delivery, having designed operational data products for privacy, access, and analytics at Achmea and now Zilveren Kruis. As a former HBO-ICT lecturer he excels at translating complex concepts into curricula and coaching teams, and he’s comfortable moving between broad architectural thinking and deep technical implementation. Known for pioneering low-cost experimental setups (micro data centres with Raspberry Pis) and public speaking, he brings a designer’s eye and social mindset to engineering problems, balancing innovation with maintainability.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at University of TwenteVWO N&T + Informatics + Economics12 + Philosophy + Religion, VWO N&T + Informatics + Economics12 + Philosophy + Religion at Greijdanus College (secondary school)
English, Dutch
Github Skills (2)
simulation4
simulation-framework3
Github contributions (4)
bjornpostema/DaCSim
Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:1 release, 15 commits, 1 PR in 2 months
simulationsimulation-framework
bjornpostema/datacentre-workload-analysis
Oct 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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