Daan Aerts
Founder CEO at Wildflyer
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolDaan Aerts is a founder and software entrepreneur with 11 years of experience building and scaling mission-driven tech ventures from Amsterdam. Currently CEO of Wildflyer, he combines hands-on product and engineering leadership with a background in environmental technology, now channeling that expertise into wildfire-related solutions. His career spans founding startups, leading teams at CrowdFarming and De Correspondent, and consulting on software and product engineering, demonstrating versatility across early-stage and growth contexts. He co-founded HackYourFuture, a coding school for refugees, reflecting a consistent commitment to social impact alongside technical work. Comfortable bridging strategy and execution, Daan is as likely to sketch product roadmaps as he is to review architecture and ship code. His unconventional mix of ecology training and startup experience gives him a pragmatic, systems-level view on tackling complex environmental problems with software.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Environmental Technology, Master of Science (MSc), Environmental Technology at Wageningen UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Future Planet Studies / Ecology, Bachelor of Science (BS), Future Planet Studies / Ecology at University of Amsterdam
English, Dutch, German
Github Skills (94)
expressjs10
backend10
javascript10
openweathermap10
nodejs10
weather-api10
noaa9
database9
material-design-icons9
forecast9
weather9
weather-data9
android9
mongodb9
api8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
HackYourFuture/angular
Feb 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:32 commits, 2 PRs, 15 pushes in 20 days
typescriptangular
HackYourFuture/angular-class7
Feb 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push, 1 branch in 6 days
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