Damiaan Twelker
Chief Technology Officer at Politie Nederland
Randstad, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolDamiaan Twelker is a pragmatic CTO and engineering leader with 12 years of experience building high-reliability, mission-critical software for emergency services and public safety. He progressed from mobile Objective-C/Objective-C++ development to leading full-stack R&D—designing a native GIS client, a turn-by-turn routing engine in C++, and scalable .NET Core microservices that today power hundreds of emergency vehicles. Combining an MSc in AI from Imperial College with hands-on algorithm and applied ML work (including early wildfire detection with drones), he blends research-driven thinking with production-grade engineering. He also serves as a cyber security specialist for the Dutch police, reflecting a strong operational security mindset alongside product delivery. Notably, he champions performance-driven choices across languages and platforms, routinely moving from prototype to awarded contracts and live deployments.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computing (Artificial Intelligence), Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computing (Artificial Intelligence) at Imperial College LondonBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science at University of AmsterdamGymnasium, Gymnasium at Jan van Egmond Lyceum
English, French, Dutch
Github Skills (200)
uitextview10
tiles10
traveling-salesman10
pincode10
dijkstra10
mapbox-gl10
null-safety10
progress-hud10
payment-gateway10
geojson10
sailfishos10
expand10
backend10
cpp10
hud10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
datwelk/RDRIntermediateTarget
Mar 2014 - May 2018
Contributions:9 commits, 1 push in 4 years 3 months
datwelk/RDRStickyKeyboardView
Mar 2014 - Apr 2017
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 3 years 2 months
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