Dirk Van Donkelaar
Manager IT at van Donkelaar Design & Engineering
Gelderland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolDirk Van Donkelaar is an inventive Manager IT and mechanical engineer with nine years of hands-on experience automating CAD and PLM workflows to speed up design revisions and routine tasks. He combines an architectural and mechanical engineering background with practical scripting skills—AutoCAD LISP, iLogic and Excel-driven part generation—to implement small, high-impact automations that reduce manual work. As owner of van Donkelaar Design & Engineering and now Manager IT at VDL Jansen, he balances leadership with day-to-day engineering pragmatism across product development and production support. Dirk also contributes front-end improvements to open-source projects like the popular Zigbee2MQTT frontend, bringing attention to localization and UX details that reflect his user-focused approach. Based in Gelderland, Netherlands, he thrives on translating complex requirements into rational, “out of the box” solutions that save time and improve consistency.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
HAVO general secundairy education, HAVO general secundairy education at Rembrandt College VeenendaalBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Mechanical engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Mechanical engineering at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)
Dutch, English, German
Github Skills (8)
javascript10
front-end-development10
react10
user-interface8
interface-design8
ui-design8
css7
html7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
nurikk/zigbee2mqtt-frontend
Apr 2021 - Nov 2021
Zigbee2MQTT frontend
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 5 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Dirk primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and improving the user experience of the Zigbee2MQTT frontend. Their contributions included adding translations for various elements, such as power sources and device image titles, to support localization. They also updated and fixed URLs, and integrated new features such as OTA changelog links and temperature icons on the dashboard. Furthermore, the user fixed a typo and made minor code changes.
z2mzigbee2mqttmqttzigbeefrontend
dvandonkelaar/home-assistant-blueprints
Aug 2021 - Jan 2025
Home Assistant Blueprints
Contributions:12 reviews, 7 PRs, 31 pushes in 3 years 5 months
blueprintassistanthacshome-assistantblueprints
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