Egbert Teeselink
Co-CEO at TalkJS
Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolEgbert Teeselink is a seasoned software leader and co-founder currently serving as Co-CEO of TalkJS, a startup simplifying how developers build reliable, production-ready chat and communication features. With 18 years of experience across startups and high-tech consultancies, he blends hands-on technical leadership, product management, and finance duties to ship robust real-time systems and user-friendly UIs. He has a strong background in embedded and high-tech software engineering, having led cross-disciplinary teams at Sioux and AT Technologies, and built early-stage products as CTO and independent architect. Based in Eindhoven, he holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science and uniquely combines deep engineering craft with founder-level operational ownership—and admits he might have become a fireman if not for building the world’s most-used communication platform.
18 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc. Computer Science, M.Sc. Computer Science at Eindhoven University of TechnologyPolitical Science and International Relations, Political Science and International Relations at University of Tampere 1925-2018Technical University of Denmark
English, Dutch, Danish
Github Skills (200)
realtime10
messaging10
hot-reload10
tray10
chat10
visual-studio10
messaging-api10
javascript10
editor10
file-sharing10
sdk10
golang10
scalable10
cli10
json10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
eteeselink/relax-json
May 2014 - Apr 2019
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 1 comment in 5 years
talkjs/country-flag-emoji-polyfill
Mar 2022 - Dec 2022
Add country flag emojis to Chromium-based browsers on Windows
Contributions:7 reviews, 12 commits, 2 PRs in 8 months
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