Elvin Dechesne
Senior Principal Expert at Sopra Steria
Roden, Drenthe, Netherlands
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Top SchoolElvin Dechesne is a Senior Principal Expert and semantic knowledge architect with 11 years of experience designing data-driven transformations for government and enterprise clients. He blends deep expertise in knowledge graphs, linked data, AI, cloud and container technologies with a pragmatic focus on usability and operational delivery. Elvin has repeatedly led multidisciplinary teams through large-scale programs—helping governments publish law, secure police knowledge, and build national water-management information hubs—always emphasizing collaboration, governance and iterative improvement. Trained in both creative design and executive information management, he brings a rare mix of UX sensibility and enterprise architecture rigor. Known for mentoring teams and translating complex domain needs into semantic models and AI-enabled search, he favors simple, resilient solutions where “the devil is in the details.” Based in Roden, Netherlands, he applies open standards and practical innovation to make data both discoverable and actionable.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Executive MBA EXECUTIVE MASTER INFORMATIE MANAGEMENT & DIGITALE TRANSFORMATIES, Executive MBA EXECUTIVE MASTER INFORMATIE MANAGEMENT & DIGITALE TRANSFORMATIES at TIAS School for Business and SocietyHKU (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht)Art/Art Studies General, Art/Art Studies General at NienoordcollegeHAVO, HAVO at NAC Avondcollege
Dutch, German, English, French
Github Skills (20)
triple9
javascript8
archimate7
typescript7
geo7
rdf6
angular5
single-page4
python4
search-engine3
sparql3
typechecker2
image-search2
vector-database1
semantic-search1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ElvinD/Concept-viewer
Jul 2021 - Nov 2023
Angular frontend solution to view skos concept resources using GraphQL
Contributions:6 reviews, 38 PRs, 73 pushes in 2 years 4 months
skosfrontendangulargraphqltypescript
ElvinD/graphdb-angular-tutorial
Jan 2020 - Feb 2022
Creating an Angular application powered by RDF data from a triple store and GEO data to show a map.
Contributions:48 commits, 30 PRs, 43 pushes in 2 years 1 month
geotriple-storegeo-datatriplemap
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