Eric De Ruiter
Founder And Managing Director at Foundation to Build/ Stichting Bouwen
South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolEric De Ruiter is the founder and managing director of Stichting Bouwen with over two decades of hands-on experience delivering built-environment projects across Africa since 2003, from schools and clinics to operation theaters and water and sanitation systems. Trained as an architectural engineer at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, he combines technical design expertise with on-the-ground project management and construction oversight in diverse contexts including The Gambia, Indonesia, Ghana and long-term engagement in Malawi. He has led development-focused engineering programs that balance local needs, durable construction, and practical maintenance considerations, often operating with limited resources and complex logistics. Based in South Holland, he brings a pragmatic, entrepreneurial approach to international development building projects and a deep familiarity with community-driven infrastructure delivery. An uncommon strength is his continuity: long-term presence in-country that fosters relationships, institutional memory, and iterative improvement across multiple projects.
11 years of coding experience
Engineer, Architectural Engineering, Engineer, Architectural Engineering at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)
Github Skills (150)
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golang10
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gitlab10
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
thisisdevelopment/php
Mar 2020 - Nov 2024
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch, 47 tags in 4 years 9 months
thisisdevelopment/laravel-test-snapshot
Mar 2020 - Apr 2024
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch, 9 tags in 4 years 2 months
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