Ernest Van Der Linden
Founder at DopeCode
Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolErnest Van Der Linden is a founder and seasoned technology leader with 17 years of experience building and guiding software organizations across industries from finance and aviation to energy and government. As founder of DopeCode and former CTO/Senior Partner at hkp/// group, he blends hands-on engineering with strategic leadership and a strong coaching ethos. He contributes to open-source projects such as the ColdBox CFML framework, where he focused on modular backend features like a skinnable sidebar and improved interceptor/configuration support. A native of the Netherlands, he’s fluent in Dutch and English and highly proficient in German, enabling cross-border collaboration across DAX companies and other international clients. Known for turning complex enterprise requirements into practical, maintainable solutions, he pairs business economics training with deep technical craftsmanship. On weekends he recharges kite-surfing at the beach, bringing the same curiosity and balance to product and team development.
17 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Business/Managerial Economics, Business/Managerial Economics at Hogeschool voor Economische Studies Rotterdam (HES)
Dutch, English, German
Github Skills (8)
hmvc10
mvc10
interceptor10
cfml10
coldfusion10
dependency-injection9
aop8
javascript5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
ColdBox/coldbox-platform
Aug 2008 - Jan 2009
A modern, fluent and conventions based HMVC framework for ColdFusion (CFML)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:58 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Ernest primarily contributed to the ColdBox framework, focusing on features within a "sidebar" project. Their work included refactoring, migrating existing components, and implementing new features such as custom links and skinnable designs. The user also introduced changes to the interceptor and configuration files. They added support for enabling/disabling the sidebar, exception handling integration, and various settings.
hmvccfmlframeworklogging-librarydependency-injection
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