Frank Van Der Heijden
Independent at Frank Y Frog
The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolFrank Van Der Heijden is an entrepreneurial technology executive turned independent sculptor, with over two decades of senior leadership in telecom, data center services and managed offerings, and nine years of hands-on software engineering experience reflected in active open-source contributions. As former Managing Director of Managed Services at Equinix and former CEO/Founder roles in broadband and outsourcing, he combines board-level strategy and commercial acumen with deep operational know-how across connectivity, cloud and edge infrastructure. Technically engaged as CTO @ Teifi Holdings and a back-end contributor to notable Minecraft projects like GriefPrevention and Velocity, he has improved core server proxy and plugin functionality—an example of bridging enterprise-scale strategy with pragmatic code-level impact. Based in Delft, he now channels the same creative problem-solving into sculptural art while continuing to travel and draw inspiration from global cultures, an uncommon blend of technical leadership and artistic reinvention.
9 years of coding experience
39 years of employment as a software developer
HES Rotterdam
Github Skills (14)
plugin-development10
javas10
configuration-management10
minecraft-forge10
event-handling10
bukkit10
java10
plugin10
api-design9
apidoc9
api9
proxy-server8
proxy8
minecraft8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
GriefPrevention/GriefPrevention
Aug 2020 - Jan 2021
The official self-service anti-griefing Bukkit plugin for Minecraft servers since 2011.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 14 commits, 27 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Frank primarily contributed to the GriefPrevention plugin's core functionality by adding new features and refactoring existing code. Their work includes implementing new methods for chunk identification and claim management, as well as adding events for claim inspection, extension, and modification. They also enhanced existing features such as piston behavior and double chest handling. The user's contributions focused on improving the plugin's features and functionality.
minecraftantigriefingbukkit-pluginbukkit
PaperMC/Velocity
Aug 2020 - Oct 2021
The modern, next-generation Minecraft server proxy.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 7 commits, 6 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Frank primarily focused on enhancing the Velocity proxy's core functionality by adding and modifying configuration options. Their contributions included adding configurable messages for server disconnects and kicks, moving message configurations into the main configuration file, and fixing Adventure title times. They also added functionality to handle various connection errors, such as online mode checks and server unavailability.
next-generationminecraftminecraft-forgeproxy-serverproxy
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