Hans Aikema
Lead Software Engineer at IzPack open source project
Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands
Summary
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RockstarHans Aikema is a Lead Software Engineer based in Nieuwegein with nine years of experience building Java EE and service-oriented solutions within the payments industry at equensWorldline. He combines deep legacy mainframe and COBOL roots with modern Java development, driving architecture, tooling and process improvements across the Java stack. An active open-source contributor, Hans has improved OWASP Dependency-Check’s Maven plugin to support modern Maven versions and reduce false positives, demonstrating attention to supply-chain security in build tooling. He mentors teams on reliable, auditable systems and continually modernizes development standards to balance operational stability with incremental innovation. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic design decisions that bridge decades-old transaction systems and contemporary service architectures.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Dutch, English, German
Github Skills (8)
maven10
dependency-management10
javas10
build-tools10
vulnerability-detection10
java10
security8
xml7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
dependency-check/DependencyCheck
Feb 2017 - Jan 2023
OWASP dependency-check is a software composition analysis utility that detects publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in application dependencies.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:410 reviews, 515 commits, 437 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Hans primarily worked on enhancing the Maven plugin for the "dependency-check" repository, enabling compatibility with Maven 3.0 and later versions. They introduced the functionality to use a virtual dependency for unresolved reactor projects. The user also addressed several false positives and fixed issues by modifying the code within the maven and core modules. Additionally, they updated the core resources and templates.
gradle-plugindependenciesjenkins-pluginbugbountyant-task
aikebah/izpack
Feb 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:7 pushes in 8 years 3 months
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