Henk Westhuis
Chief Architect at IFS Ultimo
Harderwijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolHenk Westhuis is a Chief Architect with 17 years of experience designing cloud and security-focused solutions at IFS Ultimo, where he progressed from developer to architectural leadership. Based in Harderwijk, Netherlands, he blends hands-on engineering with strategic oversight to deliver robust, efficient systems across modern cloud stacks. He is an active contributor to open-source tooling—improving Git Extensions’ UI, Azure DevOps integration, and performance—bringing practical UX and backend optimizations to developer workflows. With a Bachelor in Computer Software Engineering from Windesheim, he pairs deep technical breadth with a pragmatic focus on observable, debuggable systems. Notably, his work often emphasizes adding clarity to complex systems through improved debugging information and external-branch integrations.
17 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor, Computer Software Engineering at Windesheim
Github Skills (6)
git10
csharp10
dotnet-core10
uid8
front-end-development8
ui-design8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
gitextensions/gitextensions
Nov 2008 - Feb 2019
Git Extensions is a standalone UI tool for managing git repositories. It also integrates with Windows Explorer and Microsoft Visual Studio (2015/2017/2019).
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1604 commits, 98 PRs, 80 pushes in 10 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Henk primarily focused on modifying and improving the Git Extensions UI, specifically addressing the addition of debugging information to the caption and integrating changes from remote branches. They also contributed to the integration with the Azure Dev Ops platform, and various other performance improvements. These changes were primarily centered around optimizing the user interface and incorporating external branch changes.
repositoriesmicrosoft-visual-studiowindowsgit-clientgitextensions
whyrusleeping/gitextensions
Jul 2010 - Jul 2012
Contributions:878 commits in 2 years
a-shellshell-extensiongit-repositoryvscodegitextensions
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