Herman Kopinga
Instructor at maakplek
Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolHerman Kopinga is an instructor and versatile coach with 11 years of professional experience blending IT, training and community-led maker initiatives from Groningen. His career spans system administration, software work, innovation scouting and founding roles—co-creating Maakplek and running independent “slimmer werken” coaching and maker projects since 2012. Herman excels at tackling complex problems with creativity, rapid learning and strong interpersonal connection, often bringing empathy for how systems and teams reached their current state. He combines practical technical know-how from early engineering roles with hands-on teaching and facilitation at Digital Fitness and community events like Domotica meetups. Known for thinking globally and acting locally, he continuously scouts growth and change opportunities that align people and technology toward tangible goals. An understated strength is his ability to translate messy, diverse experience into usable learning and improved workflows for teams and individuals.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Christelijk Streeklyceum, EdeBachelor, Bachelor at HAN University of Applied Sciences
Github Skills (8)
issue-tracking8
python3
jetpack-compose1
slack-bot1
teensy1
android1
slack1
kotlin1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
HermanKopinga/LikeJar_5
May 2015 - Jan 2020
Contributions:2 pushes in 4 years 8 months
HermanKopinga/tovertypen-nl
May 2024 - Oct 2024
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Contributions:86 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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