Imre Gelens
Founder at 1launch
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolImre Gelens is a founder and hands-on AI engineer based in Amsterdam with 10 years of experience pivoting from mechanical engineering into data, software and product leadership. He has scaled teams and tech as VP of Engineering in solar monitoring, CTO at a LegalTech AI startup, and as a consultant building production LLM integrations, RAG pipelines and agentic systems. Today he is launching multiple Europe-first ventures—1launch for European product launches and Kiavi for privacy-focused authentication—reflecting his commitment to European tech sovereignty. Imre prefers to build MVPs himself and recruit mission-aligned partners, often trading significant equity to secure the right talent and speed. He blends engineering depth with product instinct and a track record of turning prototypes into revenue-generating platforms, making him as comfortable shipping code as shaping strategy.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science (MSc) Mechanical Engineering at Delft University of TechnologyVWO Math Chemistry Physics Latin Music+, VWO Math Chemistry Physics Latin Music+ at Spinoza Lyceum Amsterdam
English, Dutch, French
Github Skills (180)
python10
pip10
python-development10
vscode-plugin10
pipfile10
full-stack10
vue10
virtualenv10
packaging10
nuxt10
vue-sweetalert210
sanic9
markdown9
nuxt-template9
formatter9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ImreC/nuxt-sweetalert2
Dec 2018 - Nov 2020
A minimal sweetalert2 module based on vue-sweetalert2 with global options
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 1 year 11 months
vue-sweetalert2sweetalert2sweetalertoptionsvue
ImreC/feathers-verification-emails
Feb 2018 - May 2021
Contributions:7 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
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