Jacques Smuts
Chief Executive Officer at PJH Technologies CC
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolJacques Smuts is a software leader and former scientist with 10 years of hands-on mobile development experience who now runs PJH Technologies as CEO. He cut his teeth building and shipping Android and iOS apps across startups like Nomanini, Flat Circle and Piccing, often owning feature delivery end-to-end from planning to analytics. Trained in applied chemistry and later computer science, he brings a researcher's curiosity to engineering—often favoring pragmatic, well-documented solutions. Obsessed with Android but comfortable across mobile platforms, he pairs technical depth with entrepreneurial drive rooted in South Africa’s Western Cape. Notably, his career path includes patent research and early legal studies, giving him a rare blend of technical, product and IP-minded perspectives.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Applied Chemistry, Chemistry, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Applied Chemistry, Chemistry at Stellenbosch UniversityUniversity of South Africa
English, Afrikaans, Chinese
Stackoverflow
3,413reputation
279kreached
18answers
13questions
android
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kotlin
top-5%
kotlin-coroutines
top-5%
firebase
top-5%
firebase-authentication
top-1%
Github Skills (82)
firebase-authentication10
sql10
kotlin-multiplatform10
sqldelight10
kotlin10
strongly-typed10
robot10
kotlin-coroutines9
apollographql9
firebase9
multiplatform9
caching9
graphql-client9
typesafe9
graphql9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
JacquesSmuts/PositiviTea
Oct 2018 - Apr 2019
This app gives random positive messages to the user once day.
Contributions:11 commits, 18 PRs, 76 pushes in 6 months
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JacquesSmuts/OverengineeredAndroid
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
An overengineered android app. Meant to showcase the nice things you can use for larger apps.
Contributions:50 commits, 8 PRs, 41 pushes in 4 months
androidandroid-appkotlinandroid-applicationshowcase
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