Jan Badenhorst
Chief Technology Officer at Trinity Telecomms
Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolJan Badenhorst is a Chief Technology Officer and seasoned technology leader with 12 years in software and a broader 25+ year career blending industrial design, product strategy, and engineering. He leads Trinity’s IoT platform that manages over half a million connected devices across multi-datacenter systems, processing millions of messages daily with 24/7 availability. A former industrial designer with formal training in mechanical and industrial design, Jan leverages creative problem-solving and design sensibility to shape system architecture, UX, and product direction. He progressed from UX developer to technical lead and head of product, pairing hands-on delivery with strategic oversight of scalable, production-grade services. Known for clear communication and cross-discipline collaboration, he marries visual design instincts with rigorous technical decision-making to keep complex deployments under control. Based in the Western Cape, South Africa, Jan’s uncommon blend of creative leadership and systems engineering drives pragmatic, user-centered IoT products.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Industrial Design, Diploma, Industrial Design at Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyMechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering at University of Pretoria
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Github Skills (39)
rubiks-cube10
javascript9
solver9
closure9
crossword9
nim-lang9
dot9
jsonwebtoken9
optimization9
rpn9
graphviz8
notification8
directed-acyclic-graph8
constraint-programming8
google8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
gumm/fetch-json-timeout
Apr 2018 - Jan 2026
A wrapper around node-fetch to get JSON with the option of timing out.
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 11 months
node-fetch
gumm/simple-typechecks
Mar 2015 - Apr 2018
Simple JS type checks.
Contributions:1 release, 1 review, 7 commits in 3 years 1 month
jstype-check
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