Jan De Bleser
Owner at iTech
Antwerp Metropolitan Area Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolJan De Bleser is a seasoned software engineer and entrepreneur with 14+ years of experience building IoT and remote-access solutions from Antwerp, Belgium. After earning a Master's in Computer Science Engineering from KU Leuven, he evolved from hands-on developer to founder and consultant, delivering Python and Java solutions across clients like Atlas Copco and EURid. Frustrated by the difficulty of accessing remote devices, he created Openport — a reverse SSH tunneling tool that now powers millions of successful sessions and hundreds of customers. He balances product-minded ownership at iTech with agile delivery experience as a former Scrum Master, bringing both technical depth and team leadership to distributed systems. Notably, his career blends practical field-facing IoT work with a knack for turning personal pain points into scalable developer tools.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Sint-Pieterscollege - LeuvenMaster, Computer Science Engineering, Master, Computer Science Engineering at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
English, Dutch, French
Github Skills (93)
tunneling10
localhost9
ngrok9
django-models9
detector9
django8
ssh8
hosting8
sni8
django-wiki8
sqlobject8
proxy7
esp327
python7
tunnel7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jandebleser/spideroak
Sep 2017 - Dec 2020
Contributions:5 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
openportio/openport-go
May 2022 - Apr 2025
Openport Client v2
Contributions:7 releases, 2 reviews, 1 PR in 2 years 11 months
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