Jan De Vries
Manager Community Team at Mendix
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolJan De Vries is a community-focused leader with over a decade of experience building and scaling developer ecosystems, currently managing the Community Team at Mendix from Rotterdam. He has progressed through roles from technical writer and documentation manager to senior community engagement lead, blending content strategy, training, and events to make developers more successful and customers happier. Jan runs programs such as meetups, MVP initiatives, hackathons, certification, and training to grow both community size and capability worldwide. His background in software training and ICT management gives him a practical, hands-on perspective on developer needs and learning design. Notably, he pairs content and event-driven growth with measurable developer enablement rather than just outreach, turning community activity into tangible product adoption.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Christelijke Hogeschool WindesheimTeaching an Online Course, Teaching an Online Course at Elevate Health trainingMedewerker Beheer ICT, Medewerker Beheer ICT at Deltion College
Dutch, English
Github Skills (8)
hugo10
documentation-generator10
mendix10
documentation10
sap3
typescript3
iot1
machine-learning1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
katamaks/docs
Mar 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:11 pushes in 1 day
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