Karen Brakband
Hogeschooldocent HBO-ICT at Windesheim
Gelderland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolKaren Brakband is a web developer and HBO-ICT lecturer with 11 years of experience translating real-world client needs into clean, pragmatic code and practical teaching. After nearly a decade in agency roles building WordPress, Laravel/Themosis and Magento solutions, she transitioned to higher education where she now leads web development semesters and server technology modules while contributing to team planning. Her background spans full-stack .NET, mobile (Xamarin), CMS migrations and ecommerce, giving her a hands-on appreciation for maintainable architectures and developer workflows. Karen pairs classroom instruction with ongoing practical responsibilities, keeping students grounded in current industry practices through live project work. Currently pursuing advanced studies in learning sciences, she is deliberately blending pedagogy with software craft to improve how development skills are taught. Based in Gelderland, Netherlands, she’s known for a pragmatic, learner-first approach that surfaces elegant solutions from messy real-world requirements.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master Onderwijswetenschappen (Learning sciences), Master Onderwijswetenschappen (Learning sciences) at Open UniversiteitApplicatieontwikkelaar Voortgezet middelbaar onderwijs (VMBO) / Middelbaar beroepsonderwijs (MBO), Applicatieontwikkelaar Voortgezet middelbaar onderwijs (VMBO) / Middelbaar beroepsonderwijs (MBO) at Deltion CollegeBachelor of Science - BS Informatica (Software engineering) / Hogere opleiding Software engineer, Bachelor of Science - BS Informatica (Software engineering) / Hogere opleiding Software engineer at Windesheim
Dutch, English
Github Skills (20)
php10
ecommerce9
magento9
adobe9
affiliates7
laravel5
pacman5
mvc4
octobercms-plugin4
csv3
temperature3
validate3
octobercms3
javascript2
python2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ronaldvbostelen/KBS2_MobileApp
Dec 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:59 commits in 3 months
ronaldvbostelen/KBS1_Pacman
Nov 2018 - Dec 2018
Pacman (MVC) game
Contributions:115 commits in 18 days
mvcgamepacman
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