Kees Van Bemmel
Kwartiermaker & Oprichter at WeShare4Kids
North Brabant, Netherlands
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Top SchoolKees Van Bemmel is a founder and seasoned technology leader with over a decade of experience building cloud-native platforms and AI-enhanced products, currently leading Kwartiermakers and CTO at Sainer. He specializes in pragmatic "side-by-side" AI that amplifies human work—most notably with Sainer, a next-gen AI telephony service running on the KPN network—and has a track record of turning complex enterprise needs into usable ecosystems. His background spans CTO and leadership roles across startups and scaleups (Trade Cover Exchange, Fivespark, Incentro) combined with hands-on backend development contributions to notable open-source projects like Directus. Kees is as comfortable writing installation guides and refining CLI/schema workflows as he is shaping partnerships and recruiting talent who look past the hype. Based in North Brabant, he mixes product intuition with engineering rigor and a clear ethical stance: build logical, human-centered tech rather than ticking an AI checkbox. An understated strength is his focus on voice as the most human interface—designing systems that listen before they speak.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
VWO, VWO at Theresia LyceumBachelor of Science Informatics, Bachelor of Science Informatics at Fontys University of Applied Sciences
Dutch, English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (22)
caching10
typescript10
api10
typescript-types10
nodejs10
typescripts10
nodes10
databases9
database9
logging9
javascript8
schema8
google-cloud-platform7
nginx6
google-compute-engine6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
directus/directus
Dec 2021 - Nov 2022
The flexible backend for all your projects 🐰 Turn your DB into a headless CMS, admin panels, or apps with a custom UI, instant APIs, auth & more.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 reviews, 7 commits, 14 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Kees primarily focused on enhancing the back-end functionality of the Directus project. Their contributions included adding features like cache control, handling pino logger options and nodemailer promise. Additionally, the user implemented changes related to file service, encompassing admin accountability and metadata extraction, as well as refining schema CLI commands. Furthermore, the user created an installation guide for Google Cloud Platform.
cmsno-codecollaborationintuitivevue
keesvanbemmel/directus
Apr 2022 - Aug 2024
Open-Source Data Platform 🐰 — Directus wraps any SQL database with a real-time GraphQL+REST API and an intuitive app for non-technical users.
Contributions:5 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 4 months
intuitivedata-platformreal-timedata-sourcedirectus
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