Kevin Vlaanderen
Software Development Manager at Mendix
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Vlaanderen is a software development manager with 11 years of experience leading product and platform teams at Mendix, where he progressed from developer to team lead and now manages engineering delivery while coaching teams to continuously improve. He combines a PhD-backed understanding of software product management and iterative process improvement with hands-on full‑stack contributions—such as meaningful refactors and stability fixes to the ds300/patch-package project—to keep codebases healthy. Known for leading by example, Kevin measures success by the growth and confidence of his engineers and has a track record of setting up internal knowledge-sharing initiatives and the first Dutch works council at Mendix. Fluent in both technical and organizational domains, he brings a rare mix of academic rigor, product sensibility, and people-first leadership.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
VWO, Atheneum, VWO, Atheneum at A. Roland Holst CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Utrecht UniversityBSc, Information Science, BSc, Information Science at University of UtrechtCurso de Español para Extranjeros, Spanish Language, Curso de Español para Extranjeros, Spanish Language at Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Dutch, English, Spanish, German, French
Github Skills (15)
dependency-manager10
dependency-management10
package-manager-tool10
nodejs10
package-manager10
javascript10
package-management10
dependency-analysis10
difference9
unified-diffs9
diff-tool9
npm8
git8
yarnpkg8
testing7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ds300/patch-package
Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
Fix broken node modules instantly 🏃🏽♀️💨
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 4 PRs, 6 comments in 2 days
Contributions summary:Kevin primarily focused on improving the codebase of a patch package manager. They refactored existing code, converting default exports to named exports to improve modularity. The user optimized the patch creation process by only copying over local files that match the inclusion and exclusion criteria and added more formatting and fixes to improve stability. The user also updated test files and added functionality related to applying patches.
dependenciesdependency-managerbrokennode-modulesfix
KevinVlaanderen/docs
Oct 2016 - Apr 2020
Documentation repository
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 10 branches in 3 years 7 months
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