Lars De Ridder
Software Specialist (Founder) at XIThing
Limburg, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolLars De Ridder is a seasoned software specialist and founder with over 20 years of experience building reliable, scalable systems across SaaS, IoT, and enterprise environments. As founder of XIThing he helps companies turn IoT-driven business ideas into production-ready hardware and software, and he pairs hands-on delivery with consultancy on product and systems strategy. He has led engineering and tech departments at Paylogic, introducing predictable agile practices, shaping product strategy, and coaching teams to improve delivery and technical quality. Comfortable across Python, TypeScript, Kubernetes and cloud platforms like AWS and Scaleway, he bridges infrastructure and application layers to solve practical business problems. Interested in sustainable software, the energy transition, and open data, he brings both engineering depth and commercial sense to help scale-ups and enterprises move from concept to impact. Multilingual in Dutch, English and Spanish, he combines technical leadership with a researcher’s attention to detail from his early fault-localization research.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at Utrecht UniversityMSc, Software Engineering, MSc, Software Engineering at University of Amsterdam
Dutch, English, Spanish
Github Skills (122)
charts9
queue9
docker9
emf9
updater9
helm8
xmi8
geographic8
axis8
update-checker8
spatial8
k8s8
python8
docker-container8
notebook8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ESDLMapEditorESSIM/docker-toolsuite
Sep 2020 - Mar 2025
All information to install, setup and run the ESDL MapEditor and ESSIM toolsuite on your local machine
Contributions:4 reviews, 4 PRs, 7 pushes in 4 years 7 months
local-machinemapeditoresdl
XIThing/generate-docker-client-certs
Oct 2016 - Feb 2019
Contributions:2 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 2 years 4 months
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