Leon Van Ginneken
Technical Solution Lead at Alliander
Arnhem-Nijmegen Region Netherlands
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Top SchoolLeon Van Ginneken is a Technical Solution Lead with 10 years of experience designing and delivering hybrid Android apps and enterprise solutions at Alliander, where he progressed from trainee to technical lead. He specializes in SAPUI5/OpenUI5, JavaScript and Cordova to build practical field tools—such as asset-status tracking, roadblock layout viewers, and microjob apps—that improve mechanics’ productivity during grid operations. Leon blends hands-on full‑stack development with product-minded delivery, demonstrated by contributions to the popular open-source Backstage project across frontend and backend plugins. With a Master’s in Sustainable Energy Technology and early work on battery thermal management and marine energy feasibility, he brings systems-thinking from energy engineering into pragmatic software solutions. Colleagues value him for translating operational needs into maintainable, tested features that ship reliably in enterprise environments.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Sustainable Energy Technology, Master of Science, Sustainable Energy Technology at Universiteit Twente
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Github Skills (14)
scaffolding10
backstage10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
api10
apidoc10
react10
typescript-types10
web-developer9
githubaction-workflow9
github-ci9
portal9
testing8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
backstage/backstage
Sep 2021 - Oct 2022
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 reviews, 29 commits, 6 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Leon contributed to the Backstage project by enhancing both the frontend and backend components. His work included fixing refresh issues in the tech radar plugin, adding optional icons to catalog and techdocs search results, and exporting the TechInsightsClient API. Furthermore, he implemented features in the scaffolder backend to include a homepage option for GitHub repository creation and publishing actions, including related testing. His contributions demonstrate proficiency in both UI and backend development within the Backstage framework.
portalsinfrastructureopen-platformdxbackstage
leon-vg/storybook-ui5
Aug 2020 - Sep 2022
Contributions:23 commits, 12 PRs, 22 pushes in 2 years 1 month
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