Luke Van Der Stokker
Chief Technology Officer at Koola Capital
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolLuke Van Der Stokker is a technology leader and Chief Technology Officer at Koola Capital, bringing seven years of hands-on engineering and production leadership to fintech infrastructure in Cape Town. With an MEng (cum laude) in Electronic Engineering and a background in ADCS and satellite communications, he blends deep low-power electronics and embedded systems experience with modern software practices including C++ development on Linux and DevOps tooling. He has led multidisciplinary teams through AIT, ERP implementation, and product-grade hardware production while earning repeated recognition for uncompromising quality. Luke’s trajectory from student engineer roles and tutoring to managing teams of engineers demonstrates strong operational rigor and mentorship. Equally comfortable in the lab or the cloud, he applies systems thinking to build reliable funding infrastructure for emerging markets. Outside engineering, he has real-world service experience as a wine steward, reflecting an inquisitive, client-oriented mindset.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Electronic Engineering (cum laude), Master of Engineering - MEng Electronic Engineering (cum laude) at Stellenbosch UniversityIEB National Senior Certificate High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, IEB National Senior Certificate High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at St Stithians Boys College
English, Dutch, Afrikaans
Github Skills (10)
package-management9
package-manager9
cpp9
cpp-library9
conan8
sqlite3
database3
sql3
postgresql3
db22
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
LvdStokker/The-C-20-Masterclass-Source-Code
Aug 2023 - Oct 2023
Source code for the C++ 20 Masterclass on udemy
Contributions:49 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
conan-io/conan-center-index
Jun 2023 - Jun 2023
Recipes for the ConanCenter repository
Contributions:2 reviews, 6 comments, 1 issue in 7 days
dependenciescpprecipespackage-managerconan-recipe
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