Marja Van Aken
Senior Software Engineer at Netherlands Forensic Institute NFI
The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolMarja Van Aken is a Senior Software Engineer with nine years of experience building robust, high-performance forensic software, currently contributing to Hansken, a large-scale digital forensics platform used by law enforcement at the Netherlands Forensic Institute. She brings deep systems and image-processing expertise—C++, Java, Windows and Unix environments, shell scripting—and a research-minded approach from an MSc in Biomedical Image Science. Her background spans scientific imaging deconvolution to production extraction frameworks, giving her a rare blend of academic rigor and practical scalability. She has also founded a tech venture, demonstrating entrepreneurial initiative alongside steady public-sector impact. Notably, her work focuses on processing and optimizing large datasets for reliable, auditable investigations rather than flashy consumer-facing products.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
English German Physics Economics Mathematics, English German Physics Economics Mathematics at VWO, Gemini CollegeMSc Biomedical Image Science, MSc Biomedical Image Science at Utrecht University
Github Skills (9)
parser10
parsing10
java9
parser-combinators9
binary-data9
data-formats8
metal8
data-parsing8
declarative6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mvanaken/metal
Apr 2017 - Jan 2023
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
binary-datajava-librarydata-formatsdeclarativeparsing
infix-tech/metal
Jun 2023 - Apr 2024
A Java library for parsing binary data formats, using declarative descriptions.
Contributions:2 PRs, 13 pushes, 10 branches in 10 months
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