Marten Sytema
Co-founder Catermonkey
Joure, Frisia, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolMarten Sytema is a seasoned software entrepreneur with 13+ years building practical web applications, currently co-founding and leading Catermonkey, a Clojure-based SaaS serving hundreds of catering and event businesses. He combines hands-on engineering with product ownership, running a people-first, no-nonsense team across the Netherlands and Belgium to solve real-world industry workflows. A longtime Clojure enthusiast who favors immutability over OO patterns, Marten has a track record of delivering bespoke enterprise software through his previous company Sytematic, serving clients like Bosch and Merck Serono. His background in software engineering (MSc, University of Twente) and a history of shipping customer-focused platforms—from TeamWebs to CateringSoftware—reflect a practical, efficiency-minded approach to product design and operations.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Computer Science, track Software Engineering, MSc, Computer Science, track Software Engineering at University of TwenteVWO diploma, High school, VWO diploma, High school at OSG Sevenwolden, HeerenveenElementary school, Elementary school at OBS 't Kampke
frisian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (82)
babashka10
ring9
drag9
scripting9
slickgrid9
api8
bash8
frame8
drag-and-drop8
sdk7
clojure7
react7
tomcat6
stream6
resource-sharing6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Kah0ona/re-val
Oct 2017 - Aug 2022
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
Kah0ona/sweet-crud
Apr 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 20 pushes in 10 months
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