Martin Berends
Consultant at Berends Advies en Beheer BV
Rotterdam and The Hague Netherlands
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolMartin Berends is a pragmatic ICT consultant with 17+ years of hands-on experience delivering EDI, VMI and BI solutions for mid-market clients across the Netherlands. He blends business analysis, technical system design and data warehousing with strong backend skills in SQL and Python, and a track record of building dashboards, automation workflows (TaskCentre) and ERP integrations. Comfortable leading small teams and end-to-end projects, Martin has repeatedly turned operational needs into reliable reporting and inventory replenishment systems that improve efficiency. His open-source contributions to Rakudo and NQP show attention to code quality and test-suite maintainability, reflecting a methodical approach to long-term project health. Trained in control engineering at Delft, he brings an analytical mindset and a taste for practical tooling over hype. Based in Rotterdam/The Hague, he prefers hands-on assignments in SME environments where tangible impact is visible.
17 years of coding experience
1978, beta-pakket, 1978, beta-pakket at C.S.R. VWO te Rijswijk1987, Electrotechniek, Regeltechniek, Avionica, 1987, Electrotechniek, Regeltechniek, Avionica at Delft University of Technology
English, French, Dutch, German
Github Skills (10)
c1710
c1110
perl10
computer-engineering10
test-automation10
raku10
testing9
rakudo9
code-optimization9
moarvm4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
rakudo/rakudo
Aug 2009 - Sep 2011
🦋 Rakudo – Raku on MoarVM, JVM, and JS
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:33 commits in 2 years
Contributions summary:Martin primarily contributed to the `rakudo/rakudo` repository by modifying and enhancing the `tools/test_summary.pl` script. Their changes focused on improving the test reporting functionality, including removing redundant columns, adding hints for test script optimization, and implementing relative benchmarking for performance analysis. These modifications suggest a focus on test suite maintainability and improving the accuracy of test results and overall project health.
rakudorakujavascriptmoarvmjvm
Raku/nqp
Jun 2011 - Jun 2011
NQP
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:6 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Martin primarily focused on fixing compiler warnings and addressing code quality issues within the NQP (Not Quite Perl) project. They eliminated warnings related to old-style function declarations and incompatible pointer types. The user also made structural changes by fixing 'no prototype' warnings and addressing other general code improvements, modifying files related to the 6model system.
rakunqp
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