Summary
Martin Risseeuw is a tech lead and partner based in Haarlem with 11 years of experience designing and building polished, high-performance frontends for scale-ups, multinationals and space‑grade software. Trained at the Royal Academy of Art and Fab Academy, he blends a strong UI/UX design sensibility with hands‑on frontend engineering, having shipped projects for DPG Media, MyParcel, Secrid and a systems engineering tool for the European Space Agency. He excels at translating stakeholder needs into intuitive interfaces while balancing business and technical constraints, and frequently moves between design and implementation himself. As a founder of Openthings and a long-time freelance developer, he brings entrepreneurial curiosity and a maker’s mindset to product delivery. Colleagues rely on him to drive frontend architecture and visual fidelity in complex, interactive web experiences.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Media College Amsterdam
Freinet Hoofddorp
Bachelor's degree Interactive / media / design, Bachelor's degree Interactive / media / design at Royal academy of art, The Hague
VMBO Techniek, VMBO Techniek at Kaj Munk College
Design, Design at Fab Academy
English, Dutch