Summary
Martin Van Vliet is a seasoned engineering leader with 14 years of experience scaling teams and transforming platforms, currently serving as Head of Engineering at ANVA in Utrecht. He has repeatedly grown and professionalized R&D organizations—most notably expanding engineering at XebiaLabs from 5 to 50 and leading a 40-person team through a SaaS transition at StackState. Martin combines hands-on technical roots (MSc in Computer Science) with a strong track record in hiring, distributed team management, and improving delivery flow across on-premise and cloud products. He is adept at building support and operations capabilities alongside product engineering, driving high customer satisfaction and operational maturity. Known for orchestrating cross-border teams and vendor integrations, he brings pragmatic leadership that balances autonomy, velocity and reliability. Outside the obvious leadership roles, he has deep experience in hands-on delivery and scaling practices from early-career consulting to executive engineering management.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
MsC Computer Science, MsC Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
Dutch, English, French