Menno Bieringa
OCTO - Spec Committee Member at OCTO - Open Connectivity for Tours, Activities and Attractions
Rijswijk, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMenno Bieringa is a seasoned technology leader with 12+ years crafting connectivity platforms and scaling distribution systems for tours, activities and ticketing. As Head of Connectivity at Tiqets he built cross-functional teams and platforms that integrate 140+ reservation APIs, enable ~65% of sales, and cut manual configuration time by 80%, demonstrating a pragmatic focus on operational reliability and high-ROI automation. He founded Appwards to provide hands-on consultancy and staff augmentation to clients including bol.com and major event platforms, blending product strategy with execution. Recently he joined OCTO’s spec committee, reflecting a shift toward industry-wide standards and interoperability in tourism tech. Known for digging into messy data and process problems, he leverages custom automations and AI-assisted tools to recover hidden revenue and reduce failure rates. Based in Rijswijk, he combines technical depth, product leadership and a talent for making integrations that scale.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Informatica & Informatiekunde, Informatica & Informatiekunde at De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Dutch, Spanish, English, French, German
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Github Skills (34)
canvas9
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api-specification8
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specification8
visualizations7
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mennobb/bol.com-plaza-api-clients
Apr 2014 - Mar 2017
Contributions:22 commits, 6 PRs, 17 pushes in 2 years 11 months
api-clientapibol-comphpcsharp
mennobb/icf
Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
Independent connectivity forum API and tools
Contributions:1 PR, 8 pushes in 2 months
connectivityapiforumindependentforum-api
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