Michiel Sikkes
CTO at Firmhouse - Product-as-a-Service platform
Randstad, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMichiel Sikkes is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with 20 years of experience building web products and subscription platforms from the Netherlands' Randstad. As co-founder of Firmhouse, he leads product and engineering teams to deliver the GoMonthly subscription offering and shape the company roadmap while staying hands-on in architecture and product management. His background spans founding startups, early open-source contributions to GNOME/Ubuntu, and practical full-stack development with PHP, Ruby on Rails, XHTML and jQuery. Michiel combines entrepreneurial instincts with structured Agile delivery and a formal Software Engineering education, enabling him to turn complex business models into pragmatic, production-ready services. An often overlooked strength is his long-running habit of organizing rapid prototyping events, which sharpens his talent for quickly validating ideas and aligning cross-disciplinary teams.
20 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of ICT, Software Engineering, Bachelor of ICT, Software Engineering at De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied SciencesVWO, Natuur & Techniek, VWO, Natuur & Techniek at St.-Antoniuscollege
Dutch, English, German
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Github Skills (162)
twitter10
control-panel9
azure-container-registry9
acr9
security9
falco9
seccomp9
capistrano9
blockchain9
ethereum9
rails9
buildpack9
activemodel9
azure8
sketchup8
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
firmhouse/presspass
Sep 2012 - Apr 2015
Contributions:1 release, 32 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 7 months
developingrailswordpressrubywordpress-development
michiels/pencilbox
Jan 2013 - Feb 2013
Contributions:137 commits in 28 days
publishtext-editorsia-writerwritereditor
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