Summary
Mick Sneekes is a Data Lead with 11 years of hands-on experience blending operational rigor from the food service and call center worlds with technical skills in Python, databases, XQuery, Java, and networking. After progressing from kitchen and customer-facing roles into data-focused work, he now leads data initiatives at Nijhuis Saur Industries while holding MBI and Information Science degrees from Utrecht University. He brings a practical, process-oriented mindset to data engineering and analytics, informed by real-world constraints and an emphasis on reliable, maintainable systems. Mick’s background in technical support and operations gives him an uncommon ability to translate stakeholder needs into actionable data solutions. Based in Gelderland, Netherlands, he is comfortable navigating both legacy systems and modern tooling to deliver measurable improvements. Colleagues describe him as pragmatic, curious, and skilled at turning messy, operational data into structured insights.
11 years of coding experience
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Twente
MBI, Business Informatics, MBI, Business Informatics at Utrecht University
English, netherlands