Summary
Niels Van Zon is a Full Stack Engineer with over a decade of experience blending design and development to build web, multimedia, application and game interfaces. Based in Overijssel, Netherlands, he has delivered production systems at Topicus and Topicus KeyHub while freelancing on bespoke web projects since the early 2000s. His background spans UI/graphic design, GWT front-end engineering and educational game development—skills rooted in an MSc in Media Technology and formal art training in animated character design. Niels excels at turning visual concepts into polished, interactive products and has a track record of shipping both commercial and educational software. He pairs designer sensibilities with pragmatic engineering, often taking ownership of the full delivery from mockup to implementation. An early adopter of web multimedia workflows, he still draws on experience creating and selling Flash components when solving modern UI challenges.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Media Technology, Master of Science (MSc), Media Technology at Leiden University
Course Animated Character Design, Art, Course Animated Character Design, Art at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Bachelor (B.), Communication and Multimedia Design Informatics, Bachelor (B.), Communication and Multimedia Design Informatics at HAN University of Applied Sciences
HAVO, Natuur & Techniek + Natuur & Gezondheid, HAVO, Natuur & Techniek + Natuur & Gezondheid at Rietveld Lyceum
Dutch, English