Okke Formsma
Head Of Engineering at TinQwise
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolOkke Formsma is a pragmatic technology leader with 14 years of experience who currently leads Product & Engineering at TinQwise from Amsterdam. He combines hands-on cloud and embedded engineering—migrating complex Django apps to Kubernetes on AWS and contributing device-tree and keyboard firmware improvements to the popular ZMK open-source project—with strategic product stewardship. His background spans machine learning for fraud prevention, NOC operations, and startup founding, giving him a strong operational sense for reliability and scalable systems. Known for coaching teams through cloud adoption and maintaining velocity during large upgrades, he blends technical depth in Python, Kubernetes, and embedded systems with a user-focused product mindset. Off-hours he prototypes in CAD, 3D printing and embedded electronics, reflecting a practical maker’s curiosity that informs his engineering leadership.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at San Francisco State UniversityMSc, Artificial Intelligence, Entrepreneurship, Business, MSc, Artificial Intelligence, Entrepreneurship, Business at University of AmsterdamBS, Artificial Intelligence, BS, Artificial Intelligence at Universiteit van AmsterdamLindecollege
Dutch, English
Github Skills (13)
zk10
firmware10
device-tree10
embedded10
dts10
sys10
dt10
zephyr10
keyboard9
c119
c179
bluetooth7
bluetooth-le7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
zmkfirmware/zmk
Aug 2020 - Nov 2022
ZMK Firmware Repository
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:215 reviews, 77 commits, 68 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Okke's contributions primarily involve the addition and modification of board-specific device tree files (`.dts`) for the ZMK firmware. They added support for new nrfmicro boards and fixed an issue related to the keymap momentary layer. The user also implemented initial functionality for new behavior types, including hold-tap and sticky keys, and made improvements to the event handling system. These contributions demonstrate a focus on expanding the range of supported hardware and enhancing keyboard functionality.
nrf52mechanical-keyboardfirmwarebluetoothwireless
okke-formsma/cura-temp-tower-script
Aug 2019 - Jan 2021
A place to store my cura temperature tower script.
Contributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 9 pushes in 1 year 4 months
placecuratowertemperature
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