Olaf Janssen
Co-Founder at Fontys Hogeschool ICT
Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolOlaf Janssen is a software-minded co-founder and educator with 12 years of experience translating ambitious ideas into working products, blending a strong foundation in physics and mathematics with practical software and game development. Based in Eindhoven, he has led curriculum and program innovation at Fontys Hogeschool ICT—boosting student entrepreneurship, founding Dogfood Studios, and delivering award-winning student projects—while teaching and researching in AI, interaction design, and embedded systems. He is hands-on across the stack: from C++ high-performance FDTD simulators developed during a PhD in computational nanophotonics to responsive HTML5 game clients and scalable server architectures using CQRS principles. Colleagues value his Daoist leadership style—leading by stepping back—to cultivate inclusive, high-performing teams and learning environments. An inventor at heart, he also runs Awoken Well, a consulting and product studio that surfaces creative tooling for apps, games and data-driven experiences.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
ir. / MsC, Applied Physics, ir. / MsC, Applied Physics at Eindhoven University of TechnologyVWO, VWO at MaaslandcollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Nanophotonics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Nanophotonics at Delft University of Technology
Dutch, English, German, Hebrew, French, Swedish
Github Skills (22)
proximity10
proximity-sensor10
javascript9
sensor9
cordova-plugin8
url-validation6
cordova6
clickable5
email-validation4
data-science2
python2
anchor2
science2
stochastic1
deep-q-learning1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
olafjanssen/synthpub
Mar 2025 - Mar 2025
SynthPub reimagines automated content publishing by treating information as a carefully tended digital garden rather than an endless stream of new content. In an age of information overload, this platform takes a thoughtful approach to content synthesis and curation, focusing on quality over quantity.
Contributions:3 reviews, 2 PRs, 73 pushes in 9 days
awoken-well/cordova-plugin-proximity
May 2014 - Jan 2017
Contributions:2 releases, 30 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 8 months
proximity-sensorcordovacordova-pluginsensorproximity
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