Olav Van Duin
Product Manager For Use Of Public Cloud And On Premise High-performance Computing Facilities at Deltares
Randstad, Netherlands
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Top SchoolOlav Van Duin is a product manager and researcher with 11+ years’ experience designing and operationalizing forecasting and decision-support systems for water management, now focusing on public cloud and on-premise HPC at Deltares. He combines a PhD-backed understanding of river morphodynamics with hands-on expertise integrating rainfall-runoff, hydraulic and optimization models (Delft‑FEWS, HBV, SOBEK, RTC‑Tools) to deliver automated, production-ready workflows. A pragmatic coder and automation advocate, he leverages Python and backend development skills (including contributions to a Laravel OPcache tool) to streamline data management, model validation and configuration generation. His work bridges rigorous academic research—stemming from flume experiments and numerical modelling—with practical optimization projects like balancing polder flood safety and pumping energy use. Colocated in the Randstad, he brings a rare mix of domain depth, software craftsmanship and HPC/cloud product leadership.
11 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Water Engineering and Management, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Water Engineering and Management at University of Twente
Dutch, English
Github Skills (7)
php10
laravel10
laravel-mix10
apidoc9
artisan9
api9
phpunit7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
appstract/laravel-opcache
Feb 2017 - Dec 2020
Laravel Package for OPcache
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:42 releases, 139 commits, 51 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Olav's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the `laravel-opcache` package. They implemented various features, including commands to clear and configure OPcache, and controllers to provide API access. The user also made improvements to existing commands, refactoring code to improve readability. Their work involved interacting with OPcache functionalities and integrating LushHttp for making HTTP requests.
laravel-packageopcachephpartisanlaravel
ovanschie/mageFaker
Dec 2014 - Oct 2017
Sample data generator for Magento
Contributions:12 releases, 60 commits, 13 PRs in 2 years 11 months
magentofake-contentgenerator
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