Paul De Raaij
CIO Adviseur at Nationaal Cyber Security Centrum (NCSC-NL)
Wateringen, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolPaul De Raaij is a seasoned technology and organisational leader with 15+ years of experience helping organisations evolve how they design, govern and deliver IT. Currently serving as CIO Adviseur at the Dutch National Cyber Security Centre, he blends hands-on engineering roots with strategic roles at Coolblue, Xebia and BOAL where he improved delivery practices, cost-effectiveness and cross‑industry partnerships. He coaches leaders in co-creation, behavioural change and post‑modern organisational design to create more sustainable, joy-filled workplaces rather than machine-like bureaucracies. A pragmatic full‑stack contributor, he has enhanced the popular Foam personal-knowledge VS Code extension—demonstrating an ongoing commitment to developer tooling and productivity. Paul pairs an MSc in Management with deep technical experience from web development to DevOps transformations, enabling him to translate between C‑level strategy and engineering teams. Expect a mindset that combines systemic thinking, practical delivery skills and a talent for turning cultural levers into measurable change.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Management, Master of Science - MS Management at Open UniversiteitBachelor of ICT Informatica, Bachelor of ICT Informatica at De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied SciencesIntermediate Vocational Education Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians, Intermediate Vocational Education Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians at Grafisch Lyceum Rotterdam
English, Dutch
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Github Skills (19)
markdown10
javascript10
typescript10
markdown-it10
vscode10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
notepad10
text-editor9
php9
graph-visualization7
react7
xml6
symfony6
doctrine6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
foambubble/foam
May 2021 - Nov 2021
A personal knowledge management and sharing system for VSCode
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:54 reviews, 18 commits, 26 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily contributed to the development of features within the VS Code extension. Their work included adding support for nested tags and link aliases, as well as improving the display and handling of note inclusions. The user also addressed bugs and enhanced the codebase by refactoring the preview navigation and improving the generation of link reference definitions, indicating a strong understanding of the project's architecture and functionality. Furthermore, they worked on enhancing the tag autocompletion feature.
personal-knowledge-basenote-takingpkmknowledgevscode
pderaaij/foam
May 2021 - Nov 2024
A personal knowledge management and sharing system for VSCode
Contributions:110 pushes, 31 branches in 3 years 6 months
knowledgevscodesharingpersonal-knowledge-managementmarkdown
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