Pieter-paulus Vertongen
Co-founder & CEO at Aaltra
Melle, East Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolPieter-paulus Vertongen is a founder and CEO with over eight years of formal experience and two decades of hands-on web and embedded software work, blending technical depth with product-driven leadership at Aaltra. He specializes in turning complex challenges into simple, user-centric solutions using visual language to prototype interactions before building, focusing on pragmatism, business value and UX. Pieter-paulus has led projects that connected millions of devices—from heat pumps and smart homes to sensors and bikes—demonstrating strong IoT and integration experience across both SMBs and enterprises. His background spans backend .NET/C# systems, web applications, and multimedia, informed by an MSc in Internet & Software Technology and business training from Vlerick. Comfortable advising CTOs, innovation managers and CEOs, he combines entrepreneurial grit with a maker’s mentality and a proven track record of shipping real-world product results.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Msc Internet & Software Technology, Msc Internet & Software Technology at IT-Universitetet i KøbenhavnKunstsecundair AVO, Kunstsecundair AVO at Sint-LucasBachelor Multimedia and Communication Technology, Bachelor Multimedia and Communication Technology at Howest - Bachelor Multimedia and Creative TechnologiesSeminar Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA), Seminar Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) at RotaryGrammar school, Grammar school at Sint-Barbaracollege GentKMO challenge Business/Commerce General, KMO challenge Business/Commerce General at Vlerick Business School
Dutch, English, French, Spanish
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Github Skills (11)
withings10
gpx9
fitness9
strava9
garmin8
exporter7
application-cache6
offline-browsing6
offline-caching6
ipad6
flutter4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
vertongen/withings-gpx
Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
GPX exporter for withings activities. Can be used to import withings activities to Strava.
Contributions:6 releases, 25 commits, 1 PR in 3 months
exporterfitnessstravawithingsgarmin
vertongen/made_in_flutter_belgium_data
Jun 2024 - Jun 2024
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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