Pieter Van Ginkel
Domeinarchitect Toezicht at IVO Rechtspraak
Gelderland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolPieter Van Ginkel is a seasoned software architect and domain architect with around 15–17 years of hands-on experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade .NET platforms and product architectures from startup to scale. Currently shaping oversight architecture at IVO Rechtspraak, he previously led architecture and technology teams at AMCS and GMT, combining strategic leadership with deep implementation experience. Pieter pairs product ownership and technical stewardship—he has moved between Head of Architecture, Technical Product Owner and senior architect roles—so he fluently translates business needs into maintainable tooling and platform choices. He is an active open-source contributor with practical contributions to notable projects like tc39/test262 (ECMAScript conformance tests) and PDF tooling (PdfiumViewer, ImageResizer), showing attention to edge-case correctness and native integration challenges. Known for shipping build and distribution improvements (NuGet packaging, code signing) and UI-to-core integrations, he brings both front-end and backend fluency in Windows/.NET ecosystems. Based in Gelderland, Pieter combines steady leadership with a developer’s inclination to fix brittle tests and resolve native DLL and build issues that others often defer.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
College Degree, Computer Science, College Degree, Computer Science at Avans Hogeschool Breda
Dutch, English
Github Skills (17)
nuget10
git10
javascript10
testing10
plugin-development10
user-interface10
netframework10
windows-forms10
dotnet-core10
js10
pdf-render10
software-packaging10
csharp10
pdf-rendering10
git-client10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
pvginkel/PdfiumViewer
Aug 2012 - Aug 2019
PDF viewer based on Google's PDFium.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:154 commits, 21 PRs, 85 pushes in 7 years
Contributions summary:Pieter's contributions primarily focused on the PDF viewer's codebase, with significant modifications to the UI, core functionalities, and build process. They cleaned and refactored the assembly information, included code signing, and prepared the project for NuGet release, indicating a focus on packaging and distribution. Furthermore, the user implemented features such as support for clickable links, rendering annotations, and setting up zoom mode. This demonstrates a good grasp of both front-end and back-end development within a Windows Forms environment.
pdfpdf-viewerpdfiumpdf-generationviewer
gitextensions/gitextensions
Jun 2012 - Dec 2012
Git Extensions is a standalone UI tool for managing git repositories. It also integrates with Windows Explorer and Microsoft Visual Studio (2015/2017/2019).
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 5 comments, 5 issues in 6 months
Contributions summary:Pieter focused on extending the plugin interface and enhancing the Gerrit integration within the Git Extensions tool. They modified the UI to include a form for publishing changes to Gerrit, added functionality for downloading changes, and implemented features for managing and installing commit-msg hooks. These changes involved modifications to both the user interface and backend command execution within the Git Extensions framework. Additionally, the user contributed to the core UI command system and introduced a new event for plugin registration.
repositoriesmicrosoft-visual-studiowindowsgit-clientgitextensions
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