Rick Van Der Arend
CEO Principal Modelling Consultant at Kjerner
The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRick Van Der Arend is a seasoned software leader and founder with 15+ years of experience building domain-driven, model-first solutions and guiding digital transformation across Europe. As CEO and Principal Modelling Consultant at Kjerner, he applies a unique modelling platform (rooted in the Alan language) to let teams design, visualize and run whole-business models during development—reducing risk, cost and lead time on complex integration, migration and suite projects. Previously a CTO and long-time senior engineer, he brings hands-on fluency in Java, Smalltalk, Python, Ruby, PHP and .NET and a strong background in OO design patterns and XP practices. He excels at operating on the IT–business interface, coaching teams to adopt practices appropriate to their maturity and ensuring products deliver real domain value. Based in The Hague, he blends academic rigor from Delft and international exposure with practical experience delivering solutions for customers across Europe. An early adopter of DDD and the Alan platform since 2011, he has repeatedly translated deep modelling ideas into pragmatic, production-ready systems.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Master at Delft University of TechnologyVWO, VWO at ISWPropedeuse, Propedeuse at Erasmus University RotterdamElementary, Elementary at AloysiusschoolUPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Dutch, English, Spanish, German, French
Github Skills (3)
alan9
twine8
lists6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Kjerner/Kjernersite
Dec 2018 - Oct 2019
Kjerner.com
Contributions:6 PRs, 103 pushes, 2 comments in 10 months
rickvanderarend/tdd-should-be-fun
Nov 2010 - Dec 2010
Contributions:19 commits in 1 month
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