Rik Vanmechelen
Head Of Software Engineering at Pratt Institute
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRik Vanmechelen is a seasoned software engineering leader with 13 years of experience building and running complex digital systems for cultural institutions, currently heading Software Engineering at The Museum of Modern Art. He combines hands-on technical roots in Ruby on Rails, Go and Swift with strategic leadership—scaling global teams of 25+ engineers, managing multi-million-dollar programs, and delivering enterprise platforms like MoMA.org, POS/kiosk systems, and a data warehouse used daily by 300 staff. Rik has a master's in computer science and brings a mission-driven approach to product and architecture, having led migrations (Salesforce Commerce Cloud to Shopify), linked open data initiatives, and features that measurably increased ticket sales. He teaches graduate courses on cultural heritage tech at Pratt Institute, pairing academic rigor with practical delivery, and is pushing sustainable AI practices to amplify engineering impact across the museum.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science in Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science, Web & Information Systems Engineering, Master of Science in Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science, Web & Information Systems Engineering at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Dutch, English, French
Github Skills (22)
leaflet10
hide10
modernizr9
javascript9
pdf-viewer9
feature-detection9
pdf9
php9
maps9
html8
data-collection7
golang7
spam7
windows7
pdf-reader7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
rikvanmechelen/pratt-info-638-class-project
Jan 2024 - May 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 24 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 3 months
rikvanmechelen/Asp.netMVCPatchExample
Oct 2013 - Jun 2014
Contributions:7 commits in 8 months
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