Rob Soetewey
Senior Manager Engineering at Tele Atlas
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Summary
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RockstarRob Soetewey is a seasoned engineering leader based in Ghent, Belgium, serving as Senior Manager Engineering at TomTom and previously managing database specifications at Tele Atlas. With a long tenure in mapping and location technology since the late 1990s, he blends deep domain knowledge of geospatial data with hands-on management of engineering teams. He focuses on turning complex database and specification challenges into practical, production-ready solutions that support large-scale navigation products. Known for steady leadership across industry shifts, he brings continuity and institutional memory to projects that span decades. Despite limited public GitHub activity, his career reflects sustained impact on core mapping infrastructure rather than consumer-facing open-source visibility.
2 years of coding experienceProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
OvertureMaps/schema
Jun 2023 - Dec 2023
Overture Maps Schema
Contributions:1 release, 7 reviews, 17 PRs in 5 months
OvertureMaps/data
Jul 2023 - Jul 2023
Overture Maps Data
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push in 1 day
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