Robert Schouwenburg
CTO & Co-Owner at Shapeways
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Schouwenburg is a seasoned technology executive and entrepreneur with 8 years of formal experience highlighted by decades of operational leadership across manufacturing, telecom, and infrastructure ventures. As CTO & Co-Owner at Shapeways and a board member at Thangs3D, he blends deep product and engineering chops with hands-on experience scaling teams and operations—previously driving 100% growth for Hubs in North America and shepherding its acquisition. He founded OneFiber to treat municipal fiber as critical infrastructure, demonstrating a knack for navigating financing, permitting, construction and service delivery end-to-end. Earlier roles—from founding Shapeways to running Karma’s LTE operations and building satellite ISP systems—show a rare mix of hardware, supply chain and software expertise. Based in Greater Chicago, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with systems-level thinking to turn complex infrastructure problems into scalable services.
8 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Business Administration & Computer Science, Bachelor Business Administration & Computer Science at Fontys University of Applied Sciences
Github Skills (30)
google-keep10
scriptable10
notebook9
knowledge-management9
trilium8
layout8
knowledge-graph8
electron7
markdown7
linux7
self-hosting7
react7
vtt6
webvtt6
windows6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
rschouwenburg/Mint-Y-Sky
May 2019 - Jan 2022
Contributions:16 releases, 58 commits, 33 pushes in 2 years 8 months
rschouwenburg/sn-personal-theme
Mar 2019 - Jan 2021
Contributions:16 releases, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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