Rogier Polak is an entrepreneurial engineering manager with 19 years of experience blending aerospace training and hands-on software development to deliver practical engineering tools and cost-saving solutions. Trained in Aerospace Engineering at Delft, he has led R&D and structural engineering teams across industry roles while maintaining and evolving CHIMNEY, a legacy steel stack design program. Comfortable in both technical hands-on coding and people leadership, he has built simulation and validation tools in Python, C and Octave and overseen projects from tuned mass dampers to industrial product design. His background includes running a small hotel-restaurant and early web business management, reflecting a pragmatic, customer-focused approach to operations and product value. Based in Zeeland, he seeks opportunities to translate complex engineering requirements into usable software that reduces cost and increases product value.
19 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
VWO, VWO at CSG Willem van Oranje
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Aerospace Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering at Delft University of Technology
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Rogier Polak - Engineering Manager at Istimewa Elektro