Ron Klinkien
IT Manager Security at Royal Den Hartogh Logistics
Randstad, Netherlands
Summary
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RockstarRon Klinkien is an IT Manager Security with 12 years of hands-on software and security experience, currently leading security efforts at Royal Den Hartogh Logistics in the Randstad. He blends practical backend development skills—demonstrated by contributions to notable open-source projects like the crypto trading bot Freqtrade and a Python Garmin Connect API wrapper—with operational security leadership. Ron’s work spans API integrations, robust session and error handling, and user-facing tooling such as Telegram trade controls, reflecting a knack for improving both developer and end-user workflows. Colleagues can expect a security-minded engineer who still enjoys shipping code and smoothing the interface between operations, automation, and secure software delivery.
12 years of coding experience
German, English, Dutch
Github Skills (13)
trading-bot10
api10
python10
apidoc10
algorithmic-trading10
back-end-development10
http-request10
fread10
telegram-bot10
cryptocurrency9
error-handling9
project-structure8
unit-testing8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
cyberjunky/python-garminconnect
Jan 2020 - Jan 2023
Python 3 API wrapper for Garmin Connect to get statistics and set activities
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:58 releases, 122 commits, 87 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Ron primarily developed the backend API wrapper for Garmin Connect, utilizing Python. Their contributions involved writing code to interact with the Garmin Connect API, including implementing login functionality, data fetching, and data parsing. Additionally, the user established the project structure by creating `setup.py`, `__init__.py`, and other necessary files for packaging and distribution. Furthermore, the user enhanced the project by adding logging, error handling, and session management.
pythonstatisticsfitnessgarmingarmin-connect
freqtrade/freqtrade
Mar 2022 - Apr 2022
Free, open source crypto trading bot
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 10 commits, 1 PR in 5 days
Contributions summary:Ron contributed primarily to the backend of the freqtrade project, specifically focusing on the Telegram integration. Their work involved adding and modifying commands, implementing inline keyboards for trade selection, and refactoring code related to force-selling trades. The user also made changes to the test suite to accommodate the modifications, ensuring the functionality of the Telegram commands. These changes aimed to improve the user experience and provide more control over trading operations via Telegram.
cryptotrading-botpythoncryptocurrenciestelegram-bot
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