Ron Smits
Software Architect at PharmaPartners
Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRon Smits is a software architect and pragmatic engineering leader with 13 years of experience designing large-scale, modular and space‑based Java/JEE systems and guiding teams through agile transformation. Currently architecting solutions at PharmaPartners after a decade of delivery and leadership at Nasdaq BWise, he blends hands‑on development with scrummaster coaching to improve processes and predictability. He favors Unix-inspired minimalism—“less is more”—and excels at out‑of‑the‑box thinking and no‑nonsense leadership that keeps designs simple but effective. Ron has contributed UI improvements to the well-known TornadoFX Kotlin JavaFX framework, showing a willingness to tackle front-end usability alongside enterprise back-end concerns. Based in Almere, Netherlands, he’s often engaged in rapid proofs‑of‑concept and pragmatic architecture work for complex domains like finance, logistics and telecom.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (14)
kotlin10
javas10
javafx10
uikit10
tornadofx10
java10
ui-design9
jersey6
html6
flv6
html5-video6
ejb6
command-line6
iterm6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
edvin/tornadofx
Mar 2016 - Oct 2019
Lightweight JavaFX Framework for Kotlin
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 16 PRs, 74 comments in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Ron primarily contributed to the UI of the TornadoFX framework, specifically enhancing the user interface components. The contributions include adding new features for context menus, modifying existing components such as internal windows and implementing new functionalities. Furthermore, the user also improved the framework's usability by fixing typos and improving functionality of the UI.
javafxkotlintornadofxdesktoprcp
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