Roy Braam
Director OpenValue Amsterdam
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRoy Braam is a seasoned Java-focused software leader with 18 years of experience who runs the Amsterdam offices of OpenValue and Code Nomads, combining hands-on engineering instincts with team and operations leadership. He started as a developer and architect and now builds small, high-calibre teams of Java champions and international speakers to deliver full-stack solutions and training across Europe. Roy remains technical—contributing to notable open-source projects like GeoServer where he worked on WMS scale-hint calculations and related unit tests—illustrating his attention to correctness in geospatial back-end systems. His background spans banks, public sector, and GIS-focused companies, giving him a pragmatic approach to complex, mission-critical systems. Colleagues describe him as someone who values personal growth, knowledge sharing, and keeping work enjoyable while maintaining strong engineering discipline.
17 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
IT, IT at Scutos collegeHBO, Software Engineering, HBO, Software Engineering at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)Revius
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (7)
wms10
unit-testing10
javas10
java10
testing10
mappings9
webmap9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
geoserver/geoserver
Aug 2013 - Aug 2013
Official GeoServer repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:15 commits in 7 days
Contributions summary:Roy focused on enhancing the WMS functionality within GeoServer, specifically related to scale hint calculations. They implemented and then reverted changes regarding scale hint computations for WMS 1.3.0, focusing on units per pixel. The user also contributed to unit tests for scale hint functionality, validating both the original and the updated implementations with different configurations. This work involved modifications to existing Java code related to WMS capabilities.
wcswpswfsgeospatialgml
flamingo-geocms/flamingo-flash
Mar 2009 - Aug 2013
Contributions:455 commits in 4 years 6 months
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