Rutger Van Willigen is a pragmatic tech lead and former Amsterdam branch founder with 11 years of experience building web applications from concept to production. He combines hands-on software development (including Java and graph database work on historical geocoding) with people leadership, training, and operational responsibility gained as a director. Based in Haarlem, he enjoys shaping roadmap, architecture and monitoring while staying close to the code and team. His MSc in Artificial Intelligence underpins a data-minded approach to tricky integration problems across heterogeneous datasets. Colleagues know him as enthusiastic, involved and willing to dive into nontechnical challenges—from budgeting to company governance—to increase the impact of his work.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Artificial Intelligence, Master of Science (MSc), Artificial Intelligence at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Contributions:17 PRs, 34 pushes, 17 branches in 28 days
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