Sander Mangel
Founder & Senior Solutions Architect at Above The Fray
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolSander Mangel is a founder and senior solutions architect with 12+ years of experience professionalizing e-commerce operations, vendor selection, and ERP/payment integrations for companies across Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S. He blends hands-on backend development—contributing test coverage and validators to Magento’s Inventory (MSI) project—with strategic leadership as CTO, interim tech lead, and VP of Technical Solutions. Known for turning chaotic, manual processes into automated, auditable workflows, he helps C-level teams regain focus on growth by providing vendor-agnostic selection, offshore recruiting, and interim management. Comfortable operating between business stakeholders and large engineering teams, he emphasizes quality control, staff development, and measurable operational grip. Based in Rotterdam, he pairs practical open-source contributions with a history of founding and advising multiple ventures, bringing both entrepreneurial drive and delivery discipline to digital transformation programs.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Graphical Design, Graphical Design at Grafisch Lyceum UtrechtAudio Visual, Audio Visual at ROC
English, Dutch, Italian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
apidoc10
phpunit10
php10
api10
inventory-management9
magento9
inventory-management-system9
cqrs8
catalog7
product-catalog7
msp7
mage7
cart6
conditional-statements6
freshdesk6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
magento/inventory
Oct 2017 - Apr 2018
Magento Inventory Project (a.k.a MSI)
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & QA Engineer/Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & QA Engineer/Test Automation EngineerContributions:24 commits, 3 PRs, 4 pushes in 6 months
Contributions summary:Sander primarily focused on adding and improving test coverage for the Magento Inventory API, specifically for the `SourceItemRepositoryInterface` and related functionalities. They implemented web API tests for the `getList` method and the `execute` method of the `SourceItemsSaveInterface`, ensuring the correct handling of data validation and error conditions. Furthermore, the user introduced source item validator classes, enhancing the robustness of the inventory data model. They also added source item grid dataprovider.
inventorymsiphpmagento2cqrs
KickAssCommerce/magesdk
Apr 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:48 commits, 24 pushes, 2 branches in 10 days
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