Stefan van Gastel
Hoofd CIO-office Koninklijke Luchtmacht at Giix IT Consultancy
Netherlands
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Top SchoolStefan van Gastel is an experienced IT innovation leader with 13 years in the Dutch Ministry of Defence, currently heading the CIO office for the Royal Netherlands Air Force. He blends hands-on software engineering roots with strategic innovation management, having progressed from senior developer to Innovation Manager and head of research teams. His work focuses on applying open source and cloud-native practices—containerization, CI/CD, DevOps, datascience and distributed ledger—to military and government systems where auditability and resilience matter. Stefan runs a small consultancy (Giix IT Consultancy), maintaining a practical delivery mindset alongside his public-sector leadership. He holds a Master in ICT and Business Innovation and a BSc in Software System Design, which underpin his ability to translate complex technical possibilities into pragmatic, deployable solutions. Colleagues value him for marrying technical depth with an eye for real-world operational constraints unique to defense environments.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
MBI Master ICT and Business Innovation, MBI Master ICT and Business Innovation at Avans+Bsc Softwaresystem Design, Bsc Softwaresystem Design at Avans University of Applied Sciences
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
container-management10
php-library10
pastebin10
gitlab-ci10
cattle10
rancher10
kubernetes10
orchestration10
deploying10
file-upload10
container10
gitlab10
docker10
factory10
faker9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
stefanvangastel/docker-cakephp
Aug 2014 - Nov 2019
Example Dockerfile for deploying a CakePHP application in a Docker container, able to connect to a remote database with database-based sessions.
Contributions:32 commits, 2 PRs, 28 pushes in 5 years 3 months
deployingdockerfilemysqlphpcakephp-application
stefanvangastel/vsphere-cpi-csi-helm
Jul 2020 - Mar 2022
Integrated CPI + CSI helm chart, focused on Rancher Catalog deployment, minimal config, max speed.
Contributions:1 review, 22 commits, 13 PRs in 1 year 8 months
cpispeedchartintegratedhelm
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