Taco Ekkel
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolTaco Ekkel is a hands-on fractional CTO/CPO and serial product builder with 11+ years of global experience bringing B2B and B2C platforms from discovery to scale. A first-generation digital native with an MSc in Computer Science (ML specialization), he blends product strategy, UX-led design and pragmatic engineering—often stepping in as a late co-founder to turn prototypes into revenue-generating products. He co-founded Mibo (US$1M seed) and led client work at Q42, proving he can win enterprise customers while shipping playful, scalable experiences. Taco combines strategic AI/tech vision with team and culture building, and also pursues creative technical side projects like realtime procedural animation and sound via OFF-KILTER. Colleagues describe him as a corporate entrepreneur who prefers to get his hands dirty: he’s equally comfortable sketching concepts, coding prototypes, or coaching founders through leadership challenges.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
MSc., Computer Science, Machine Learning specialization, MSc., Computer Science, Machine Learning specialization at University of Twente
Github Skills (45)
speech-to-text10
whisper10
inference9
openai9
wine9
swiftui9
speech-recognition9
cpp9
transformer9
metal8
machine-learning8
filter8
macos7
gmail6
particle6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
tacoe/OP1GO
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:18 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 14 days
tacoe/OP1field
Nov 2024 - Nov 2024
Ableton Live remote script to enable transport controls on OP-1 Field
Contributions:3 releases, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 5 days
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