Thomas Bonte
Mentor at NOA
Ghent Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolThomas Bonte is a seasoned entrepreneur, mentor and software founder with 13 years of experience building and scaling open-source products and creator platforms from Ghent, Belgium. He co-founded and led MuseScore from a community project to a market-leading sheet music platform and successful acquisition, combining product, engineering and developer-relations leadership. Thomas has deep hands-on technical roots—founding multiple software ventures and maintaining Drupal modules—while also running community programs like Google Summer of Code and global hackathons. Currently a mentor at NOA, he helps startups translate technical vision into sustainable products, drawing on formal training in innovation, venture fundraising and a lifelong background in music and piano. A less obvious strength is his track record of bridging creative communities and technical infrastructure, turning niche cultural needs into scalable digital services.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Latijn Wiskunde, Latijn Wiskunde at Abdijschool DendermondePiano, Piano at Muziekschool, De PoelCertificate of Attendance Masterclass: How to raise Venture Capital, Certificate of Attendance Masterclass: How to raise Venture Capital at InvestorNet / Gate2GrowthBachelor Engineer, Bachelor Engineer at Ghent UniversityMaster Class in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Master Class in Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Vlerick Business SchoolBlack & white photography, Black & white photography at KISP
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Github Skills (34)
qt10
music-notation10
python10
notation10
musicxml10
cpp10
music10
audio7
smartthings7
voice6
server6
linux6
google-assistant6
google-home6
macos5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
musescore/musescore-connect
Mar 2016 - Aug 2018
Contributions:24 releases, 51 commits, 43 pushes in 2 years 5 months
musescore/musescore-captions
Jul 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:9 pushes in 1 month
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