Toon Leijtens is an experienced IT leader and software engineer with over a decade driving risk IT, blockchain and startup technology programs across banking and commodity trade finance. Currently IT Area Lead Modeling at ING he steers global teams maintaining model lifecycle operations for ALM, market, credit risk and ESG, blending business and technical perspectives in Agile/SAFe environments. He has held CTO roles at komgo® and Vosbor Exchange and led early enterprise blockchain proofs (Ethereum, Corda, Hyperledger) that seeded new trade-finance startups. As a freelance consultant he coaches blockchain/DLT startups and explores emerging tech—AI, quantum computing and zero-knowledge proofs—bringing hands-on delivery and research curiosity to productisation. Known for translating complex regulatory and risk needs into pragmatic architectures, he also guides organisations to faster, value-focused delivery. Based in the Netherlands, he combines deep financial markets domain knowledge with a knack for bridging experimental tech and production-grade platforms.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Architecture in practice, Architecture in practice at Cibit
BSc. Informatica Economics, BSc. Informatica Economics at Fontys University of Applied Sciences
PSPO I Agile SCRUM PO (Product Owner) training, PSPO I Agile SCRUM PO (Product Owner) training at Scrum.org
Passed Euromoney Derivatives Bootcamp, Passed Euromoney Derivatives Bootcamp at Euromoney Training
My Raspberry PI PICO project using a I2C connect BMP280 module
Contributions:3 PRs, 16 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 6 months
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Toon Leijtens - IT Area Lead Modeling at ING Nederland