Volkert Paap
Vice President Technology & Technical Innovation
Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolVolkert Paap is a seasoned technology leader with 11 years of focused experience driving large-scale digital platforms and innovation at KLM, now serving as Vice President Technology & Technical Innovation. He combines deep front-end engineering roots and architecture expertise with proven capability to lead 100+ FTE organizations, manage €30M+ budgets, and deliver mission-critical airline systems from mobile apps and APIs to aircraft telemetry pipelines. Known for pragmatic servant leadership, he has spearheaded near-shoring, engineering culture shifts, and the company’s Slack Enterprise Grid while maintaining hands-on ownership of continuity and sourcing under pressure. A founder of a small hosting business and former lead front-end architect at Elsevier, he blends product-minded engineering with operational rigor and a knack for simplifying complex converged e‑commerce and flight-platform landscapes.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer's degree, Computer Science, Engineer's degree, Computer Science at Hogeschool INHOLLANDCertified ScrumMaster, Project Management, Certified ScrumMaster, Project Management at Inspect and AdaptElectronics engineer, MTS Electronics, Electronics engineer, MTS Electronics at Horizon College AlkmaarAMT Training, Organizational Leadership, AMT practitioner, AMT Training, Organizational Leadership, AMT practitioner at ClearfieldsOn-Track program, Organizational Behavior Studies, On-Track program, Organizational Behavior Studies at ClearfiedsMAVO, English, Physics, Math, German, Science, Economics, Dutch, MAVO, English, Physics, Math, German, Science, Economics, Dutch at Jan Arentsz College
English, German, Dutch
Github Skills (10)
mcafee10
zscaler10
workspace9
falcon9
airwatch9
todoist8
obsidian7
vmware7
macos6
materialize4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
tr3kl0v/stop-sauron
Dec 2020 - Feb 2023
To stop the all seeing eye of Sauron and make your MacBook operate as it should be.
Contributions:35 commits, 17 PRs, 61 pushes in 2 years 1 month
sauronoperatefalconeyemacos
paapster/777-latency-test
Apr 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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