Wilbert Van De Ridder
Innovation Leader
Gelderland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolWilbert Van De Ridder is an innovation leader and software engineer with 12 years of experience building robotics, embedded systems, and web front-ends across C/C++/C#, Python, JavaScript and MATLAB. He leads R&D strategy and coaches development teams at AWL while teaching and researching industrial automation and robotics at Windesheim, bridging academia and industry. His background spans autonomous mobile robots, vision and deep learning, DDS-based data-centric control, and high-assurance Ada/SPARK advocacy, complemented by hands-on contributions to the popular MUI React library improving UX for tabs and dropdowns. Known for accelerating development cycles—evidenced by a 100x CUDA speedup for retina imaging and a ROS/Pixhawk co-simulation that cut feedback loops from hours to minutes—he combines systems thinking with pragmatic delivery. He frequently aligns external partners, sets up CI/CD and co-simulation environments, and enjoys exploring VR/AR and cybersecurity as adjacent innovation areas. Based in Gelderland, Netherlands, he pairs deep technical craft with a track record of turning research projects into funded, field-tested solutions.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Systems & Control, Master's degree, Systems & Control at University of Twente
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Github Skills (14)
material-design10
javascript10
react-components10
react10
react-component10
system-design9
system9
cart9
php6
formsubmit6
jquery6
backbonejs6
marionette6
magento6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mui/material-ui
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Material UI: Comprehensive React component library that implements Google's Material Design. Free forever.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 13 comments in 11 days
Contributions summary:Wilbert primarily contributed to the `mui/material-ui` repository, a React component library, by modifying and enhancing existing components. Their work focused on the `drop-down-icon` and `Tabs` components, introducing features like preventing menu closure on item clicks and implementing initial selected index functionality for tabs. The user also made minor updates and added documentation props related to these components, improving their usability and configurability.
material-designmaterial-uireact-component-libraryreact-componentsreact
FortesSolutions/backgrid-sizeable-columns
Jun 2014 - Oct 2015
Backgrid extension that allows re-sizing the columns in a grid
Contributions:2 releases, 21 commits, 4 PRs in 1 year 4 months
gridcolumnssizing
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