Willem Scholten
ConVERDEte
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Top SchoolWillem Scholten is an experienced robotics educator and nonprofit executive with 11+ years building hands-on STEM programs that span K-20 and community outreach. He leads ConVERDEte to develop practical solutions for the green economy while continuing as Executive Director of the Learning Access Institute to broaden digital and robotics access, with particular focus on increasing female participation in STEM. His background in electronics and particle physics informs a rare blend of technical hardware/software integration experience—having shipped Linux device drivers and vision systems for industrial applications—alongside deep program and volunteer management skills. Willem has decades of experience organizing regional robotics competitions, teacher training, and large-scale learning initiatives, and he brings fundraising and public speaking strength to scale impact. He is also an ethics advocate, striving to reduce gender bias in technology development and education. Based in Barcelona, he combines grassroots classroom coaching with systems-level strategy to make STEM more inclusive and sustainable.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer, Electronics and Particle Physics, Engineer, Electronics and Particle Physics at NHS Leeuwarden (Netherlands)
English, Dutch, frisian, German, French, Spanish, CatalanGithub contributions (5)
wscholten/VEX
Dec 2014 - Oct 2018
Contributions:21 commits, 10 pushes in 3 years 10 months
wscholten/VEXiqRobotC
Jun 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:11 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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