Yke Van Randen
Software Engineer at Wageningen Environmental Research
Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolYke Van Randen is a seasoned software engineer based in Wageningen with nine years of formal experience and a decades-long career building spatially enabled databases and ecological research integrations. At Wageningen Environmental Research he designs, implements and integrates large spatial databases to support environmental science, drawing on early work combining RDBMS, GIS and knowledge systems. His background spans low-level and legacy systems (Fortran, C, Oracle) through modern geospatial stacks, reflecting a rare continuity from soil science and informatics to production research software. An avid fly fisherman and split‑cane rod enthusiast, he brings patient attention to craft and data alike — translating domain knowledge in soil and ecology into robust, research-grade systems.
9 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Software Engineering, Bachelor's Degree, Software Engineering at Dutch Open UniversityIng (BSc), soil science, cattle management, informatics, Ing (BSc), soil science, cattle management, informatics at Bijzondere Hogere Landbouw School LeeuwardenHAVO, HAVO at Drachtster Lyceum
English, French, German
Github Skills (14)
netbeans5
api5
pid4
governance4
rest-api3
tomcat3
database2
semantic2
interoperability2
mod-manager2
versioning2
creative-commons2
api-rest2
federation1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
AgroDataCube/api-v2
Apr 2019 - Nov 2020
Sourcecode of the V2 API
Contributions:3 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
apisourcecode
AgroDataCube/api-samples
Jun 2018 - Nov 2021
Contributions:10 commits, 10 pushes in 3 years 5 months
rest-apiapi
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