I coach teams as someone who has been in the trenches. As a certified Scrum Master (CSM) and Product Owner (CSPO) with 17 years of engineering experience, I don't just facilitate ceremonies — I understand the technical reality behind the backlog. At the Port of Rotterdam, I introduced ICE prioritization, GIST planning, Kanban, and Scrum across 4 product teams. At BMW, I pushed 4-5 teams (25+ people) away from a waterfall-in-agile-disguise toward real iterative delivery.
My approach is pragmatic, not dogmatic. I don't rigidly enforce what's imposed from above if it doesn't match reality. Instead, I build structure into daily work through experience, sharp observation, and humor. I invest in relationships beyond the work itself — coffee, a chat about the weekend, a team borrel — because trust is where real collaboration starts. At Rabobank, that approach turned a 6-person team into the strongest in the department. At Routescanner, I ran workshops to get the business on board with our agile approach and facilitated Kanban ceremonies to keep delivery flowing.
I'm a coach who can code, and an engineer who understands people. I mentor juniors on PR discipline and how to present ideas to management — not just on frameworks. Whether it's helping a team break down overwhelming epics, or explaining to stakeholders why commitments slip — I bring honesty, energy, and solutions that stick. No agile theater, just results.
Sprint planning, retrospectives, daily standups, impediment removal — with technical understanding of what actually blocks the team
ICE prioritization, GIST planning, Kanban, Scrum adoption — introduced and embedded at Port of Rotterdam across 4 product teams
Psychological safety, collaboration patterns, conflict resolution. Building teams that perform because they trust each other.
Value stream mapping, cycle time reduction, WIP limits, flow efficiency — data-driven improvements, not gut feelings
Backlog management, stakeholder alignment, outcome-focused delivery. Translating business needs into actionable engineering work.
Technical Co-founder
Breda, Netherlands
Establishing agile engineering practices and team culture from day one. Setting up delivery processes and coaching first hires on sustainable development practices.
Managing Partner
Dorst, Netherlands
Applying agile principles to client engagements. Facilitating collaborative development processes and coaching teams on sustainable delivery.
Full Stack Engineer & Digital Assets Team Lead
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Coaching a team of 5 on agile practices. Facilitating Kanban ceremonies, running workshops to get the business aligned with the agile approach. Initiating kick-offs for new epics, sometimes through hackathons or targeted research.
Frontend Staff Engineer
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Mentored developers on engineering best practices. Facilitated knowledge sharing and promoted collaborative development culture across teams.
Node.js TypeScript Developer
Remote
Hired to reconnect a skeptical pricing team — the assignment was team health, the developer title was the entry ticket. After 8 months, delivered a frank assessment to management about what the team needed next.
Software Engineer & Scrum Master / Agile Coach
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Team of 5. Introduced ICE prioritization, GIST planning, Kanban, and Scrum across 4 products — including a one-day agile workshop (with Lego) beyond the dev team. Mentored junior developers on PR discipline, project approach, and presenting ideas to management — as explicitly requested by my manager.
Lead Frontend Developer & Architect
Breda, Netherlands
Drove two agile pivots across 4-5 teams (25+ people): away from big-upfront requirements engineering, and toward short feedback loops close to users. Pushed hard for autonomy per team — in what they built and how their software ran.
Interface Developer — Seller Dashboard & Webshop
Utrecht, Netherlands
Sole frontend developer coaching developers across 4-8 teams. Established cross-team collaboration through a shared component library. Coached through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing.
Frontend Developer
Netherlands
Team of 6 without a team lead: I initiated the rituals, outings, and the (humorous) tone. Management routed the hardest assignments to us and other teams studied our process. Broke overwhelming assignments into achievable pieces.
Interface Developer
Utrecht, Netherlands
Collaborated within Scrum teams on the SDD and WSP platforms.
Senior Consultant
Netherlands
Stakeholder workshops and consulting methodology at enterprise clients including Philips, FrieslandCampina, and Kadaster.
AI-generated directory of 1000+ lighthouses worldwide. Built the content pipeline, SEO strategy, and automated generation. Sister sites for castles, mills, and churches.
Personal AI lab. Includes chat.mslabs.tech: a chat interface on top of a self-hosted Claude Code agent (Hetzner VPS) that builds mini-apps and deploys them straight to live subdomains.
Multi-brand e-commerce SaaS platform I co-founded as technical founder. Built from scratch with Next.js, TypeScript, and cloud infrastructure.
Animated historical map visualization platform. Custom GIS tooling with Mapbox, complex polygon animation algorithms, and historical boundary data.
My IT consultancy, co-founded in 2023. Focused on fullstack development and agile coaching for clients across the Netherlands.
EU tax comparison tool for freelancers and entrepreneurs. Compare tax regimes across European countries with real-time calculations.
AI-powered service that generates tailored professional websites and CVs for each job application, built from your LinkedIn profile.
AI-driven personality assessment with 48 archetypes. Features LLM-powered deep dive conversations that uncover authentic patterns beyond professional conditioning.
AI photo apps: see yourself in 1974 World Cup style — with sister apps for the 1982 World Cup and Oktoberfest. Image generation pipeline built on FAL.
Financial planning tool for Dutch entrepreneurs (DGA). Models wealth accumulation across company, pension, and personal savings with interactive scenarios.
Interactive scrollytelling platform tracing 4 billion years of brain evolution. Hands-on simulations designed for ages 11-14.
Real-time northern lights forecasting app. Predicts aurora visibility based on solar activity, cloud cover, and darkness hours at your location.
Time travel through weather — look up historical weather conditions for any location and date. Interactive tool for exploring past weather data.
Fun multiplication tables practice app for kids. Choose which tables to practice, set the number of questions, and learn through movement.
Interactive mapping tool visualizing the world's official languages across countries and regions. Built for educators, linguists, and geography enthusiasts exploring global linguistic patterns.
Compare transportation methods by CO₂ footprint, cost, and time across travel options. Helps environmentally and budget-conscious travelers make informed choices.
Compare business versus private car ownership in the Netherlands. Helps entrepreneurs and employees figure out which option is most tax-efficient for their situation.
Interactive map of PFAS contamination sites across the Netherlands. For environmental professionals, researchers, and citizens tracking "forever chemicals" pollution.
Interactive molecule builder where you drag atoms onto a canvas and bond them together, with live octet-rule feedback. Build real compounds and discover what they are. Designed for chemistry learners.
Interactive world map for tracking the countries you want to visit. Pin destinations with flags and build your personal travel bucket list.
Geography guessing game where you pinpoint cities around the world on a satellite map. Scored on distance and speed across multiple rounds.
MSc, Computer Science — Management & Application
2006 — 2008
BSc, Computer Science
2001 — 2006
“He has an eager, initiating, and pragmatic approach and a real prototyping mindset. Feels responsible for the output of the entire team. Has a strong eye for the people part of team operations. 10/10, would work together again!”
“As our first and lead front-end engineer, Chris architected the technical foundations of our design and development tooling. With 100% focus and dedication, he was a key player in two major pivots in our project organization to adopt true Agile principles.”
“Chris is a highly skilled frontend engineer. He knows how to balance technological solutions with delivering actual business value. He has a very strong drive to work agile and in the spirit of the lean start-up. Delivering business value is his main driver.”
“He was able to quickly learn our technology stack and immediately perform as a productive team member. Chris brought real leadership to the team. He was able to coach his peers and work with the bigger context of the scrum team to manage expectations and make better informed decisions.”
“What stood out to me is his pragmatic approach to product development. Chris also took the responsibility in mentoring me in the front-end field. Besides learning together, narrowing down the most important features to quickly build software that adds value and solves problems is something non-technical I learned from him.”
“Chris is an experienced front-end developer with excellent technical skills. Has a good view on important developments in the industry and is capable of translating these to concrete, usable solutions. Chris has a strong personal drive to deliver, on time and with high quality.”
