Gert Hengeveld

Gert Hengeveld has a diverse work experience in software engineering and development. 👋 Gert is currently working at Chromatic as a Staff Software Engineer, where they lleadand works across the entire product and stack using technologies such as React, TypeScript, GraphQL, Node.js, and MongoDB. Prior to this role, they served as a Senior Software Engineer at Chromatic, contributing to the development of Storybook, a leading development workbench for frontend developers.

Before joining Chromatic, Gert worked at EVBox as a Software Engineer through Xebia, where they contributed to the development of electric vehicle charging stations and charging management software. 👋 Gert also worked as a Senior Consultant at Xebia, where they worked on various client projects and developed a web app for managing events.

Gert has also worked as a Full Stack Developer and Scrum Master through Xebia at Intergamma, where they played a lead role in building a new multilingual, multi-brand web application platform using React and the latest JavaScript features.

In addition, Gert has experience as a Software Consultant through Xebia, where they assisted VEON in launching their app platform and developed software for payment processing and mobile top-ups. 👋 Gert also worked as a Full Stack Developer for Wehkamp, where they contributed to the development of a new e-commerce platform using React, Redux, and Node.js.

Earlier in their career, Gert worked as a Full Stack Developer through Xebia at Alliander Tippiq, where they contributed to the development of a location-based information platform, and at Fundeon, where they worked on an internal application for administration and validation of government grants.

Gert's work experience also includes a role as a Software Engineer at Finalist, where they developed custom web applications using a wide range of technologies.

Overall, Gert Hengeveld has a strong background in software engineering, with experience in frontend and backend development, open source contributions, and consulting work.

Gert Hengeveld began their education in 2007 at Saxion University of Applied Sciences, where they studied Industrial Product Design and Engineering. They completed this program in 2008. Afterward, from 2008 to 2012, Gert attended Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, where they pursued a Bachelor's degree in Mediatechnology.

In terms of additional certifications, Gert earned the following:

- In June 2013, they became an Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 6 Programmer.

- In June 2014, Gert received a certification in Functional Programming Principles in Scala through Coursera Verified Certificates.

- In November 2014, they obtained the Certified ScrumMaster certification from Scrum Alliance.

- In May 2015, Gert obtained a certification in Principles of Reactive Programming from Coursera Verified Certificates.

- In July 2018, they completed the Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure course on Coursera.

- In October 2017, Gert earned the Professional Scrum Product Owner I certification from Scrum.org.

- Finally, in October 2018, they completed the Essential Cloud Infrastructure: Foundation course from Coursera.

Please note that the institution providing the Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 6 Programmer certification is unspecified.