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Arjan KolkmanAK

Arjan Kolkman

Fractional CTO | AI-Driven Software Development

€900/day
Apeldoorn, NL
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Arjan

  • Dutch

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • German

    Conversational

  • Afrikaans

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Apeldoorn (up to 50km)

Experience

  • :OVIO
    Founder / Director
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    June 2024 - Today (2 years and 2 months)
    Vorden, GE, Netherlands
    • SaaS platform that replaces product photography in the FMCG industry with photorealistic 3D rendering.
    • Acquired the assets of a struggling Spanish company under high pressure, retained over 90% of its customers and rebuilt the offering into an API-driven SaaS model.
    • Designed an AI-driven development workflow in which AI agents implement under my architecture, review and automated quality gates. Three products shipped to production, built by a fraction of a traditional team.
    • Build the platform hands-on: Kotlin/Spring Boot backend, TypeScript/React frontend, Python/Blender render pipeline, multi-tenant authentication, cloud storage integrations and a service that creates digital twins of FMCG packaging.
    • Trained several ML models that run in the production stack.
    Kotlin Spring boot AI-Driven Software Development React.js CTO
  • Convect
    Chief Technology Officer
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    January 2021 - May 2024 (3 years and 4 months)
    Apeldoorn, GE, Netherlands
    • Established and managed a distributed team using local developers and nearshoring.
    • Consolidated disparate systems into a single technology stack, cutting operational costs by over 40%.
    • Introduced engineering best practices across development, testing, deployment and security, and built the company's first AI applications.
    CTO Kotlin Spring boot Angular
  • Kraydel and Nimbus
    Chief Technology Officer
    HEALTH AND WELLNESS
    January 2014 - January 2021 (7 years)
    Liverpool, UK
    • Designed and delivered platforms for in-home medical device integration and remote care.
    • Integrated a collection of third-party software and hardware products into this platform.
    • Relocated hardware development to China, cutting costs by over 75%.
    • ISO 9001-compliant development with CI and automated testing.
    • Concluded with a successful licensing exit.
    CTO Spring boot Angular Android Embedded Systems

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Education

  • Global Executive MBA
    Rotterdam School of Management
    2025
    Global Executive MBA
  • M.Sc. Computation
    University of Manchester
    M.Sc. Computation

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