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I am Jesse

DLT / Blockchain Engineer & Enthusiast

About
About

Hello! I'm Jesse de Gans, I started programming at the age of 12. I love to be creative, and I am always working on one or two side projects.  I have a natural interest for complex technologies and discovered blockchain development in 2017. I've never left the space since.

  • Age: 23
  • Freelance: Available
  • Counry Netherlands
  • Twitter @JessedeGans
  • E-mail: contact[@]jessedegans.com
Experience
01/2021 - 09/2021
Experience
Blockchain Engineer - Pyctor
Enabling interoperability between the Pyctor DLT network and the Bitcoin Network by creating a wallet service.

What is Pyctor?Pyctor, in collaboration with ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas Securities Services, ING Bank, Invesco, Societe Generale – Forge, State Street, UBS, Citibank, and others, is a decentralized permissioned network that aims to provide digital asset safekeeping and transaction services, with a focus on regulated security tokens issued either on the private or public blockchain.
08/2020 - 01/2021
Experience
Blockchain Engineer - ING Group

Part of the prestigious Pyctor project (Digital Assets Custody).

  • Responsible for the nodes orchestrating logic.
  • Wrote the Pyctor node Transactions, node management & data management modules
  • Consensus algorithms
2019
Experience
Project Manager & Blockchain Engineer - Dutch Police

Managed the PoliceCoin project (Democratic cryptocurrency-driven initiative platform)

  • Responsible for project deadlines, scrum team
    performance and stakeholders communication.
  • Wrote the Ethereum ERC20 smartcontract
  • Created the backend service for processing transactions and generating automatic wallets for initiatives.
Education
2021 - present
Education
MSc Computer Science and Science Communication, Society - Leiden University

Masters in Computer Science with a specialisation on Science Communication and Society.

 

Bridge the gap between experts and the public by combining high quality research in computer science with extensive training in science communication. 

2017 - 2021
Education
Bachelor of Computer Science - Windesheim University of applied sciences

GPA 7.6 (10 point system) or 3.7 (4 point US system)

2018
Education
Honours Program Technology & Society - Windesheim University of applied sciences

The focus of the program was to see technology and society as one comprehensive entity to create a more all- inclusive product design. In the first half-year, we focused on different topics surrounding Technology & Society. In the second half-year, we designed the HealthPro UV Smartwatch (see projects).

Open Source projects

Languages

  • English
    95%
  • Dutch
    100%
  • German
    30%

Coding Skills

  • Go Proficient
    90%
  • C# Expert
    70%
  • Java Proficient
    85%
  • Solidity Prior Experience
    90%
  • Javascript Proficient
    90%
  • Python Prior Experience
    95%

Personal Strengths

  • Creative thinking
    90%
  • Competitive
    70%
  • Strategic problem-solver
    95%
  • Presentation & Professional speaking
    85%
  • Activator
    85%
  • Futuristic
    85%
  • Arranging
    85%

Interests

Coding hobby projects

I have been working on countless hobby projects since the age of 12.

Music production

I have been producing electronic dance music for over 6 years now. 

Having fun

I am a social engagement junky so I love meeting new people and hangout with friends.