Tijs Teulings
Senior iOS Developer & Chapter Lead
iOS Developer, Chapter Lead & Accessibility Lead at DPG Media IT
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iOS Developer, Chapter Lead & Accessibility Lead
DPG Media IT
Jul 2023 - Present
iOS Developer, Chapter Lead & Accessibility Lead
DPG Media IT
Our team, Outreach, is a purpose driven team formed with the goal of improving reach & engagement for DPG's Freemium brands which include AD in the Netherlands and HLN in Belgium. As a small team we have a lot flexibility to design and implement experiments for improving our metrics. Focused on customer facing features and fast validation.
Creative Technologist
Automatique
The Hague Area, NL
Jun 2005 - Present
Creative Technologist
Automatique
The Hague Area, NL
Automatique is an agency for mobile & web application design and development. Our clients include several small to large scale web-applications and -sites for clients such as Vlisco, Sanoma Media, Transavia and many others. Our network includes many great individuals. Together we build digital products.
Mobile UI Engineer
DPG Media IT
Rotterdam, South Holland, NL
Jul 2022 - Jan 2024
Mobile UI Engineer
DPG Media IT
Rotterdam, South Holland, NL
Our team makes the mobile apps for the DPG Media Freemium brands. This includes the apps for AD in NL and HLN in Belgium but also many regional brands. I specialise in mobile UI development in SwitfUI (iOS), Jetpack Compose (Android) and React Native (cross-platform).
React Native Specialist
DPG Media IT
Rotterdam Area, NL
Feb 2018 - Aug 2022
React Native Specialist
DPG Media IT
Rotterdam Area, NL
React Native Specialist on the team creating the iOS and Android mobile apps for the AD, regional and other brands.
Co-Founder
Backspace studio
Amsterdam Area, NL
Oct 2015 - Jul 2018
Co-Founder
Backspace studio
Amsterdam Area, NL
Building digital products, investing in ideas, helping to launch companies. Backspace takes ideas out of HQ and into the hands of your customers. We were a startup & product studio driven by technology with a portfolio of startups. Making ideas into tangible prototypes & products.
React Developer
Ace & Tate
Amsterdam Area, NL
Jun 2017 - Jan 2018
React Developer
Ace & Tate
Amsterdam Area, NL
Helping the digital team launch a new website, webshop and point of sale system using React.
React Native Developer
Florin
Amsterdam Area, NL
Feb 2016 - May 2017
React Native Developer
Florin
Amsterdam Area, NL
Helped out the Florin team with (React Native) development, architecture, hiring etc. Florin was part of our investment portfolio at Backspace Studio.
CTO
Housing Anywhere
Rotterdam Area, NL
Feb 2015 - Oct 2015
CTO
Housing Anywhere
Rotterdam Area, NL
Helped rebuild the existing web application to accommodate scaling needs of a growing startups. Golang development, product mgmt, hiring, architecture, etc. HousingAnywhere.com is a startup founded by a group of students from the Rotterdam School of Management. It provides a housing platform where you can sublet your room to incoming exchange students when you go abroad on an exchange or internship.
CTO
Gekkolab
Jan 2013 - Feb 2015
CTO
Gekkolab
Gekko digitizes financial accounts of freelancers and makes administrative procedures more cost effective and easier to understand for both freelancers and their customers. With a team of 9 people Gekkolab is one of the main competitors in the market of administrative services for freelancers in the Netherlands.
Organizer
/dev/haag
The Hague Area, NL
Jan 2011 - Aug 2014
Organizer
/dev/haag
The Hague Area, NL
/dev/haag is a monthly meetup in The Hague about design & technology. With 700+ members this was the largest tech & design meetup in the west of The Netherlands. We organised about 35 meetups during my 'reign'.
Founder
Fresh.li
Jan 2008 - Dec 2012
Founder
Fresh.li
Fresh.li allows artists and other creatives to maintain a professional and personalized online portfolio with minimal fuss. Sold in 2012
Co-founder
Nomadz
Sep 2008 - Sep 2010
Co-founder
Nomadz
Nomadz is a coworking office offering a social and productive work environment to freelancers and starting entrepreneurs in The Hague, the Netherlands.
Co-founder/CTO
NARB
Oct 2008 - May 2010
Co-founder/CTO
NARB
NARB was an online art guide for the web, mobile and iPhone. Funded by Digitale Pioniers NARB researched a means for museum and gallery visitors to discover nearby art and allowed them to discuss, rate & share individual pieces or exhibitions. Next to the mobile platform we developed several installations connecting the internet and physical spaces with clients such as Museum Booijmans van Beuningen and several artists. Our mission was to make each art work discoverable with a mobile device but in the end we failed to find a sustainable business model.
Co-founder
Alchemyst / The Roomware Project
Aug 2006 - May 2010
Co-founder
Alchemyst / The Roomware Project
The Roomware Project aimed to build open source server software that anybody could use to build software applications for physical spaces such as interactive displays in clubs, stores or as part of art projects. We developed custom bluetooth based 'beacon' software that could discover people's movement and interaction at events. As Alchemyst we deployed several interactive installations at events for clients such as Hyves and the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. For our Hyves installation we were rewarded with a golden SpinAward for best mobile application in 2007.
Technical Producer / Web Developer
Skipintro
Jul 2003 - Jul 2005
Technical Producer / Web Developer
Skipintro
Skipintro is a dutch advertising and internet agency. At the time we served clients such as Holland Casino, Rijksmuseum, House of Orange, NautaDutilh and Randstad.
Technical Consultant
Framfab
May 2000 - Jul 2003
Technical Consultant
Framfab
Netlinq was acquired by Framfab in 2000 and became Netlinq-Framfab and later just Framfab. At the time one of the largest web agencies in Europe with over 3000 employees. Started here as front-end developer but later served roles as Java developer and eventually primarily technical consultant. In this last position i worked on projects such as the Philips Consumer Electronics website, an EU funded trial project for the Port of Rotterdam and several others.
Front-end Developer
NetlinQ
Dec 1997 - May 2000
Front-end Developer
NetlinQ
NetlinQ was probably one of the first web agencies in the Netherlands. Front-end developer in online projects for clients such as Volkswagen, Nuon, De Telefoongids, Amstel, Elsevier, Imation, Vivenda, World Press Photo.
Education: 1
University of Amsterdam
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
1996 - 2002
University of Amsterdam
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
Projects: 8
Kipclip – Find it, Kip it
Sep 2025 - Present
Kipclip – Find it, Kip it
kipclip is a simple, open bookmarks app for the AT Protocol. Save links you care about, organize them with tags, and browse them from any device.
Gekko Radar
gekkoradar.com
Aug 2014 - Present
Gekko Radar
gekkoradar.com
Real-time insight into hours, costs, invoices and contracts of your flexible workforce.
Gekko
getgekko.com
Mar 2013 - Present
Gekko
getgekko.com
Easy and free online accounting – The one system for freelancers to easily manage their books online.
Citée
citee.nl
2013 - Present
Citée
citee.nl
Citée is a dutch startup that aims to help people that just moved to a new city meet new people and discover their new hometown. WIth Citée people can find events they like based on their interests and also organize events themselves that other Citée members can attend.
Vlisco Stories
stories.vlisco.com
2012 - Present
Vlisco Stories
stories.vlisco.com
Stories begin when a fabric arrives at the market, shop or home, whether in Africa or elsewhere in the world. Vlisco Stories encourage people to tell their own personal story. Vlisco Stories is a social story writing application for the Vlisco brand of fabrics.
Vlisco.com
vlisco.com
2011 - Present
Vlisco.com
vlisco.com
We are working on building the new Vlisco online presence, focused more on branding and fashion, not just e-commerce.
Ace & Tate Website
aceandtate.com/
Jun 2017 - Nov 2017
Ace & Tate Website
aceandtate.com/
Backspace Studio helped the technical & design teams at Ace & Tate to roll out a completely new backend and fronted to replace their multi-lingual, multi-country e-commerce setup. We assisted with UX research and design and helped the digital team get to grips with the React framework for the new frontend.
Chummee
chummee.com
2012 - 2013
Chummee
chummee.com
A social gifting app that allows anyone to send a cappuccino or slice of pie to a friend with just a tweet or Facebook post.
Credentials: 3
Swift Concurrency Course
SwiftLee Courses
Bronze Level - Cyber Resilience: Basics
Phished
Abra Academy