Jurymembers
The professional jury of the NLJUG Innovation Award 204
The jury of the NLJUG Innovation Award has 3 members this edition. They represent the NLJUG business partners and are responsible for the selection of the first top 3 nominations. The NLJUG community itself will determine during the J-Fall which of these 3 will be the ultimate winner of the NLJUG Innovation Award 2024.
Bas Knopper
Jury chairman
Bas is vanuit zijn passie voor Java (Development) vanaf begin 2019 betrokken bij de NLJUG als kartrekker van de NLJUG Academy en is sinds 2021 onderdeel van het bestuur. In het dagelijks leven is Bas CEO van Sparkler: een ecosysteem van IT bedrijven waar vakmanschap & kennisdeling centraal staan en waarvan meerdere bedrijven actief zijn binnen het prachtige Java Ecosysteem.
Arjan Wiersma
Jury member
Arjen isManager of Product Development and Chief Lecturer at Hogeschool NOVI. I work on creating the most modern and relevant educational products that we can offer. Through stategic partnerships and attracting the most talented content developers we offer world class education to our students.
Johan Janssen
Jury member
Johan is working as an architect at ASML. He has been working for various demanding companies where rapidly delivering high-quality software was very important. Johan regularly writes articles for InfoQ and Java magazines, mainly around Java. He spoke in 20 countries at more than 40 different conferences such as JavaOne, GOTO, Devoxx, JavaZone, J-Fall, J-Spring, Jfokus and JavaLand. Johan received the JavaOne Rock Star and Oracle Code One Star awards.
Kaya Weers
Jury member
Kaya is an enthusiastic software developer at Ordina. She studied Communication & Multimedia Design, where she focused mostly on concepting and designing. After discovering programming is also fun, she switched to IT. Kaya loves innovation, asking ‘why?’ and playing soccer.