Nick Veenhof
Location
Region
flanders
Role
Director, Developer Relations
Company
LinkedIn
Expertise
remote-work, devops, open-source
TLDR
Nick Veenhof is Director, Developer Relations at GitLab.
Background
Nick is based in Ghent and works at GitLab, a company that pioneered remote-first culture at scale. Before GitLab, he was CTO at Dropsolid and a long-time contributor to the Drupal open-source project. He has served as Chairman of Drupal User Group Belgium and Board Member of the Drupal Association.
What They Do
As Director of Developer Relations at GitLab, Nick focuses on the contributor experience, making it as easy as possible for external contributors to participate in GitLab's development. He bridges the open-source community with GitLab's platform strategy.
Career History
- Director, Developer Relations at GitLab (Apr 2022 - Present)
- Chairman at Drupal User Group Belgium (Jun 2019 - Present)
- Board Member at Drupal Association (Nov 2021 - Nov 2024)
- CTO at Dropsolid NV (Feb 2017 - Apr 2022)
- Contributor at Drupal Project (Mar 2007 - Apr 2022)
Education
- Master, Information Technology, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (2009 - 2011)
- Master, IT, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon (2011)
Connections
Active in the Ghent and Flanders tech community with strong ties to the global DevOps, open-source, and remote-work scene.