Coen Baars

Coen Baars

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Giftomatic

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Creative and hands-on tech leader with an entrepreneurial mindset, offering over 20 years of experience in globally operating start-ups. Comfortable in both technical and leadership positions, working side by side with my team.

I am currently the Chief Technology Officer of Giftomatic, a leading retail technology platform that works with Gift Card companies worldwide. Our platform provides a search-powered solution with a product range of 50 million items from thousands of retail partners. These partners promote their products through the Giftomatic network, improving the process for customers to find and purchase items using their gift cards.

With my Getting-Things-Done mentality, I thrive in challenging, dynamic start-up environments. I love working on aspiring and innovative projects, turning ideas into a clear technology vision, and laying its technological foundations. Above all, I aim to create outstanding, user-friendly products that leave a lasting impact and help our business grow.

Skills: Faced with the many challenges of building a start-up and fueled by my endless curiosity, I have gathered extensive expertise in many different areas. This includes software engineering (React, TypeScript, Java, Python, Golang, MySQL, Elasticsearch, AWS, DevOps, etc.), but also product development, and UX design. Over the past three years, my focus has turned to areas like Search Relevance, GenAI, LLMs, semantic (vector) search, and other AI/ML fields. As an avid engineer, I eagerly grab onto emerging technologies to stay ahead of the game.

P.S. Besides crafting software, I love connecting with people, joining tech meet-ups, soaking up new knowledge, and chatting about ideas or projects. Feel free to reach out – I'd be happy to connect!

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    Haarlem Area, Netherlands

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  • bitcoin-converter.com

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    With the Bitcoin Converter calculator tool, you can easily convert the real-time price of Bitcoin (BTC) to any fiat currency. We use the latest rates from the most popular bitcoin exchanges so you can check and compare the Bitcoin price in your preferred currency and exchange.

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  • Dutch

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  • English

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