Thijs van Dord

Thijs van Dord is an IT Leader with over 20 years of experience in IT Services, focusing on putting people and teams first for high performance.

Specializing in implementing DevOps and Agile concepts in scaled environments with over 10 teams, Thijs values technical and process innovation for continuous improvement.

He strives to nurture an engineering culture of fail fast, knowledge sharing, continuous experimenting, and learning, always aiming to enhance the employee journey.

Thijs's recent career highlights include doubling the internal engineering population within a year, initiating engineering culture improvements across a department of around 1000 engineers, and guest lecturing at prestigious universities on Software Development.

He has organized various engineering events, notably the 'Coding a Better World' event with Uncle Bob, uniting previously disconnected teams into a strong community.

With a robust professional background, Thijs van Dord has held pivotal roles such as Manager IT (a.i.) at Coöperatie DELA and Senior IT Lead positions at Rabobank Groep, with experience spanning project management, application management, and delivery management in the banking industry.