Profile Picture Maarten Tolhuijs

Maarten Tolhuijs

PHP / Laravel Lead Web Developer

Installing Linux distro's on every laptop I could get my hands on turned my life as a classical pianist / composer to one getting paid for coding.

My unusual childhood led to an Asperger syndrome diagnosis where the hyper-focus was on the creation of classical music. After meeting my wife in California, USA, and settling down in the Netherlands, a stable income became the main motivation of my career switch into IT. What began with an excessive interest in Linux distributions, handling its CLI grew into writing Java and eventually my career in web development.

Publications & Education

Laravel News

Design Models Interactively With Laravel Schematics.

Conservatory

2005 - 2009, Hogeschool Inholland, Alkmaar, NH

After composing music and studying the piano at Mrs. Nottrot in Huisduinen, Den Helder, I studied counterpoint at the conservatory of Alkmaar with guidance from Herman van Weydom Claterbos. Counterpoint is all about the interplay between chord schemes and melodic lines.

Treehouse

2014 - 2016, Team Treehouse

Team Treehouse played a pivotal role in my career switch, teaching me Java for Android apps and making programming feel natural.

Professional Experience

Tech Lead

2021 - Present, Leads.io, Hoorn, NH

  • Led two teams across separate projects after a three-year growth period.
  • Instrumental in foundational project developments and team collaborations.
  • Contributed to a threefold team size expansion.

Back-end Developer

2018 - 2021, Leads.io, Hoorn, NH

  • Developed in-house systems managing campaigns, finances, and client portal insights.
  • Primarily focused on the finance system, client portal, and central API integrations.
  • Helped elevate Leads.io's status as a leading international lead agency.

Full-stack Developer

2016 - 2017, Betty Blocks, Alkmaar, NH

  • Worked on a drag-and-drop web application platform.
  • Transitioned from Ruby to Elixir (Phoenix) with a focus on functional programming.

Full-stack Developer

2016, Code24, Alkmaar, NH

  • Enhanced features for mConsole, a robust medical web application.
  • Gained experience with Zend and ExtJS (Sencha).

Full-stack Developer

2015 - 2016, Quickwins (DataOrbis now), Heerhugowaard, NH

  • Developed client measurement apps using Cordova for iPad stands nationwide.
  • Transitioned from Java (Android) to PHP & JavaScript with a focus on Laravel and Cordova.