Tom Cools
Developer Relations Engineer
Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Top SchoolTom Cools is a Developer Relations Engineer with 11 years of hands-on Java experience, recently joining Timefold after a decade crafting backend solutions at Info Support. A Java Champion and leader of the Benelux Java User Group (BeJUG), he blends deep technical knowledge with community advocacy to make complex JVM tooling approachable. He holds a summa cum laude bachelor's in Applied Computer Science and brings a pragmatic, education-first mindset to documentation, demos, and developer workflows. Based in Antwerp, Tom is known for translating enterprise needs into clear developer experiences and for quietly mentoring peers while building bridges between product and open-source ecosystems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Computer Science, Computer Programming/Programmer, General, Summa Cum Laude, Bachelor of Applied Computer Science, Computer Programming/Programmer, General, Summa Cum Laude at University College of AntwerpBachelor's Degree in Eduction, Commerce / Burotics / ICT, Cum Laude, Bachelor's Degree in Eduction, Commerce / Burotics / ICT, Cum Laude at Katholieke Hogeschool Mechelen
Dutch, English, French
Stackoverflow
1,108reputation
84kreached
52answers
8questions
Github Skills (160)
junit-test10
testing10
solver10
databases10
websocket10
junit10
docker-container10
maven10
serverless10
test-container10
integration-testing10
docker-compose10
vehicle-routing-problem10
sidecar10
operations-research10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
TomCools/timefold-solver
Oct 2024 - Jul 2026
The open source Solver AI for Java, Python and Kotlin to optimize scheduling and routing. Solve the vehicle routing problem, employee rostering, task assignment, maintenance scheduling and other planning problems.
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 95 pushes in 1 year 9 months
TomCools/BoostThatJava
Sep 2017 - Jan 2018
Library to control the Lego Boost from Java
Contributions:38 commits, 2 PRs, 32 pushes in 3 months
java
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