Our Portfolio
25+ years of delivering successful software projects across industries
Featured Projects
TV Production Budgeting Platform
2023 - Active
Together with a major international producer of well-known reality TV shows, we built a Ruby on Rails-based SaaS application for movie and television budgeting. The platform is used for budgeting large production projects. Currently in funding round.
Technologies:
Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, AWS
Partnership with international television producer
Government Authentication System
2015 - 2017
For one of the largest and most important government authentication systems in the Netherlands, we led the development and architecture. The system serves millions of citizens. As Lead Developer and Lead Architect, we oversaw a team of 8 developers and testers, managed the handover to a major consultancy firm, and personally designed the security encryption model for the mobile app.
Technologies:
Ruby on Rails, High Security, Mobile App
National authentication system with highest security standards
Circular Economy Platform
2017 - 2019
As CTO, we transformed a company in the circular economy that processes return streams from major e-commerce companies. We brought a struggling 3-year-old legacy system to a modern micro-transaction platform in just 16 months. We restructured the IT team, implemented SCRUM methodology, hired international development teams, and migrated to AWS auto-scaling architecture. The new system manages tens of thousands of returned goods.
Technologies:
Microservices, AWS, Auto-scaling
Reduced 3-year development cycle to 16 months with better results
Recent Projects (2020-2024)
2024
AI-Based Web Hosting Solution
We're building an innovative AI-based webhosting solution that builds and hosts complete websites based on user prompts, leveraging modern AI technologies to revolutionize web development.
HR System
We're developing an HR system for a Dutch government institution, an application designed to better manage HR processes for civil servants.
2023
Q-Method Testing Tool
We designed and developed an internal testing tool for psychologists that implements the Q-Method to help people make choices and categorize individuals into distinct groups. The tool is used to detect burnout risk in groups and assist with career decision-making.
Media Organization
We built a simple mobile app for a news organization in just a few weeks using Ionic when their existing app was no longer app store compliant.
2022
Paperless gym
We built a gym management system for a gym owner to reduce paperwork. The application automates training schedule management and enables paperless operations. Built in Ruby on Rails with Turbo for a simple Android mobile application.
2021
Dmarc mail system
We designed and built an email security platform in Ruby on Rails for DMARC management. Now in maintenance mode with development overseen by another developer under our guidance.
2020
Sand and gravel transport
We managed the architecture and platform design for the internal sales system of a large inland waterway sand and gravel transport company, built in NestJS and Angular, while managing a development team in Ukraine.
Hospitality Reservations during COVID
We built a bar reservation system in Ionic during the COVID pandemic, which allowed commercial booking of spots in hospitality venues. We demonstrated it's possible to build a complete working app for iOS and Android in less than two weeks.
2019
Jobs and HR platform
As CTO/Project Manager, we transformed a chaotic skills-based jobs platform built in Python and React. Both previous developers had left due to constantly changing plans from ownership.
Key Achievements:
- Structured wild plans into a clear roadmap
- Hired and managed a development team from Ukraine
- Managed AWS deployment and created development structure
Maritime & Offshore Solutions
Maritime Crew Management Systems
2015 - 2023
We designed and built maritime crew management systems - both systems share a common Ruby on Rails-based API backend, an iOS app, and an Ember.js-based web client. We designed the architecture, data model, and software. The systems were used until 2023 by several companies operating ships in the North Sea region. Given the success, we transitioned from solo development to managing a Ukrainian development team.
Technologies:
Ruby on Rails API, iOS App, Ember.js, PostgreSQL
Used by North Sea shipping companies for 8 years
Offshore Safety & Tracking System
2010 - 2014
Roger Heykoop founded a company in 2010 that developed a people tracking safety and administration system for the offshore industry, based on RFID cards and on-board ship transponders. We handled 100% of the design, development, and server administration.
Key Metrics:
- • Used by 45,000 offshore workers on the European continental shelf
- • 100% uptime over 4 years
- • Customers included major European energy companies
Acquired by a Norwegian maritime supplier in 2012
Maritime Logistics System
2014
We developed a Maritime Logistics System for a Norwegian maritime supplier and their customer, a major energy multinational in Azerbaijan, with a SCRUM team of 4 developers (three with no prior Rails experience) and 2 testing specialists.
Our Role:
Senior/Expert Developer, SCRUM Master, and Dutch Office Manager
Award-Winning Projects
Deelstoel.nl
Winner of Harvard Business Review Management 2.0 Award
2011 - 2017
We developed a flexible workspace system for the government that allows civil servants to book working spots in other government locations for free. Written in just two weeks in Ruby on Rails and refined several times after that.
Impact:
- • Used by hundreds of civil servants weekly
- • Offered 1,700 working spots across the Netherlands
- • Non-profit project with free hosting provided
Legacy Projects & Company History
VuurWerk Internet
Roger Heykoop co-founded the Netherlands' largest webhosting provider
1996 - 1999
Roger Heykoop co-founded a webhosting provider in 1996, which became the largest in the Benelux area and the fastest growing in Europe. As co-owner and CTO, Roger was responsible for tech support, software, technical product development, scripting, statistics, HR, and business information.
12%
of all Dutch websites were hosted
€20M
Exit to telecom multinational in 1999
1200%
Annual growth rate achieved
Prenames
2001 - 2009
Roger Heykoop started a domain-name wholesale business in 2001 that registered domain names for major clients including media producers, tech companies, and many ISPs. We wrote the software for fully automated domain name registration including billing. This system registered domain names for 140 providers in the Netherlands.
Fully automated registration system built in Perl
ServerNation
2003 - 2009
Roger Heykoop started a webhosting provider in 2003 using in-house developed fully automated registration and deployment systems. With just a small team of 3 people, we could perform the same tasks that previously required 35 people. We also virtualized the entire operational infrastructure in 2008, reducing power consumption to 25% of previous levels.
Achieved 90% efficiency improvement through automation
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