Louwe Heres
About Louwe Heres
Louwe Heres is an Associate Quality Assurance Manager at TomTom with extensive experience in process engineering and data engineering.
Title
Louwe Heres is currently an Associate Quality Assurance Manager at TomTom, a position he has held since 2020.
Company
Louwe Heres works at TomTom, a prominent software technology company, known for its location and navigation products. His role is based in Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands.
Professional Background
Louwe Heres has a comprehensive professional background primarily with TomTom. Between 2018 and 2020, he served as an Expert Process Engineer in the Amsterdam Area, Netherlands. He also held the position of Senior Process Engineer in 2018 for eight months, and Process Engineer from 2014 to 2017. Earlier, he was Data Engineer at TomTom from 2008 to 2014. Before joining TomTom, he worked at Interlanden BV as a Planning Employee for two months in 2008, and at Breadbox BV as a Van Driver from 2006 to 2008.
Education and Expertise
Louwe Heres studied Theology at Theologische Universiteit Kampen, achieving his Drs. degree after nine years of study from 2000 to 2009. Prior to that, he completed his Gymnasium education at GSG Guido de Brès in Amersfoort, earning his VWO diploma after five years from 1995 to 2000. He has hands-on experience with data engineering using languages and tools such as SQL, Java (Spring), and Python. He has also been involved in significant technological projects including the migration to a Hadoop-based geographic content production platform.
Achievements in Quality Assurance and Process Engineering
Louwe Heres played a crucial role in developing and implementing a lean production process for continuous map creation at TomTom. Working with multiple Scrum teams, he utilized AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes to streamline and optimize the production process, enhancing efficiency and accuracy in map creation.