Christopher Pruijsen

Software Engineer with product and founder experience.

I'm contracting as a PM & full-stack software engineer for select clients, including Udacity.

Previously I was a Sr. Product Manager (contractor) for Gigster where I managed 100+ projects with total value $2.4mm+ across iOS, Android and Web, and maintained a consistent top 1 percentile performance record.

A bit about me:
I was the youngest-ever President of Oxford Entrepreneurs when I attended the University of Oxford, where I matriculated at age 17 (attended for two years).

I then co-founded StartupBus Africa (now called Ampion.org) after having co-founded Founderbus UK in 2012. AMPION organizes a social venture incubator and impact-oriented hackathons across 15+ countries in Africa (to date with 400+ participants / 10+ hackathons). I am no longer involved.

In 2013 I co-founded Sterio.me, which enabled teachers to send their students homework on their mobile phones using SMS, IVR, Android and Web technologies, which saves teachers time by automating the homework process from preparation, distribution and marking to administration.

Sterio.me started on StartupBus Africa ('13), participated in Start-Up Chile (2014-15), and was selected as an "Education for All"​ World Summit Youth Award winner. For my work at Sterio.me, I was named a Fellow of the World Technology Network (2014) and a Nominee of the GSMA Global Mobile Awards "Young Mobile Innovator of the Year"​ (2015). Sterio.me is no longer operational.

In my spare time I enjoy hiking and spending time in nature. In 2015 I hiked a 21-day, 190mi section of the Continental Divide Trail, around Big Hole Valley, Montana, USA.