resume.json

{
  "basics": {
    "name": "Jev Kuznetsov",
    "label": "System Architect | Robotics & Motion Control | Machine Vision | Autonomous Systems | Python",
    "email": "jev@kuznetsov.nl",
    "summary": "System architect and founder with 20+ years in high-tech R&D. Shipped autonomous robots, navigation stacks, and industrial image processing systems from concept to customer deployment.",
    "location": {
      "city": "Velden",
      "countryCode": "NL"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "network": "TEDx",
        "url": "https://www.tedxvenlo.com/news/smart-robotics-for-agriculture-by-jev-kuznetsov/"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://roxautomation.com",
    "image": "https://vps.roxautomation.com/files/jev_profile_tedx.png",
    "picture": "img/jev_profile_tedx.png"
  },
  "work": [
    {
      "company": "Frencken Europe B.V.",
      "position": "System Control Architect",
      "startDate": "2025-07",
      "summary": "Architecting the Frencken Motion Platform — a modular, multi-axis servo drive platform for high-precision mechatronics.",
      "highlights": [
        "Defined system architecture for modular servo drive platform targeting high-precision mechatronics",
        "Leading cross-functional team; delivered technical demos to clients"
      ],
      "name": "Frencken Europe B.V."
    },
    {
      "company": "ROX Automation",
      "position": "Founder & Owner",
      "website": "https://roxautomation.com",
      "startDate": "2022-12",
      "summary": "Software and controls development for industrial machine builders. Navigation stacks, servo drives, and production infrastructure.",
      "highlights": [
        "Developed ROX ICU (Integrated Control Unit): open-source CAN bus controller (CircuitPython, MIT license) for industrial machine builders",
        "Architected ROX-Gamma: open-source RTK-GPS waypoint navigation stack",
        "Delivered end-to-end autonomy stacks: sensor fusion, path planning, CAN bus I/O, FastAPI backends, and web UI",
        "Operating production infrastructure on VPS: Docker Compose, MQTT (Mosquitto), InfluxDB/Grafana, CI/CD"
      ],
      "name": "ROX Automation"
    },
    {
      "company": "AIGRO",
      "position": "Founder / CEO",
      "website": "https://aigro.nl/",
      "startDate": "2019-06",
      "endDate": "2022-11",
      "summary": "Founded agricultural robotics startup. Built and deployed an autonomous weeding robot to customer farms.",
      "highlights": [
        "Led product and software architecture for AIGRO UP: autonomous weeding robot deployed to farms in 2022",
        "Implemented in-house RTK-GPS navigation stack with dual-receiver cm-accurate row following",
        "Designed hybrid navigation: RTK-GPS for field transitions, proximity sensors + computer vision for in-row operation",
        "Cloud-connected robot platform (WiFi/LTE/LoRa) with web application control interface",
        "TEDxVenlo speaker (2019): 'Smart Robotics for Agriculture'"
      ],
      "name": "AIGRO"
    },
    {
      "company": "Océ (Canon Production Printing)",
      "position": "Domain Architect / Team Leader",
      "startDate": "2016-03",
      "endDate": "2019-05",
      "summary": "Defined image processing and machine vision architecture for the i300 product line. Led 10-person multi-disciplinary team.",
      "highlights": [
        "Owned datapath, machine vision (inspection cameras + analysis), and image processing (digital print quality) domains",
        "Led outsourced development of linescanning cameras for i300 product line",
        "Delivered to 3 parallel product releases under tight timing and staffing constraints"
      ],
      "name": "Océ (Canon Production Printing)"
    },
    {
      "company": "Océ (Canon Production Printing)",
      "position": "Lead Designer / Team Leader",
      "startDate": "2011-09",
      "endDate": "2016-03",
      "summary": "Led image processing and machine vision in early product development. Teams of 2-8 FTE across Venlo and Vancouver sites.",
      "highlights": [
        "Developed linescanning cameras end-to-end: scanning mechanics, FPGA/DSP processing pipelines, and image correction algorithms",
        "Laid foundation for image processing & machine vision in Océ Colorado 1640",
        "Created machine vision platform adopted across all scanning inkjet projects; transferred to Vancouver site"
      ],
      "name": "Océ (Canon Production Printing)"
    },
    {
      "company": "Océ (Canon Production Printing)",
      "position": "Business Developer",
      "startDate": "2009-01",
      "endDate": "2011-09",
      "summary": "Made Océ inkjet technology accessible to third parties for new business development.",
      "highlights": [
        "Created 'Printhead Evaluation Kit' for third-party OEM integration",
        "Reduced time-to-market by 4 months through concurrent integration",
        "Facilitated new projects with third parties and accelerated R&D"
      ],
      "name": "Océ (Canon Production Printing)"
    },
    {
      "company": "Océ (Canon Production Printing)",
      "position": "Research Physicist",
      "startDate": "2005-09",
      "endDate": "2009-01",
      "summary": "MEMS printhead development and novel printing methods research, in collaboration with University of Twente.",
      "highlights": [
        "Invented MetalJet — direct jetting of metal from melt at temperatures above 1200°C",
        "Awarded 3 patents",
        "Researched novel inkjet applications: 3D printing, solar cell fabrication, molten metal deposition"
      ],
      "name": "Océ (Canon Production Printing)"
    },
    {
      "company": "Unilever",
      "position": "IT Consultant",
      "startDate": "2005-01",
      "endDate": "2005-09",
      "summary": "Designed and implemented a database for factory maintenance.",
      "highlights": [],
      "name": "Unilever"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "organization": "Vereniging Mooi Schandelo",
      "position": "Chairman",
      "website": "https://www.mooischandelo.nl/",
      "startDate": "2018-01",
      "summary": "Leading local community association protecting the natural environment around Schandelo."
    },
    {
      "organization": "Technology Promotion",
      "position": "Contributor",
      "startDate": "2006-01",
      "endDate": "2019-12",
      "summary": "Contributing to educational technology initiatives.",
      "highlights": [
        "Designed technical competition for youth with Jet-Net",
        "Contributed to Eureka! Cup scientific design competition",
        "Promoted Océ at university Career Days"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "Delft University of Technology",
      "area": "Applied Physics",
      "studyType": "MSc",
      "startDate": "1997-09",
      "endDate": "2005-02",
      "description": "Thesis: Towards scalable and modular reinforcement learning on a RoboCup robot"
    },
    {
      "institution": "Grotius College",
      "location": "Delft",
      "area": "VWO",
      "studyType": "Secondary Education",
      "startDate": "1994-05",
      "endDate": "1997-06"
    },
    {
      "institution": "School 1030",
      "location": "Moscow",
      "area": "VWO equivalent",
      "studyType": "Secondary Education",
      "startDate": "1990-09",
      "endDate": "1994-04"
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "Robotics & Autonomy",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "RTK-GPS navigation",
        "Sensor fusion",
        "Path planning",
        "Path following",
        "Computer vision",
        "Industrial automation",
        "CAN bus (CanOpen, J1939)",
        "ROS / ROS2",
        "Autonomous mobile robots"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Software & Architecture",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "Python",
        "Data Science",
        "MQTT",
        "FastAPI",
        "Docker",
        "Linux",
        "C/C++",
        "Micropython",
        "InfluxDB",
        "Grafana",
        "CI/CD"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Leadership",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "Team leadership",
        "System architecture",
        "Cross-functional teams",
        "Startup founding",
        "Product development",
        "Strategic planning",
        "Business Development"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Motion Control & Imaging",
      "level": "Advanced",
      "keywords": [
        "Servo drives",
        "Motor control",
        "Linescanning cameras",
        "Real-time image processing",
        "Machine vision",
        "FPGA / DSP pipelines"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "language": "English",
      "fluency": "Proficient"
    },
    {
      "language": "Dutch",
      "fluency": "Proficient"
    },
    {
      "language": "Russian",
      "fluency": "Native"
    }
  ],
  "interests": [
    {
      "name": "Sports",
      "keywords": [
        "Mountain Biking",
        "Volleyball",
        "Running"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Mountaineering",
      "keywords": [
        "Ski Touring",
        "Alpinism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Technology",
      "keywords": [
        "Machine learning for trading",
        "Sustainability",
        "Renewable energy",
        "Programming",
        "AI"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Culinary",
      "keywords": [
        "Modernist cuisine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "certificates": [
    {
      "name": "Inzicht in Invloed",
      "issuer": "Bureau Zuidema",
      "date": "2018-01-01"
    },
    {
      "name": "Workshop Architecture",
      "issuer": "Bredemeyer Consulting",
      "date": "2017-01-01"
    },
    {
      "name": "IEC/EN 62368-1 editie 2",
      "issuer": "DEKRA",
      "date": "2017-01-01"
    },
    {
      "name": "TC project management training",
      "issuer": "Cadence Europe",
      "date": "2015-01-01"
    },
    {
      "name": "Result oriented cooperation",
      "issuer": "Unicorn Group",
      "date": "2012-01-01"
    },
    {
      "name": "Coach training",
      "issuer": "Hay Group/IMEC",
      "date": "2012-01-01"
    },
    {
      "name": "Océ Business Course",
      "issuer": "Océ",
      "date": "2010-01-01"
    }
  ],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "Trading With Python",
      "website": "https://tradingwithpython.com",
      "startDate": "2013-01",
      "endDate": "2019-12",
      "description": "Created and ran an online course teaching quantitative traders data science and algorithmic trading with Python."
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "theme": "elegant",
    "lastModified": "2026-02-19"
  }
}