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About me

Mitchell Izelaar

A developer who builds — not a consultancy that talks.

I'm Mitchell, founder of Izelaar AI. I help businesses put AI to real work: not with reports and slideshows, but with working solutions that demonstrate value straight away. I also help teams learn how to use AI as a reliable digital team member.

Why Izelaar AI?

I've been working as a developer for years — building software is my trade. When AI tools became genuinely useful, I noticed something: the gap between what AI can do and what businesses actually get from it is enormous. Not because business owners aren't willing, but because most of the help out there consists of expensive advice and vague promises without concrete results.

Izelaar AI is my answer to that. I always start with a free intake & demo; then, in a short pilot, I build one working solution — so you see results before you make a large investment. No silver bullets, no guarantees of "saving 15 hours a week". What I do offer: we look together at where AI delivers structural value, I build it, and I make sure your team can work with it.

Izelaar AI is focused on companies that genuinely want to get somewhere with AI. Honest about limits, serious about possibilities.

Background & skills

Technical skills
Claude API / LLM integrationsTypeScript / JavaScriptNext.js / React / Angular / Vue.jsJava 17 / 21 / 25Domain and event driven designMicroservices (Micronaut)Akka/PekkoNode.js / ExpressREST API / JSONPostgreSQL / Drizzle ORMMongoDB / MySQL / MSSQLKafka / RabbitMQDocker & KubernetesTerraform (IaC)Google Cloud Platform / AWSCI/CD & Vercel hostingTest-driven developmentScrum / Agile
Experience

  • Owner

    Izelaar · 2026 – present

    AI implementation and coaching

  • Senior Java engineer - operations

    Qbuzz (via Codepeople) · 2026 – present

    AFAS integration and vehicle battery prediction

  • Senior full-stack (Java/React) DevOps developer · team lead & scrum master

    Qbuzz (via Codepeople) · 2024 – 2026

    Real-time fleet and operations systems; team lead and scrum master.

  • Senior Java engineer - operations

    Qbuzz (via Codepeople) · 2023 – 2024

    Further development of the application where all data comes together, from timetables to vehicle state of charge (SoC).

  • Full-stack developer

    DPG Media (via Codepeople) · 2022 – 2023

    Further development of vtwonen and Ouders van Nu; improved code quality and testing.

  • Backend / full-stack developer

    CarNext · 2020 – 2022

    Further development of the Automanager platform.

  • Full-stack developer

    Erasmus University · 2018 – 2020

    Mobile apps (Ionic/Angular) and Node.js integrations with Canvas, from setup to delivery.

Want more details? Feel free to get in touch or check out my LinkedIn profile.

Ready to get started?

Book a free intake call: 30 minutes, no obligations. We'll look together at whether and where AI can genuinely help your business.

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