Gareth Thomas

Embracing Change.

Company

CGI

Role

Entrepeneur

Location

Nuenen

Education

IST

Career Stage

Executive

Python MATLAB Julia Rust Blender AI Data Engineering CI/CD
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Gareth Thomas's Activity

Events Attended

23

since 2022

Groups Joined

10

communities

Groups Owned

10

as organizer

Active Communities

3

attended 2+ events

Talks Given

3

presentations

Photos Uploaded

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event memories

Feedback Forms Filled

1

event reviews

Regular Attendee At

AlgoSphere Eindhoven banner
AlgoSphere Eindhoven

Place where algorithm development war stories are enjoyed.

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Regular Attendee
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3 events attended
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PyData Eindhoven

This Meetello Group is a place for technical people to come and hear technical talks, and network with likeminded people in the Eindhoven region interested in Python. No Sales, No Recruting, just technical talks.

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Regular Attendee
organized by:
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9 events attended
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JuliaLang Eindhoven

his meetup is a place where people who are passionate about Julia the programming language can come together and share experiences in the Eindhoven region. No sales, no marketing, no recruiting, just technical people sharing how they solve technical problems with Julia.

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Regular Attendee
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
8 events attended

Milestones

First Event

Embracing Change

September 2022

First Group

PyData Eindhoven

January 2026

First Talk

Moderation of Event

January 2026

Groups Owned

R Users Eindhoven banner
R Users Eindhoven

Community where R Users can get together and share experiences.

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Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
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DevSecOps Eindhoven

Technical meetup for folk in the Eindhoven region intereted in DevOps, or more concretely DevSecOps. This is a place for like minded folk to meet and talk, no sales, no marketing, no recruiting just technical talks for technical people.

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Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
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Java Eindhoven

This is a technical community in Eindhoven to share knowledge around JAVA ecosystem. We organize technical get togethers, where technical content is shared, no sales, no marketing, no recruiting, no recruiting just technical talks for technical people.

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Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
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JuliaLang Eindhoven

his meetup is a place where people who are passionate about Julia the programming language can come together and share experiences in the Eindhoven region. No sales, no marketing, no recruiting, just technical people sharing how they solve technical problems with Julia.

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Dmitry Bagaev
Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
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PyData Eindhoven

This Meetello Group is a place for technical people to come and hear technical talks, and network with likeminded people in the Eindhoven region interested in Python. No Sales, No Recruting, just technical talks.

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Yawen Wang
Dmitry Bagaev
Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
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AlgoSphere Eindhoven

Place where algorithm development war stories are enjoyed.

AlgoSphere Eindhoven logo
Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
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Cloud Native and AI Group Eindhoven

We organize monthly gatherings where folks from all backgrounds (developers, CxOs, sales, engineers, cooks and more :)) are welcome to share their stories and connect over food, drinks and technical talks; we run regular workshops to introduce anyone that wants to learn to cloud native technologies, including observability, security and AI.

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Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
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Blender Eindhoven

Join fellow 3D artists, designers, animators, and Blender enthusiasts for the Eindhoven Blender Meetup! Whether you’re just getting started or you’ve been mastering Blender for years, this meetup is all about learning, sharing, and creating together in a friendly and inspiring atmosphere.

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Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
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Rust Eindhoven

Community for folk interested in Rust in the Eindhoven region. This is a technical get together of liked minded folk who enjoy technical talks for technical people. No sales, no marketing, no recruiting just technical talks for technical people.

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Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas

Groups You’re In

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PyData Eindhoven

This Meetello Group is a place for technical people to come and hear technical talks, and network with likeminded people in the Eindhoven region interested in Python. No Sales, No Recruting, just technical talks.

PyData Eindhoven logo
Yawen Wang
Dmitry Bagaev
Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
Powered by AI Innovation Center
AlgoSphere Eindhoven banner
AlgoSphere Eindhoven

Place where algorithm development war stories are enjoyed.

AlgoSphere Eindhoven logo
Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
JuliaLang Eindhoven banner
JuliaLang Eindhoven

his meetup is a place where people who are passionate about Julia the programming language can come together and share experiences in the Eindhoven region. No sales, no marketing, no recruiting, just technical people sharing how they solve technical problems with Julia.

JuliaLang Eindhoven logo
Dmitry Bagaev
Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
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Rust Eindhoven

Community for folk interested in Rust in the Eindhoven region. This is a technical get together of liked minded folk who enjoy technical talks for technical people. No sales, no marketing, no recruiting just technical talks for technical people.

Rust Eindhoven logo
Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
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Java Eindhoven

This is a technical community in Eindhoven to share knowledge around JAVA ecosystem. We organize technical get togethers, where technical content is shared, no sales, no marketing, no recruiting, no recruiting just technical talks for technical people.

Java Eindhoven logo
Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
DevSecOps Eindhoven banner
DevSecOps Eindhoven

Technical meetup for folk in the Eindhoven region intereted in DevOps, or more concretely DevSecOps. This is a place for like minded folk to meet and talk, no sales, no marketing, no recruiting just technical talks for technical people.

DevSecOps Eindhoven logo
Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
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Blender Eindhoven

Join fellow 3D artists, designers, animators, and Blender enthusiasts for the Eindhoven Blender Meetup! Whether you’re just getting started or you’ve been mastering Blender for years, this meetup is all about learning, sharing, and creating together in a friendly and inspiring atmosphere.

Blender Eindhoven logo
Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
R Users Eindhoven banner
R Users Eindhoven

Community where R Users can get together and share experiences.

R Users Eindhoven logo
Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas
Cloud Native and AI Group Eindhoven banner
Cloud Native and AI Group Eindhoven

We organize monthly gatherings where folks from all backgrounds (developers, CxOs, sales, engineers, cooks and more :)) are welcome to share their stories and connect over food, drinks and technical talks; we run regular workshops to introduce anyone that wants to learn to cloud native technologies, including observability, security and AI.

Cloud Native and AI Group Eindhoven logo
Gareth Thomas
organized by:
Gareth Thomas

Events Created

Julia Bonus Meetup banner
Julia Bonus Meetup
Feb
28
05:30 PM

There are many passionate and curious people about Julia in the Eindhoven region but sometimes we feel alone and don't know each other. This meetup will ai

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How to Julia
Nov
22
05:30 PM

There are many passionate and curious people about Julia in the Eindhoven region but sometimes we feel alone and don't know each other. This meetup will ai

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Embracing Change
Sep
22
06:00 PM

There are many passionate and curious people about Julia in the Eindhoven region but sometimes we feel alone and don't know each other. This meetup will ai

It is time for another edition of the **PyData Eindhoven meetup**. Join us on the **25th of October at DAF** for an evening of technical talks for technica

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JAVA Performance
Mar
05
05:30 PM

Java Performance After Hours – Technical Get-Together An after-work technical meetup for Java engineers who care about performance. No sales. No marketing. No pitches. Just engineers sharing real-world experience. Expect short, focused technical talks and open discussions on topics like JVM internals, profiling, garbage collection, memory management, benchmarking, latency, throughput, and performance tuning in production systems. This is a space for practitioners — developers, architects, and engineers — to exchange war stories, lessons learned, and practical techniques that actually work in real systems. Grab a drink, bring your curiosity, and come talk performance with people who live in the JVM.

Events Attending

2026

2026

5 events attended

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JAVA Performance
Mar
05
05:30 PM

Java Performance After Hours – Technical Get-Together An after-work technical meetup for Java engineers who care about performance. No sales. No marketing. No pitches. Just engineers sharing real-world experience. Expect short, focused technical talks and open discussions on topics like JVM internals, profiling, garbage collection, memory management, benchmarking, latency, throughput, and performance tuning in production systems. This is a space for practitioners — developers, architects, and engineers — to exchange war stories, lessons learned, and practical techniques that actually work in real systems. Grab a drink, bring your curiosity, and come talk performance with people who live in the JVM.

As we start 2026, we are going to meet some new volunteers and ramp them up.

A new year a new meetup ! And this time we go south, for the second time we go the friendly folks at ASML. This meetup will all about "How to scale without

2026 Planning
Jan
15
06:00 PM

Getting together to pick up AlgoSphere

Get all volunteers fro PyData Eindhoven together to get their feedback about the event in December.

2025

2025

4 events attended

Please register here: https://pipple.nl/en/pydata-x-pipple-meetup/## The power of data and AI in practiceAI goes beyond experiments and isolated analys

PyData Eindhoven & BigData Republic We are very happy to announce that we are organizing the next PyData Eindhoven meetup in collaboration with BigData

## Details**JuliaLang Eindhoven & RustNL**We are very happy to announce that we are organizing the next JuliaLang Eindhoven meetup in collaboration with

## DetailsPLEASE REGISTER HERE: https://www.meetup.com/rust-nederland/events/306434865/**JuliaLang Eindhoven & RustNL**We are very happy to announce t

2024

2024

4 events attended

Welcome to AlgoSphere—Algorithm Excellence, Shared Experience!Whether you're a seasoned developer or an enthusiastic coder, AlgoSphere is your safe haven

PLEASE REGISTER HERE: [https://meetup-september10.kickstartai-events.org](https://meetup-september10.kickstartai-events.org)**PyData Eindhoven & Kickstar

PLEASE REGISTER HERE:[https://www.meetup.com/eindhoven-data-community/events/299654714/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&

There are many passionate and curious people about Julia in the Delft region but sometimes we feel alone and don't know each other. This special meetup wil

2023

2023

7 events attended

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Positioning Julia
Sep
28
05:30 PM

There are many passionate and curious people about Julia in the Eindhoven region but sometimes we feel alone and don't know each other. This meetup will ai

It is time for another edition of the PyData Eindhoven meetup. Join us on the 5th of September at Vanderlande for an evening of technical talks for technic

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Julia for ∀ll
Jun
01
05:30 PM

There are many passionate and curious people about Julia in the Eindhoven region but sometimes we feel alone and don't know each other. This meetup will ai.

It is time for another edition of the PyData Eindhoven meetup. Join us on the 25th of May at Jumbo for an evening of technical talks for technical people.

It is time for another edition of the **PyData Eindhoven meetup**. Join us on the **26th of April at Prodrive Technologies** for an evening of technical ta

Julia Bonus Meetup banner
Julia Bonus Meetup
Feb
28
05:30 PM

There are many passionate and curious people about Julia in the Eindhoven region but sometimes we feel alone and don't know each other. This meetup will ai

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Julia for Reals
Jan
19
05:30 PM

There are many passionate and curious people about Julia in the Eindhoven region but sometimes we feel alone and don't know each other. This meetup will ai

2022

2022

3 events attended

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How to Julia
Nov
22
05:30 PM

There are many passionate and curious people about Julia in the Eindhoven region but sometimes we feel alone and don't know each other. This meetup will ai

It is time for another edition of the **PyData Eindhoven meetup**. Join us on the **25th of October at DAF** for an evening of technical talks for technica

Powered by DAF
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Embracing Change
Sep
22
06:00 PM

There are many passionate and curious people about Julia in the Eindhoven region but sometimes we feel alone and don't know each other. This meetup will ai

Talks Given

MATLAB |> Julia

At Julia for ∀ll — Jun 01, 2023

n this talk I will walk through 4 different practical examples of using Julia and share some of the things that caught my attention coming from MATLAB. The talk will go through the 4 projects I used to get my hands dirty with Julia. 2D and 3D plotting Reading external files and working with tables Step Response of a Control System Testing and developing a Julia Package

Getting Started with Soccer Analytics

At PyData Meetup @ BigData Republic — Oct 23, 2025

areth Thomas is a sport enthusiast who will share some insights on how to get started with soccer analytics, with mplsoccer and StatsBomb. This will be an live coding session to get you thinking about how the sporting world keeps track of its data and how to empower others to contribute to open-source projects.

Moderation of Event

At PyData Volunteer Feedback Session — Jan 14, 2026

Will guide the volunteers in an organised manner.