Rijk van Zanten

Co-Founder & CTO, Directus

Rijk van Zanten is listed as Co-Founder & CTO, Directus. Rijk is scheduled to speak at Web Summit 2026 on 10 November 2026.

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About

Rijk van Zanten is co-founder and CTO of Directus, the collaborative backend for data and content management, and its lead maintainer. Both engineer and designer, he has built Directus to give teams flexible, developer-friendly control at scale.

Upcoming

Web Summit 2026 9 November 2026 – 12 November 2026

PITCH group round 13 Speaker · 10 November 2026
Don’t feed shit to agents Speaker · 11 November 2026
Speed vs control: 4 ways to build on live data [Hosted by Directus] Speaker · 11 November 2026