# Pieter Geelen (slim)

> Pieter Geelen is co-founder of TomTom. TomTom Maps APIs + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, TomTom.

Pieter Geelen left his PhD research in computer science at the University of Amsterdam in 1991 to found Palmtop Software, later renamed TomTom, with Peter-Frans Pauwels.

## What Pieter builds

- [TomTom Maps APIs + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tomtom.md), graded C, 54.9/100, in Maps, geocoding & places. Search, Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding, Routing, Matrix Routing, Reachable Range, EV routing and live traffic, plus map tiles. Co-founder, TomTom, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Corinne Vigreux](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/corinne-vigreux/), Co-founder and CMO, TomTom
- [Harold Goddijn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/harold-goddijn/), Co-founder and CEO, TomTom
- [Peter-Frans Pauwels](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/peter-frans-pauwels/), Co-founder, TomTom

## Questions

### Who is Pieter Geelen?

Pieter Geelen left his PhD research in computer science at the University of Amsterdam in 1991 to found Palmtop Software, later renamed TomTom, with Peter-Frans Pauwels.

### What does TomTom make?

Anchor Terminal lists TomTom Maps APIs + MCP from TomTom.

### How are Pieter's tools graded?

TomTom Maps APIs + MCP is graded C, 54.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://docs.tomtom.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TomTom
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Goddijn
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinne_Vigreux
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Geelen
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter-Frans_Pauwels

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.