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Tech leadership

A quarter-century of engineering.

From the first Tele2 internet support team in 1998 to leading engineering at Europe's largest container terminal today. A continuous, hands-on track record across enterprise, government-scale, and consumer systems.

Current engagements

  1. Tech Lead · ECT Rotterdam (Europe Container Terminals)

    Oct 2019 – Present

    Freelance

    Tech lead at the largest container terminal operator in the port of Rotterdam, leading engineering on mission-critical terminal systems in a deeply operational, 24/7 environment.

Career timeline

  1. Lead Developer · Greenchoice

    Mar 2017 – Oct 2019
    Freelance Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

    Lead developer at one of the Netherlands’ largest sustainable energy providers. Responsible for creating the new customer facing platform mijn.greenchoice.nl.

  2. Senior .NET Developer · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    May 2012 – Feb 2017
    Freelance The Randstad, Netherlands

    Long-running engagement at VU Amsterdam delivering SharePoint platforms, from SP2010 through SP2016.

  3. Owner · Connecting The Scene BV

    Jun 2005 – Dec 2012
    Zaandam, Netherlands

    Founder and publisher of the PP2G entertainment platform.

    • PP2G.com, the entertainment community website
    • PP2G.TV, the video-sharing platform
    • PP2G Web Mag, the lifestyle entertainment magazine

  4. Senior .NET Developer · Achmea | Achmea IT

    Sep 2011 – May 2012
    Freelance Brabantse Stedenrij, Netherlands

    Part of the AchmeaNet 2010 migration, moving the intranet used daily by 22,000 Achmea employees from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010.

    • Technical migration of content databases, custom code base and master pages
    • Implemented SharePoint 2010 features including MySites and Fast Search
    • Earlier sub-project: migrated a WebSphere site (public + management areas) to SharePoint 2010 and optimised its workflows

  5. Senior .NET Consultant · Linx IT Solutions BV

    Mar 2011 – Jul 2011
    Freelance The Randstad, Netherlands

    Extensions to the Tommy Hilfiger (portal.tommy.com) and Mexx brand portals.

  6. Software Engineer · Centric

    Nov 1999 – Jun 2003

    Delivery across a broad portfolio of Dutch enterprise and consumer web systems.

    • Web4All, Neckermann B2B, Neckermann Reizen, Vrijuit
    • PTT Post / TPG Controlroom, Campus Cursus System
    • Metterwoon, Everyday Portal, Beleg.nl, WinRis, Stats4All
    • Voice Response System for 0900-BELEGNL

  7. Project Officer, New Generation Internet (NGI) · Tele2

    Apr 1999 – Oct 1999
    The Randstad, Netherlands

    Member of the NGI project team led by Niklas Zennström, responsible for defining the specification requirements for the everyday.com / nl.everyday.com portal.

  8. 2nd Line Internet Support Engineer · Tele2

    Oct 1998 – Mar 1999
    The Randstad, Netherlands

    Part of the first Tele2 internet support team in the Netherlands. Set up the knowledge base, wrote support manuals, tested connectivity and hardware.

Skills & domains

platforms

  • .NET / C#
  • ASP.NET & ASP.NET Core
  • SharePoint (2007–2016)
  • Azure
  • SQL Server

delivery

  • Tech leadership
  • Architecture
  • Technical project management
  • Agile delivery
  • Mentoring & team lead

product

  • Product ownership
  • Founder experience
  • Platform strategy
  • UX & content-led design

domains

  • Port & logistics
  • Energy & sustainability
  • Higher education
  • Insurance
  • Consumer platforms & media