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VDAB, which stands for "Flemish Service for Employment and Vocational Training," is a government organization in Belgium that primarily focuses on the labor market in Flanders.

I lead the PONOS team, which is responsible for services for employers. We assist them in finding and matching the best candidates for the job.

While this might not sound particularly glamorous, it has been quite a rollercoaster ride. We're navigating a mix of both outdated and cutting-edge technologies, all while managing a team of up to 20 people to meet extremely tight deadlines.

Inzicht and CEBUD

Presales investigation into the necessary steps to make an existing older applications deployable in the cloud, and maintainable by a third party.

Over several days, I conducted an in-depth investigation into the state of the applications and what modifications are necessary to achieve the set objectives. I documented this in a comprehensive report.

Woonzorgcentra, mobiliteitshulpmiddelen and gespecialiseerde zorg

A portal designed for handling all reimbursements related to admissions in hospitals, elderly care, mobility aids and revalidations. Acquired data is validated using a rule engine to subsequently calculate the reimbursement amount.

The challenge lies in the enormous amount of data that need to be processed in a timely and reliable fashion. This is where a microservice-based architecture comes in place, using CQRS with event sourcing and domain driven design. We also treat medical information, which needs to be stored in a GDPR-compliant and secured way.

UnionVMS

The European fishery business is going through a big transition. The European Union demands more communication between the member states, in a unified way.

Our team contributed as Belgium to several open-source microservices in order to exchange and inspect info about fishery sales. An amazing project which involved international collaboration and reverse-engineering communication with sattelites.

Price & Promotion

In 2016, Colruyt was making a big switch, from mainframe-based applications to Java EE web applications.

During my time at Colruyt, I've had a very broad role. I've spent my time on:

• projects
• coaching, by pair-programming, writing tutorials and giving presentations
• bringing the right people together, to introduce improvements in their tooling
• researching what their current tools can do, and where they are limited

B-ERRU

The European Union has developed the European Register of Road Transport Undertaking. The purpose is for every member state to exchange information about professional transportation.

FOD Mobility Transport is responsible for the Belgian implementation, called B-ERRU. This was implemented in Cool-Gen technology. We got the assignment to migrate this to a Java + Angular JS project.

Eva and Lise get married!

Friends of a colleague, Eva and Lise, were getting married! They didn't want any wedding presents. But, you know how it goes: no-one will likes to come empty handed, so everyone would still buy a present. So, let's think out of the box...

Insisto

Insisto is a great initiative from the Flemish government to streamline youth care management.

Youth care in Flanders is organized at several levels, by several instances. Insisto is web application which makes all information accessible and transparant for all these parties.

Management of special proxies

I did an intership of 3 months at VDK Spaarbank (Savings Bank). At the IT department, I built a Silverlight application that uses a 3-tier back-end.

My task was to build an easy-to-use application with which such special rules can be set up. I could count on the support of great colleagues, which made it a great internship.

Keywi

For a startup company, I've helped developing and integrating Keywi.

This is a little box that allows cars to be opened with your smartphone. This helps sharing your car, which would lead to having less cars in the world!

Tapazz

On average a car is only used less than 2 out of the 24 hours a day. By renting your car when you don’t need it, you’re able to save a lot of money. In this way you won’t only earn some money with your stationed car but you also take care of the environment.

Heritage Bank Herzele

The city Herzele asked the students Applied Informatics to build a site on which people could find all the beautiful heritage Herzele has to offer. The content on that site must be easily modifyable with an back-end Java application. The best work would be selected as the official website.

And guess who won! :D

This portfolio

A personal portfolio that is super-simple to maintain, using as little code as possible and providing all contents via YAML and Markdown files. All this wrapped in a minimilastic design. And the best part? I'm having a blast experimenting with SvelteKit while doing this!

Wedding

We're tying the knot! Being a developer, I couldn't resist the urge to add a tech twist to our wedding preparations. So, we're sending out our invitations uniquely - as QR codes! Simply scan to RSVP on our specially designed website. This also gives me the perfect opportunity to experiment with some React, Parcel, and Nest. Let the coding and celebrations begin!"

Birthlist

I'm thrilled to announce that I've become the proud father of Tibo. While many opt for a single store to manage their birth list, we decided to take a different route. I'm excited to create a more personalized birth list myself, allowing us to shop at different stores.

Portal

Jumping on the microservices craze (which allows me to experiment with all kinds of technologies), I've built a personal portal. It's helping me simplify my life. Or at least, that's the purpose :)

Nostalgia

I've been fascinated by computers for as long as I can remember. Out of nostalgia, I like to keep some older stuff around.