Business sounding board
Find the question behind the question. Translate needs into options, trade-offs and an approach that fits the organisation.
EXPERTISE / ROLES / ASSIGNMENTS
Over 25 years in software, a commercial background and an enduring curiosity. This is the experience I bring to your challenge.
Here before the AI hype.
Not born yesterday.
01 / DIFFERENT ROLES, THE SAME APPROACH
Sometimes a team needs the bigger picture. Sometimes it needs someone deep in the code. I switch roles, not personalities.
Find the question behind the question. Translate needs into options, trade-offs and an approach that fits the organisation.
Build, improve and maintain software myself. From APIs and data layers to the application people actually use.
Structure without castles in the air. Connect the domain, data, integrations and maintainability.
Explore feasibility, understand processes and make ideas tangible with functional designs and prototypes.
Combine technical direction with coordination and guidance. Share knowledge, help junior developers and make collaboration work.
Using AI extensively in my work at Topicus and KB360. Connecting new possibilities with software experience, grounded in human judgement.
Six hats. One point of contact. That's one less meeting.
02 / THE TOOLBOX
C# · .NET / .NET Core · ASP.NET · MVC · Web API · Azure · SQL Server · JavaScript · jQuery · Kendo UI · Visual Studio
Web applications, services, databases and connected business software.DDD · MVC · MVVM · MVP · Dependency Injection · Entity Framework · Dapper · NHibernate · SQL
Domain modelling, application architecture, data models and reusable components.Analysis · Advice · Prototyping · Team leadership · Coaching · Scrum · Git · TFS
From feasibility studies and technical estimates to coordination, development and maintenance.AI-assisted development · Prompt context · Agent workflows · Result validation
Extensive AI use at Topicus and KB360, alongside this website experiment. No unsubstantiated claims about client outcomes or training models.Historical project experience, not a recommendation to adopt these technologies for new systems:
WPF · WCF · WF · PRISM · MEF · Silverlight · Angular · VB.NET · Visual Basic · C / C++ · ASP · XML / XSLT / XSD · COM+ · Oracle / PL/SQL · Access · Informix · SQL Reporting Services · Crystal Reports · ClickOnce · UML · RUP · OOP · CBD · DNA · Web Services
03 / EDUCATION & CONTINUOUS LEARNING
My education connects the commercial and technical sides of my work. Since then, I have kept developing in software, architecture and collaboration.
Saxion · Enschede
A technical and business foundation that helps connect client questions, organisational goals and software.
Career conversion programme
This retraining in technical automation provided the bridge to my career in software development.
Courses and training in Microsoft .NET (C#, OOP, MVC, WPF, WF, WCF and Entity Framework), Azure, database design, RUP/UML, advisory skills and Scrum. Also Prince2 Overview, Prince2 Foundation and various AI courses, including “AI onder de motorkap”. I also took part in an AI hackathon.
A summary of training undertaken; not a list of current certifications.
04 / MORE THAN KNOWLEDGE. EXPERIENCE.
My assignments, concisely and in plain language. Recent roles first. Earlier projects show where my experience comes from.
Based on my career profile and current updates. Organisation names describe work experience, not endorsements or partnerships. Technologies reflect their respective periods.
Developing the FORCE mortgage product and connected components within Scrum teams. Working on financial business software and the transition towards Web API, .NET Core and Azure. Now employed four days a week.
AI in practice: I use AI extensively in my work at Topicus. My software experience remains the foundation; AI is an additional tool, not a replacement for craftsmanship.
C# · .NET Core · ASP.NET · Web API · Azure · SQL Server · WCF · NHibernate · Dependency Injection · Scrum
Contributing to insurance software product development in a small team. Design and implementation through successive, focused assignments. Currently freelancing one day a week.
AI in practice: I also use AI extensively in my work at KB360. The combination of practical development, direct communication and new tools suits me well.
C# · ASP.NET MVC · SQL Server · Kendo UI · AI-assisted development
Setting up the architecture and developing a web application for risk and opportunity management. Supporting organisations and departments in recording information and producing periodic management reports.
C# · ASP.NET MVC · SQL Server · Kendo UI · JavaScript · jQuery · Dapper · Azure
Working in Scrum teams on internet applications for a large e-commerce environment. Developing software and evolving existing applications across web services, data and connected components.
C# · ASP.NET · MVC · .NET Core · Web API · SQL Server · Git / TFS · NHibernate · Endeca · Scrum
C# · ASP.NET MVC · SQL Server · Dapper · TFS · Domain modelling
After a supplier ceased operating, joining two colleagues to continue developing the Knowledge Base. Building a new frontend from the visual design, introducing an MVC architecture and fixing existing software so that announced functionality could be delivered.
C# · ASP.NET MVC 4 · SQL Server · TFS
Functional design and development of a content management application for CROW's RAW methodology: an editorial environment, publishing facilities and a customer-facing frontend.
C# · ASP.NET · SQL Server · jQuery · MVP · NHibernate · Entity Framework
C# · WPF · ASP.NET · Silverlight · PRISM · MEF · MVVM · Entity Framework · SQL Server · WCF · DDD
Investigating a potential market expansion. Translating options into a technical design, an estimate and a working prototype to make the direction tangible.
C# · WPF · SQL Server · Entity Framework · WCF · MVVM · DDD
Developing a shared architecture and applications for offering and booking training, connected to existing and financial systems. From domain and data modelling to prototypes, incremental delivery, team leadership and organisational coordination.
C# · ASP.NET · WPF · WCF · SQL Server · MVVM · DDD · Reporting Services
Investigating reporting options in a Citrix Summary Database and developing a tool to make Citrix usage visible for capacity and licence management.
C# · SQL Server · Crystal Reports
Designing and building the architecture, back office and frontend framework for a dynamic content management system behind the KiesBeter.nl healthcare information portal. A shared foundation for maintaining multiple subsites.
VB.NET · ASP.NET · SQL Server · XML · XSL / XSD · OOP
Extending a digital services portal with appointment scheduling, a MidOffice database concept, GIS integration and DigiD login. Design and development connecting public services and system integration.
SQL Server · XML · XSL / XSD · COM+
ASP.NET · Visual Basic · VBScript · JavaScript · SQL Server · XML / XSL · UML · OOP
Contributing to development and maintenance of a custom ERP for logistics, sales and purchasing, including interfaces to other systems and extending existing functionality.
Visual Basic · Oracle · PL/SQL · Component Based Development
Developing and extending product data analysis software. Focusing on reports that make production data accessible for analysis.
C · C++ · Informix · Unix · WingZ Hyperscript
Selling hydraulics before moving into software. A commercial background that still shapes how I work: listening, asking questions and connecting a need to a practical solution.
After sales at Parker Hannifin, I moved into software through Atos Origin (1998–2005) and Be Value/Ordina (2005–2008). I've run Nape since October 2008, including collaboration through LegIT. Assignments may overlap. My current week is four days employed at Topicus and one day freelancing at KB360.
Project descriptions have been edited for clarity; historical technologies have not been retrospectively replaced with modern terms. The AI references at Topicus and KB360 describe only my own use, not internal processes or business results.
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