Joost Elfering
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German Limited working proficiency
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French Elementary proficiency
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Marijn Tijhuis
Working with Joost I found him as a person with great experience and deep knowledge of IT solutions. Joost is a wise, responsible, well educated and multi-skilled developer that cannot be overestimated. I recommend Joost for his ability to design and implement solutions for very complex problems as well as his great explanation skills.
Joe Ganderson
Joost is a classical developer: passionate and uncompromising about his work and his philosophy. In addition to his web development, he takes an active interest in and offers advice on all areas of business operations and strategy. Joost sees the 'big picture' and he offers fresh perspectives by challenging established norms and practices with constant critical thought and creative ideas.
Marijn Tijhuis
Working with Joost I found him as a person with great experience and deep knowledge of IT solutions. Joost is a wise, responsible, well educated and multi-skilled developer that cannot be overestimated. I recommend Joost for his ability to design and implement solutions for very complex problems as well as his great explanation skills.
Joe Ganderson
Joost is a classical developer: passionate and uncompromising about his work and his philosophy. In addition to his web development, he takes an active interest in and offers advice on all areas of business operations and strategy. Joost sees the 'big picture' and he offers fresh perspectives by challenging established norms and practices with constant critical thought and creative ideas.
Marijn Tijhuis
Working with Joost I found him as a person with great experience and deep knowledge of IT solutions. Joost is a wise, responsible, well educated and multi-skilled developer that cannot be overestimated. I recommend Joost for his ability to design and implement solutions for very complex problems as well as his great explanation skills.
Joe Ganderson
Joost is a classical developer: passionate and uncompromising about his work and his philosophy. In addition to his web development, he takes an active interest in and offers advice on all areas of business operations and strategy. Joost sees the 'big picture' and he offers fresh perspectives by challenging established norms and practices with constant critical thought and creative ideas.
Marijn Tijhuis
Working with Joost I found him as a person with great experience and deep knowledge of IT solutions. Joost is a wise, responsible, well educated and multi-skilled developer that cannot be overestimated. I recommend Joost for his ability to design and implement solutions for very complex problems as well as his great explanation skills.
Joe Ganderson
Joost is a classical developer: passionate and uncompromising about his work and his philosophy. In addition to his web development, he takes an active interest in and offers advice on all areas of business operations and strategy. Joost sees the 'big picture' and he offers fresh perspectives by challenging established norms and practices with constant critical thought and creative ideas.
Credentials
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Certified ScrumMaster
Scrum Alliance
Experience
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RoadSoft
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Netherlands
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Product Development
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Nov 2023 - Present
Helping Roadsoft take it's product development culture, processes and content to the next level. Focus on streamlining and getting everyone into the right mindset while hands-on helping to develop the next generation of tachograph analysis software for transport companies. Helping Roadsoft take it's product development culture, processes and content to the next level. Focus on streamlining and getting everyone into the right mindset while hands-on helping to develop the next generation of tachograph analysis software for transport companies.
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ITS collective Ltd.
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global
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CEO, Founder, planner and web development specialist
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Jan 2003 - Present
ITS collective is the overlaying company for the ITS companies. We deliver digital product development services to companies around the world with D'Agency ITS as a full-service agency. Our collective of 100+ specialists agilely work for you to bring you the best possible results in the given time. Fixed rates do not exist for us and everything is based on delivered work. As Digital distributed broadcasting ITS we deliver a solution to large scale content distribution for… Show more ITS collective is the overlaying company for the ITS companies. We deliver digital product development services to companies around the world with D'Agency ITS as a full-service agency. Our collective of 100+ specialists agilely work for you to bring you the best possible results in the given time. Fixed rates do not exist for us and everything is based on delivered work. As Digital distributed broadcasting ITS we deliver a solution to large scale content distribution for temporary organizations. We distribute content for any entertainment or sports broadcasting by using our p2p distribution methods to both partners and consumers. With Digital Market Control ITS we've created a system that allows large companies to manage digital and physical marketing campaigns. It is optimized to deal with large scale campaigns that last for a period of 3 months or longer. It deals with the distribution as well as analytics from campaigns. Show less ITS collective is the overlaying company for the ITS companies. We deliver digital product development services to companies around the world with D'Agency ITS as a full-service agency. Our collective of 100+ specialists agilely work for you to bring you the best possible results in the given time. Fixed rates do not exist for us and everything is based on delivered work. As Digital distributed broadcasting ITS we deliver a solution to large scale content distribution for… Show more ITS collective is the overlaying company for the ITS companies. We deliver digital product development services to companies around the world with D'Agency ITS as a full-service agency. Our collective of 100+ specialists agilely work for you to bring you the best possible results in the given time. Fixed rates do not exist for us and everything is based on delivered work. As Digital distributed broadcasting ITS we deliver a solution to large scale content distribution for temporary organizations. We distribute content for any entertainment or sports broadcasting by using our p2p distribution methods to both partners and consumers. With Digital Market Control ITS we've created a system that allows large companies to manage digital and physical marketing campaigns. It is optimized to deal with large scale campaigns that last for a period of 3 months or longer. It deals with the distribution as well as analytics from campaigns. Show less
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Capptions
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Netherlands
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead Product Developer
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Apr 2020 - Oct 2023
Helping the team grow current and future products for the EHS industry. Our efforts will be in making EHS processes more efficient, paperless and really make a dent in the organizations that have a constant need for improvements in their operations. Helping the team grow current and future products for the EHS industry. Our efforts will be in making EHS processes more efficient, paperless and really make a dent in the organizations that have a constant need for improvements in their operations.
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SwipeGuide
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Netherlands
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO
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Jun 2017 - Apr 2020
First technical staff on the ground. Shaping the new team, help building the product and improving the development processes and in general helping the company get off the ground as a startup. Having my fingers in many pots and loving the experience. First technical staff on the ground. Shaping the new team, help building the product and improving the development processes and in general helping the company get off the ground as a startup. Having my fingers in many pots and loving the experience.
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AMSxTech
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Netherlands
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Non-profit Organizations
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Conference Co Organizer
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Feb 2016 - Jun 2017
Help build up a grass roots tech conference in Amsterdam organized by the community, for the community, taking place March 31st 2017. Our vision: We are the conference for all the people in tech, those that code, design, found companies or work for those that do. We are the conference where talks are based on experience and where the goal is to learn from the vast pool of knowledge in our city. We are the place to meet the best and brightest minds around, meet the… Show more Help build up a grass roots tech conference in Amsterdam organized by the community, for the community, taking place March 31st 2017. Our vision: We are the conference for all the people in tech, those that code, design, found companies or work for those that do. We are the conference where talks are based on experience and where the goal is to learn from the vast pool of knowledge in our city. We are the place to meet the best and brightest minds around, meet the actual makers of the products founded in Amsterdam for a reasonable price. We are a conference for the technology scene, by the technology scene. Show less Help build up a grass roots tech conference in Amsterdam organized by the community, for the community, taking place March 31st 2017. Our vision: We are the conference for all the people in tech, those that code, design, found companies or work for those that do. We are the conference where talks are based on experience and where the goal is to learn from the vast pool of knowledge in our city. We are the place to meet the best and brightest minds around, meet the… Show more Help build up a grass roots tech conference in Amsterdam organized by the community, for the community, taking place March 31st 2017. Our vision: We are the conference for all the people in tech, those that code, design, found companies or work for those that do. We are the conference where talks are based on experience and where the goal is to learn from the vast pool of knowledge in our city. We are the place to meet the best and brightest minds around, meet the actual makers of the products founded in Amsterdam for a reasonable price. We are a conference for the technology scene, by the technology scene. Show less
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Yippie!
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO and Senior Developer
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Oct 2014 - Jan 2017
At Yippie! we don't like that when you shop online you get confronted with a jungle of banners, re-targeting and other forms of advertizement. It does not help the consumer to get the best deal while it is costing them money in the process. We want to change that by allow the user smooth and effortless access to all the information they need to get the best deal they can find. This without the banners! If a shop wants to get notice!? They should offer a shopper the best offer and that's where… Show more At Yippie! we don't like that when you shop online you get confronted with a jungle of banners, re-targeting and other forms of advertizement. It does not help the consumer to get the best deal while it is costing them money in the process. We want to change that by allow the user smooth and effortless access to all the information they need to get the best deal they can find. This without the banners! If a shop wants to get notice!? They should offer a shopper the best offer and that's where we come in! We've build a browser plugin that automatically looks for the best deals when shopping and with our mobile app we allow consumers to get the best deals outside of the comforts of home. This just the beginning as we add more reasons for a consumer to buy using Yippie! every day. Entered during Startup Bootcamp E&M Commerce program of 2014 as the third employee to grow the company in 3 months. With funding we were able to grow the team to 20+ people. Unfortunately folded after a bad run in with development partners. Show less At Yippie! we don't like that when you shop online you get confronted with a jungle of banners, re-targeting and other forms of advertizement. It does not help the consumer to get the best deal while it is costing them money in the process. We want to change that by allow the user smooth and effortless access to all the information they need to get the best deal they can find. This without the banners! If a shop wants to get notice!? They should offer a shopper the best offer and that's where… Show more At Yippie! we don't like that when you shop online you get confronted with a jungle of banners, re-targeting and other forms of advertizement. It does not help the consumer to get the best deal while it is costing them money in the process. We want to change that by allow the user smooth and effortless access to all the information they need to get the best deal they can find. This without the banners! If a shop wants to get notice!? They should offer a shopper the best offer and that's where we come in! We've build a browser plugin that automatically looks for the best deals when shopping and with our mobile app we allow consumers to get the best deals outside of the comforts of home. This just the beginning as we add more reasons for a consumer to buy using Yippie! every day. Entered during Startup Bootcamp E&M Commerce program of 2014 as the third employee to grow the company in 3 months. With funding we were able to grow the team to 20+ people. Unfortunately folded after a bad run in with development partners. Show less
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Startupbootcamp
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Netherlands
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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100 - 200 Employee
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Startup Buddy
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Sep 2015 - Feb 2016
As an alumni I'll be helping out the program's startups to get through the 3 months at SBC towards demo day. I'm currently helping the E-commerce program of 2015 As an alumni I'll be helping out the program's startups to get through the 3 months at SBC towards demo day. I'm currently helping the E-commerce program of 2015
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OWNR
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Netherlands
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Spectator Sports
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-founder & technical dude
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Jul 2012 - Oct 2014
So you did a trick on a spot in your neighborhood. You think you have it in you to become the OWNR of that spot? Battle it out with others on how has the right to call himself OWNR! Social extreme sports app that allows users to battle it out who does the best trick on a spot. Skate, Snowboard, BMX... all are welcome to come and claim a spot. My role is lead Technologist and co-founder So you did a trick on a spot in your neighborhood. You think you have it in you to become the OWNR of that spot? Battle it out with others on how has the right to call himself OWNR! Social extreme sports app that allows users to battle it out who does the best trick on a spot. Skate, Snowboard, BMX... all are welcome to come and claim a spot. My role is lead Technologist and co-founder
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Quipper
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Japan
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E-Learning Providers
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500 - 600 Employee
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Web Developer
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Sep 2012 - Jul 2013
Quipper is an e-learning software company. As a Ruby developer I build several web-facing applications as well as providing API's to the mobile apps and worked on the lower layers of the data model. I moved around the stack from front to back and from architecture to design. I also tried and bring my special start-up flavor to the company that has been struggling to establish a dev culture. Mixing fun with business and looking out for the little ones. Quipper is an e-learning software company. As a Ruby developer I build several web-facing applications as well as providing API's to the mobile apps and worked on the lower layers of the data model. I moved around the stack from front to back and from architecture to design. I also tried and bring my special start-up flavor to the company that has been struggling to establish a dev culture. Mixing fun with business and looking out for the little ones.
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Smallrivers
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Lausanne Area, Switzerland
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Web Developer
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Feb 2012 - Jul 2012
As a web developer I'm worked on the website paper.li for SmallRivers. My work consisted out of many different things but it mainly revolved around getting the data and presenting it to the user. Everything around that is my domain... and sometimes even more. Next to the technical and design side to my job I also helped to develop the business. Worked on project management mechanisms and worked out how we can best develop paper.li further. As a web developer I'm worked on the website paper.li for SmallRivers. My work consisted out of many different things but it mainly revolved around getting the data and presenting it to the user. Everything around that is my domain... and sometimes even more. Next to the technical and design side to my job I also helped to develop the business. Worked on project management mechanisms and worked out how we can best develop paper.li further.
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Serials Solutions (now ProQuest)
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Front End Developer
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Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
As a front end developer my goal was to re-design and rebuild the AquaBrowser what it is today and create a new compelling offering for public libraries. This includes design, research, development and everything that is needed to move the product to the next level. Although the new product never came to see the day of light I had the possibility to impact they way the old product is maintained and further developed by contributing conceptually, technically and design wise. As a front end developer my goal was to re-design and rebuild the AquaBrowser what it is today and create a new compelling offering for public libraries. This includes design, research, development and everything that is needed to move the product to the next level. Although the new product never came to see the day of light I had the possibility to impact they way the old product is maintained and further developed by contributing conceptually, technically and design wise.
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OGD ict-diensten
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Netherlands
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Web Developer
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Feb 2010 - Jan 2011
- developing knowledge within organization about web design and development - planning during the implementation phases - implementing designs into HTML/CSS with javascript. - programming the back-, middle- and front-end of the application in Ruby on Rails. - creating technical designs for the back-, middle- and front-end. - working on conceptual level with clients I took back my old position in the 'terminal project' development team. My new position with the team will… Show more - developing knowledge within organization about web design and development - planning during the implementation phases - implementing designs into HTML/CSS with javascript. - programming the back-, middle- and front-end of the application in Ruby on Rails. - creating technical designs for the back-, middle- and front-end. - working on conceptual level with clients I took back my old position in the 'terminal project' development team. My new position with the team will allow me to work on front and back-end development together with conceptual work. Next to the terminal project I will try to develop the knowledge of the company in this field by giving lectures and classes about different subjects.
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consultant and support front-end development
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Sep 2009 - Feb 2010
- consulting on what route to take in UI - supporting new front-end developers in their learning process - code reviewing For the terminal project at OGD I'm working as a part-time consultant and support for the project. I take care of the leaning curve of the new front-end developers that are replacing my former place in the team. Supporting the new developers by code reviewing and assisting is part of this position. I also give consult on the UI objects, directions and decisions.
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Web Developer
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Jan 2009 - Aug 2009
The web developers tasks are mostly: - planning during the implementation phases - implementing designs into HTML/CSS with javascript. - programming the back-, middle- and front-end of the application in Ruby on Rails. - creating technical designs for the back-, middle- and front-end. - supporting the design team I have been working on the "Terminal" project internally within OGD. the project consists of creating a new intranet system for the company. My main focus was… Show more The web developers tasks are mostly: - planning during the implementation phases - implementing designs into HTML/CSS with javascript. - programming the back-, middle- and front-end of the application in Ruby on Rails. - creating technical designs for the back-, middle- and front-end. - supporting the design team I have been working on the "Terminal" project internally within OGD. the project consists of creating a new intranet system for the company. My main focus was front-end development and critically looking at the design before implementing it. I have been in a realm from the concepts within the design team all the way to back-end development on the development team.
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Joost Technologies B.V.
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Leiden, Netherlands
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Web Designer
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Jun 2007 - Dec 2008
The webdesigners task at Joost Technologies mostly included: - designing new pages - making new design elements for the website - programming in HTML/CSS and JS - testing UI - designing general site structure. Joost Technologies was a great learning experience for me and was a place where I met a lot of interesting people. During my 2 years at the company I worked on some research projects and on several of the websites that were maintained by the web team and later the… Show more The webdesigners task at Joost Technologies mostly included: - designing new pages - making new design elements for the website - programming in HTML/CSS and JS - testing UI - designing general site structure. Joost Technologies was a great learning experience for me and was a place where I met a lot of interesting people. During my 2 years at the company I worked on some research projects and on several of the websites that were maintained by the web team and later the Magellan-Front team. Show less The webdesigners task at Joost Technologies mostly included: - designing new pages - making new design elements for the website - programming in HTML/CSS and JS - testing UI - designing general site structure. Joost Technologies was a great learning experience for me and was a place where I met a lot of interesting people. During my 2 years at the company I worked on some research projects and on several of the websites that were maintained by the web team and later the… Show more The webdesigners task at Joost Technologies mostly included: - designing new pages - making new design elements for the website - programming in HTML/CSS and JS - testing UI - designing general site structure. Joost Technologies was a great learning experience for me and was a place where I met a lot of interesting people. During my 2 years at the company I worked on some research projects and on several of the websites that were maintained by the web team and later the Magellan-Front team. Show less
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TNO
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Netherlands
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Junior user interface consultant
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Jan 2006 - Mar 2006
During my time at TNO I research the accessibility and usability of the two websites www.seniorgezond.nl and www.reumanet.nl. These websites both are made for people with a cognitive disorder and are mostly visited by elderly people. As a result of my work i delivered a report on the status of both the accessibility and the usability, the research done had it's roots in usability research done in a usability lab with elderly users and documentation research. As a result of this report an… Show more During my time at TNO I research the accessibility and usability of the two websites www.seniorgezond.nl and www.reumanet.nl. These websites both are made for people with a cognitive disorder and are mostly visited by elderly people. As a result of my work i delivered a report on the status of both the accessibility and the usability, the research done had it's roots in usability research done in a usability lab with elderly users and documentation research. As a result of this report an adjustment was made on some of the HTML and CSS of both websites to provide better access for possible users. Show less During my time at TNO I research the accessibility and usability of the two websites www.seniorgezond.nl and www.reumanet.nl. These websites both are made for people with a cognitive disorder and are mostly visited by elderly people. As a result of my work i delivered a report on the status of both the accessibility and the usability, the research done had it's roots in usability research done in a usability lab with elderly users and documentation research. As a result of this report an… Show more During my time at TNO I research the accessibility and usability of the two websites www.seniorgezond.nl and www.reumanet.nl. These websites both are made for people with a cognitive disorder and are mostly visited by elderly people. As a result of my work i delivered a report on the status of both the accessibility and the usability, the research done had it's roots in usability research done in a usability lab with elderly users and documentation research. As a result of this report an adjustment was made on some of the HTML and CSS of both websites to provide better access for possible users. Show less
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shop employee
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Nov 2001 - Jan 2005
Dirck III is the liquor store chain of the Dirk van den Broek company. Being a shop employee at the store meant to sell products, maintaining the shop and doing some administrive tasks. The work was done by me as an evening and weekend job during my school period. Dirck III is the liquor store chain of the Dirk van den Broek company. Being a shop employee at the store meant to sell products, maintaining the shop and doing some administrive tasks. The work was done by me as an evening and weekend job during my school period.
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Junior Web Developer/Designer
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Aug 2003 - Feb 2004
Work at Webdeveloper/webdesigner at Pauze consisted of: - maintaining live website www.pauze.nl - migrating website from ASP to PHP - introducing a new website design - expanding functionality of the website - introducing new elements on the site when they were needed by the magazine During my time at Pauze I worked mainly on migrating the website from ASP to PHP, during that process I also expanded the website in some of it's functionality and introduced some new systems… Show more Work at Webdeveloper/webdesigner at Pauze consisted of: - maintaining live website www.pauze.nl - migrating website from ASP to PHP - introducing a new website design - expanding functionality of the website - introducing new elements on the site when they were needed by the magazine During my time at Pauze I worked mainly on migrating the website from ASP to PHP, during that process I also expanded the website in some of it's functionality and introduced some new systems that were required by the magazines editorial staff. This meant constantly finding balance in working on production issues and development issues. Looking back it was a great learning experience on the field of crisis management and getting things done. On a more structural level my time was less effective due to the circumstances I needed to work at Pauze. All together I had a fun time and got a lot out of it. Show less Work at Webdeveloper/webdesigner at Pauze consisted of: - maintaining live website www.pauze.nl - migrating website from ASP to PHP - introducing a new website design - expanding functionality of the website - introducing new elements on the site when they were needed by the magazine During my time at Pauze I worked mainly on migrating the website from ASP to PHP, during that process I also expanded the website in some of it's functionality and introduced some new systems… Show more Work at Webdeveloper/webdesigner at Pauze consisted of: - maintaining live website www.pauze.nl - migrating website from ASP to PHP - introducing a new website design - expanding functionality of the website - introducing new elements on the site when they were needed by the magazine During my time at Pauze I worked mainly on migrating the website from ASP to PHP, during that process I also expanded the website in some of it's functionality and introduced some new systems that were required by the magazines editorial staff. This meant constantly finding balance in working on production issues and development issues. Looking back it was a great learning experience on the field of crisis management and getting things done. On a more structural level my time was less effective due to the circumstances I needed to work at Pauze. All together I had a fun time and got a lot out of it. Show less
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Education
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2009 - 2010
Leiden University
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Hogeschool Leiden
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science
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