Lead Engineer

• Aug 2023 - Present

Owner

• Mar 2023 - Present

Running my own consulting business on information security, web development and (cloud) infrastructure. Running my own consulting business on information security, web development and (cloud) infrastructure.

IT Manager (Volunteer)

• May 2023 - Present

Fusion Energy Insights is a wonderful community focused on spreading knowledge around nuclear fusion. I help out where I can. Fusion Energy Insights is a wonderful community focused on spreading knowledge around nuclear fusion. I help out where I can.

Creator & Curator

• Dec 2016 - Present

I write a weekly digest of last week's security news. It's a great way to learn, write and help people keep up with the firehose that is infosec. I paused it twice when life got too busy, but keep on going back for more :-) Currently at about 6000 subscribers. I write a weekly digest of last week's security news. It's a great way to learn, write and help people keep up with the firehose that is infosec. I paused it twice when life got too busy, but keep on going back for more :-) Currently at about 6000 subscribers.

Senior Security Engineer

• Aug 2021 - Mar 2023

Articulate builds software for online learning. They have over 125 million users, spread over 118.000 organizations, including all of the Fortune 100.Our team was tasked with keeping the data of our customers secure. We operated fully remote in an AWS and Kubernetes based environment. My main contributions have been:- Designing and running our vulnerability management processes.- Choosing, implementing and maintaining our intrusion detection system, focusing on full coverage, visibility and continuous improvement. - Developing our incident response processes, in cooperation with a highly respected external DFIR partner.- Participate in our 24/7 on-call.- Assist in any other technical implementation required for SOC2, ISO27001 and FedRAMP.- Help in training our colleagues in secure engineering and security awareness.- Work with my colleagues on any other tasks required to continuously improve our security posture. Show less

Security Engineer

• Sep 2018 - Aug 2021

Head of Systems & Security

• Sep 2017 - Jul 2018

Sunfunder finances companies that deliver solar power to grid-deficit communities.I was brought on as Lead Engineer to build our loan management platform. Later I became Head of Systems & Security to manage all aspects of our IT, focusing both on the evolution of our systems and on keeping our customer data secure.

Lead Software Engineer

• Jul 2015 - Sep 2017

Co-Founder

• Feb 2011 - Jul 2015

Energiewinner is a startup where we created Monisol, a monitoring solution for renewable energy production. My main responsibilities were the design and development of our Saas, implemented in Symfony2, and maintaining our infrastructure on Amazon Web Services. Energiewinner is a startup where we created Monisol, a monitoring solution for renewable energy production. My main responsibilities were the design and development of our Saas, implemented in Symfony2, and maintaining our infrastructure on Amazon Web Services.

Devops Engineer

• Aug 2014 - Jun 2015

The madewithlove team is a fantastic group of people that I'm proud to have been a part of. My responsibilities were best, yet vaguely, described as 'devops'. It was making sure our team had as little friction as possible when developing, deploying and testing. This involves: - continuous integration and deployment - migrating existing applications to AWS or other providers - managing development environments with vagrant and configuration management tools - setting up the infrastructure for new projects and upgrading legacy ones - jumping in to the code once and a while to help out or automate something - ensuring the presence of adequate documentation and tests for stability and getting new people more easily integrated on the team Show less

Software Engineer

• Nov 2013 - Jul 2014

At Digipolis I helped out on the back-end side of a new platform for the inhabitants of Antwerpen. The functionality of this platform ranges between everything from being able to request a birth certificate online, to looking for events you want to go to. Everything is mobile first, with a complete focus on the user. Most of of my work was focused on development in Node.js, and also touching on some PHP and infrastructure work. At Digipolis I helped out on the back-end side of a new platform for the inhabitants of Antwerpen. The functionality of this platform ranges between everything from being able to request a birth certificate online, to looking for events you want to go to. Everything is mobile first, with a complete focus on the user. Most of of my work was focused on development in Node.js, and also touching on some PHP and infrastructure work.

Software Engineer

• May 2013 - Nov 2013

My main responsibilities at Darwin were to continue feature development on the existing platform, and start designing and building the architecture for the next, more scalable phase. In more (technical) detail, my work consisted of: - Continuing development of the analytics application, built with Symfony2, MySQL and MongoDB - Transfer knowledge to new internal employees - Helping the Darwin architecture move forward with scaling and development efforts - Moving to an API-centric infrastructure, and writing that RESTful API in Laravel 4 - Automating deployments and local development environments with Vagrant, Puppet, Capistrano and Rocketeer - Scaling the harvesting of third-party API data with Iron.io workers and queues - Helping out in the frontend with Twig, jQuery and d3.js Show less

Software Engineer

• Apr 2012 - Dec 2012

At Twitspark (now: Sparkcentral) I helped to build the new version of the platform from scratch. Highlights: - Kicking off the Backbone.js frontend and Node.js part of the backend - Helping with the API, implemented in Symfony2 - Equipping the team with a 'Twitspark-in-a-box' local development environment, where the entire Twitspark chain is built on a local VM using Vagrant and Puppet - Building a staging environment on Amazon Web Services - Providing aggregated logging and business/technical metrics for the Twitspark infrastructure Show less

Software Engineer

• Sep 2010 - Feb 2011

I worked in the Security department of Steria Benelux on projects related to: - Biometric identification (based on the ANSI NIST/ITL standard for fingerprint minutiae) - Digital signature validation (based on XAdES and PAdES standards) - Electronic voting I worked in the Security department of Steria Benelux on projects related to: - Biometric identification (based on the ANSI NIST/ITL standard for fingerprint minutiae) - Digital signature validation (based on XAdES and PAdES standards) - Electronic voting

Junior Engineer

• Feb 2010 - Aug 2010

I developed and ran cable modem tests for Euro-DOCSIS certification, and was part of the development team for ByteBlower, a software-based TCP/IP traffic generator/analyzer. I developed and ran cable modem tests for Euro-DOCSIS certification, and was part of the development team for ByteBlower, a software-based TCP/IP traffic generator/analyzer.

Operational System Engineer

• Sep 2009 - Jan 2010

At KBC I worked in the EAI FT/MOM departement. My task consisted mainly in setting up internal and external file transfers. At KBC I worked in the EAI FT/MOM departement. My task consisted mainly in setting up internal and external file transfers.

Internship

• Jan 2009 - Jun 2009

At IBBT I made my masters thesis. I created two network security tools, named 'Firewall Audit' and 'Traffic Locator', based on Nmap, Snort and GeoIP. Their purpose was to assist in the daily security managment of the IBBT networks. At IBBT I made my masters thesis. I created two network security tools, named 'Firewall Audit' and 'Traffic Locator', based on Nmap, Snort and GeoIP. Their purpose was to assist in the daily security managment of the IBBT networks.

Presales Representative (studentjob)

• Jan 2009 - May 2009

During my time at TOPdesk my job was to explain the possibilities of the TOPdesk software to IT managers. During my time at TOPdesk my job was to explain the possibilities of the TOPdesk software to IT managers.

Community Support Assistant (studentjob)

• Feb 2008 - Jun 2008

With Netlog I had the job of assisting the community director by handling helpdesk tickets, helping out Netlog users and submitting bug reports. With Netlog I had the job of assisting the community director by handling helpdesk tickets, helping out Netlog users and submitting bug reports.

Summer of Code 2006 participant

• Jun 2006 - Aug 2006

During the Summer of Code 2006 I was working with the ICU project (International Components for Unicode), creating Java applet demo's and porting the Ethiopic and Coptic calenders from Java to C++. During the Summer of Code 2006 I was working with the ICU project (International Components for Unicode), creating Java applet demo's and porting the Ethiopic and Coptic calenders from Java to C++.

Testing Wireless Security systems (studentjob)

• Jul 2004 - Aug 2004

During my studentjob at Hogeschool Antwerpen, I was responsible for testing various methods of implementing and securing a small corporate wireless network, and documenting my efforts in the form of manuals and tutorials. During my studentjob at Hogeschool Antwerpen, I was responsible for testing various methods of implementing and securing a small corporate wireless network, and documenting my efforts in the form of manuals and tutorials.