Experience

Constant.Co

• Belgium
• Construction

• Head of Shoppable Content Tools and Engineering Lead

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  Led the architecture, design and implementation of the Shoppable Content platform, including the recipe management system at Constant.Co, from inception. This infrastructure supports core web/e-commerce business functionality for various global brand owners, publishers and retailers across the world.A long-standing and highly trusted member of the Senior Leadership team and a direct lead/manager of a team of developers for many years. Coached the company in having an agile mindset for delivery, and specifically how the company can leverage SCRUM as a process to deliver results. Heavily involved in product and services development as: architect, developer, scrum-master, manager, and product-owner to varying degrees and overlap over the years at the company. Involved in recruiting, training, and the development of our technical staff at all levels.Involved in architecting, managing, and implementing solutions in Java, PHP and other web-development technologies. Provide expertise in Java and general development best-practices (including TDD and principles of Clean Code) for my team and for those working on solutions outside of my direct ownership. Regularly conduct code-reviews and guide in SDLC principles across teams. Guided by principles, have delivered against the 'bigger picture' considerations by constantly applying a common-sense and pragmatic approach to obstacles, achieving highest ROI on what matters most for us and for clients. Having good analytical skills and a high attention to detail helps me to solve many varied and complex problems of different scale or in making important decisions. Able to leverage my good communication skills to act as technical liaison with external customer representatives, often managing client relationships for the product and services I own. In the last couple of years, I have also had the managing of InfoSec improvements and enforcement across functions added to my responsibilities.



Constant Commerce

• Online and Mail Order Retail

• Head of Shoppable Content Tools, Agile Coach

  • Aug 2014 - Sep 2018

  Role leading the design and implementation of the shoppable content platform including the recipe management system at Constant Commerce. Lead and manage a team of developers. Coach in agile delivery across teams at the company. Providing expertise in Java and general development best-practices (including TDD and principles of Clean Code). Coaching the company in having an agile-mindset, and specifically how to leverage SCRUM as a process to achieve results. Involved in implementing solutions in Java (main), PHP and other web-development technologies. Involved in recruiting and training and the development of our technical staff.



Foodity

• France
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Shoppable Content Tools, Agile Coach

  • Jan 2014 - Aug 2014

  Role leading the design and implementation of the shoppable content platform including the recipe management system at Foodity. Lead and manage a team of developers. Coach in agile delivery across teams at the company. Providing expertise in Java and general development best-practices (including TDD and principles of Clean Code). Coaching the company in having an agile-mindset, and specifically how to leverage SCRUM as a process to achieve results. Involved in implementing solutions in Java (main), PHP and other web-development technologies. Involved in recruiting and training development staff.

• Platform Intelligence Lead, ScrumMaster & Developer

  • Jun 2012 - Dec 2013

  Part-time role leading the design and implementation of the core platform and the adoption of agile delivery at Foodity. Providing expertise in Java and general development best-practices (including TDD and principles of Clean Code). Coaching the company in having an agile-mindset, and specifically how to leverage SCRUM as a process to achieve results. Learning PHP and other web-development technologies.



SPRINT Development Ltd

• China
• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director / Developer

  • Mar 2012 - Mar 2014

  IT Contractor / Freelancer- specialising in Java server-side development, Agile delivery (particularly SCRUM) and Mobile App development (iOS & Android) IT Contractor / Freelancer- specialising in Java server-side development, Agile delivery (particularly SCRUM) and Mobile App development (iOS & Android)



UBS Investment Bank

• Investment Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Developer, Scrum Master & Team Lead

  • 1999 - 2011

  1999 : Joined the company as a graduate into the FI Banking Products dept.2000 - 2006 : Risk IT (Credit Availability & Credit Rating)2006 - 2011 : FI Operations IT (Confirmations System Development, Test Automation, Scrum Master) 1999 : Joined the company as a graduate into the FI Banking Products dept.2000 - 2006 : Risk IT (Credit Availability & Credit Rating)2006 - 2011 : FI Operations IT (Confirmations System Development, Test Automation, Scrum Master)