An experienced software developer with a passion for Drupal and Open Source.
Acquia Certified backend developer, loves working on challenging projects with talented people. Excels as an intermediary between technology and business. Focused on writing high-performance, maintainable, clean and secure code. Motivated problem solver, team lead and mentor. Active Drupal (core) contributor, maintainer of the Media and Media Library modules in Drupal core.
Over 15 years of experience building custom Drupal applications and modules for enterprise customers.
Highly motivating team lead. Enables team members to work and grow collectively to achieve project objectives.
Analyzes complex system landscapes and uses best-practices to design an optimal system architecture.
Worked on integrating hundreds of systems using custom-built solutions as well as contributed modules.
Building applications using best practices to write clean and secure code. Performs code and applications reviews.
Trained a wide variety of people in using Drupal, from technical staff to CEOs and first-time site editors.
The corporate website and intranet of the EUR were completely rebuilt in Drupal 8. As a freelance developer and team lead in a scrum team for IO, I advised the client on complex technical decisions, helped to determine development priorities and worked on the implementation of the business requirements.
Since then, we have continuously developed and improved the websites, while also migrating to Drupal 9 and 10. The frontend has been rebuilt in Storybook, with a strong focus on frontend performance and accessibility. I also helped setting up the framework for automated PHPUnit tests.
www.eur.nl my.eur.nl
Stage Entertainment is the largest musical producer in Europe. The company produces musicals such as The Lion King, TINA, Wicked, Hamilton, and Frozen in seven countries. Every year, more than 7 million visitors enjoy a musical from Stage Entertainment.
As a freelance Drupal developer in a scrum team for IO, I was responsible for improving the frontend components for all Stage Entertainment websites. We have migrated all components from Patternlab to Storybook, while improving the frontend performance and accessibility of the websites. I also helped setting up the framework for automated PHPUnit tests.
www.stage-entertainment.de www.stage-entertainment.nl www.stage.es www.theatremogador.com
The new Ben.nl webshop was rebuilt in Drupal 8 as a headless Drupal frontend on top of the many different back-office systems in the Ben landscape. As a freelance Drupal developer in a scrum team for Brix CRM, I was responsible for the integration with the back-office systems, worked on improving the front- and backend performance of the application, and set up the framework for automated PHPUnit tests.
www.ben.nl
The new UFC.com platform was completely re-designed to provide a media-rich platform for its huge fanbase. As a freelance Drupal developer for Skunk Works, I was mainly responsible for implementing the media-related functionality, such as integrating with an external system for the video content and building the custom HTML5 video player. Also helped to optimize the site performance to deal with the millions of visitors.
www.ufc.com
The 24Kitchen website was completely redesigned and rebuilt with a focus on usability, accessibility, and search. As a freelance developer for Limoengroen, I helped to migrate the thousands of recipes, ingredients, and users to the new platform, worked on the Apache Solr based search engine and other third-party integrations.
www.24kitchen.nl
A new portal was developed for Scalda to help students, parent and employees quickly access information from several systems. As team lead and architect in a scrum team for Finalist, I advised the client on complex technical decisions, helped to determine development priorities and helped coördinating with external suppliers.
To inform visitors from all over the world, Amsterdam Museum needed a new multilingual content platform to provide information in 9 different languages. Worked closely with the client as a team lead and architect to ensure maximum value was delivered for the available budget.
www.amsterdammuseum.nl
The new corporate website and student platform for Utrecht University were developed to facilitate the new content strategy. As a team lead and architect in a scrum team for Finalist, I advised the client on complex technical decisions, helped to determine development priorities and supported in managing stakeholders.
www.uu.nl students.uu.nl
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