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Education

Master Computer Science 2007-2009, University of Twente

Embedded systems specialization: Processor architectures, VHDL design, fault tolerant design, (network) security.

Thesis: Haskell as a higher order structural hardware description language
Developing a Haskell-based language and compiler to describe hardware designs (e.g., program FPGAs).

Internship: Compiler development at Recore Systems, see below.

Bachelor Computer Science 2002-2007, University of Twente

General computer science fields: math, software engineering, human computer interaction, various programming paradigms, computer architectures.

Minor: Electrical engineering (Basic electronic design, transistor internals, analog amplifier design)

This includes a one-year break due to full-time board responsibilities, see below

Extracurricular activities

Teaching assistent 2006-2009, University of Twente

Assisting teachers with various tasks:

• Teaching exercise classes in programming
• Supervising students during practical assignments in various courses (programming, algorithms, compiler construction, functioal programming)
• Grading assignments and tentaminations
• Redesigning practial assignments on algorithms

Treasurer and board member 2004-2005, Study association Inter-Actief

One year, full time board member, tasked with

• Financial administration (€65.000 budget)
• Supervising various committees
• Running daily business
• Contact with university

Achievements: European Robosoccer tournament, involving teachers in activities, publishing a yearbook.

Board member 2003-2004, Archery club Sagittarius

Part time board member, tasked with

• Supervising training nights
• Organising introductory training
• Arranging bar purchases and sales

Various committees 2003-2011, Study association Inter-Actief

• First-year's committee
• Activity committee
• System administration
• Financial audit committee
• Bar committee

Professional experience

Firmware developer 2010 - present, FON

Fon creates wireless consumer equipment, driven by OpenWRT based firmwares, combined with a wifi-sharing community and an open-source community for the firmware.

• Writing code in various languages running on an embedded piece of equipment.
• Managing bug reports, patch submissions and support requests coming from the community.

Achievements: restarted the opensource community and firmware development after some time of neglect.

Web developer 2007 - present, Brevidius CrossMedia Projecten

Brevidius creates media-oriented websites for clients like the Rabobank and Ziggo. Tasks included

• Designing a PHP framework for multimedia-based websites
• Web server administration

Achievements: introduced the use of Subversion for source control, introduced secure programming.

Compiler developer (internship / part time)2008, Recore Systems

Recore Systems is a young company developing novel low-power reconfigurable processors. Tasks included

• Using the LLVM compiler framework to implement a (partial) C compiler for the Montium reconfigurable processor
• Architecture design of the successor Xentium chip

First three months were full time internship, subsequent 5 months were part time normal employment.

Relevant skills

Languages

Mother tongue: Dutch
Fluent in: English
Basic grasp of: German, French

Programming languages

Experienced: C, C++, Python, PHP, Haskell, Bash script, Java
Reasonable skill: Perl, Lua, Javascript, x86 assembly, PIC assembly, VHDL, TeX
Basic skill: Prolog, Visual Basic, Basic, Logo, NQC, Vala

Familiar software

Using on a daily basis: Linux, git, subversion, vim
Experience with: Latex, the Gimp, inkscape, exim, dovecot, mysql, lighttpd, openoffice.org

Other activities

Event organiser and board member 2005 - present, Evolution Events

Organising live action roleplaying (improvisational theater) events. Tasks include

• Logistics
• Propmaking
• Plotwriting
• Safety coordination

Achievement: Exploring innovative LARP concepts

Various tasks at sailing school 2006, 2007, Watersportcentrum "De Randmeren"

Various activitities during the summer season, such as

• Giving introductory sailing lessons
• Renting out boats
• Planning sailing lessons.
• General administrative tasks

Achievement: Set up the financial and bookkeeping procedures from scratch.

Debian maintainer 2009 - present, Debian

Debian is a free operating system based on the Linux kernel and GNU userspace. A Debian maintainer is tasked with

• Maintaining various packages for the Debian software distribution system.
• Solving bug reports from users and providing feedback.
• Coordinating packaging issues with sister-projects like Ubuntu.

Involvement in various open source projects

Various levels of involvement, ranging from bug reporting to contributing of considerable amounts of code. Projects include

• Debian
• OpenTTD
• The LLVM compiler framework
• Linux kernel
• Git-buildpackage
• rt2x00 Ralink wireless driver
• Django web development framework
• Urwid text mode UI framework

Hobbies

• Live action roleplaying
• DIY electronics
• Carpenting
• Tailoring
• Sound and lighting engineering

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