Christophe Geers

Current

• ASP.NET Developer at iFacto

Past

• .NET Developer at Hospital Logistics
• .NET Consultant at Cronos Limburg
• PHP Web Developer at Uptime Group

• PHP Web Developer at Hestia
• ASP.NET Developer at Hospital Logistics
• ASP.NET Developer at Hospital Logistics
• Software Developer / Analyst at Yuse
• Software Developer at ANDROME N.V.

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Education

• Recent courses, meetings & events
• Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg
• PHHL

• Sint-Augustinus Bree

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Industry

Computer Software

Christophe Geers’s Summary

Passionate software developer always eager to learn new skills with a good foundation of OOP and best software development practices. Commited to writing quality software.

Certifications:

MCP: .NET Framework 2.0 Application Development Foundation
MCTS:.NET Framework 2.0 Windows Applications
MCTS: .Framework 2.0 Web Applications
MCTS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
MCPD: Certified Professional Developer: Windows Developer
MCTS: .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development
MCTS: .NET Framework 3.5, ADO.NET Application Development

Keywords:

• Programming / scripting languages: Delphi, C#, VB.NET, Visual Basic, PHP, ASP / ASP.NET, (X)HTML, Java / JavaScript, Ajax Control Toolkit

• Development environments: Borland Developer Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio

• Database: Oracle (PL/SQL), SQL Server (Transact-SQL), PostgreSQL (PLpg/SQL), MySQL, Paradox

• Markup languages: XML, XAML, SOAP, RSS

• Version control systems: Team Foundation Server, SourceSafe,
Subversion, WinCVS

• Webdesign: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Photoshop

• Web servers: IIS, Apache

• ...

Christophe Geers’s Specialties:

OOP, Delphi, PHP, C#

Christophe Geers’s Experience

• ASP.NET Developer

  iFacto

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  September 2009 — Present (4 months)

• .NET Developer

  Hospital Logistics

  (Privately Held; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

  August 2009 — September 2009 (2 months)

  Integration of the company's order process (Navision) with that of the Rivas Zorggroep (Rivas.nl) hospitals from the Netherlands.
  
  Development of a WCF service that mimics the Xml Gateway of the Oracle E-Busines Suite. Based on the WSDL of Oracle's Xml Gateway a WCF service could be "reverse engineered" that supplies the same core functionality, namely exchanging Xml documents.
  
  The orders from Rivas are delivered to Hospital Logistics through this service. After processing the orders, shipping notes and invoices are automatically sent to Rivas by calling the Xml Gateway on their system.
  
  This project relied heavily on WCF for enabling the integration between the customer's Navision system and their client's Oracle E-Business Suite setup.
  
  Keywords: WCF, Interoperability, SOAP, HTTPS, WSDL...etc.

• .NET Consultant

  Cronos Limburg

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2008 — September 2009 (1 year 3 months)

• PHP Web Developer

  Uptime Group

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2009 — July 2009 (1 month)

  Development of a website which allows customers to manage references a.k.a. testimonials of their experience working with the Uptime Group.
  
  Based upon a custom made lightweight PHP 5 framework adhering to the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern.
  
  Keywords: PHP 5, Prototype, Scriptaculous, AJAX, MVC

• PHP Web Developer

  Hestia

  (Computer Software industry)

  June 2009 — June 2009 (1 month)

  Design of a lightweight PHP 5 framework adhering to the MVC (Model-View-Controller) pattern which provides for a clear separation of logic and presentation. Some of the features this framework includes are:
  
  * MVC Pattern
  * Front Controller
  * Filter Chain
  * Web controls (form controls)
  * Form reusability
  * Localization
  * ...etc.
  
  Afterwards this framework was used to redesign the website http://www.hestia-it.be to be a full-fledged PHP enabled site. A backoffice site provides the functionality needed to administer the contents of this site.

• ASP.NET Developer

  Hospital Logistics

  (Privately Held; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

  December 2008 — June 2009 (7 months)

  Development of an iProcurement webshop that enables hospitals, nursing homes, veternatians...etc. to order their goods.
  
  Responsible for the whole implementation of the project from requirements gathering, analysis to the eventual software architecture and coding.
  
  The system was built using an n-tier approach.
  
  Used technologies:
  
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
  • .NET Framework 3.5 (Service Pack 1)
  • C#
  • ASP.NET
  • Entity Framework
  • Ajax Control Toolkit
  • CSS Friendly Adapters
  • Developer Express ASPxGridView and Editors
  • SQL Server

• ASP.NET Developer

  Hospital Logistics

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

  September 2008 — October 2008 (2 months)

  Development of an ASP.NET driven website that enables customers to order goods from Hospital Logistics in a straight-forward fashion.
  After each customer has placed their order online before a configurable deadline all of these orders are bundled together and ordered all at once. This ensures the lowest possible price for the customers.
  
  The website consists out of two parts, namely one accessible only by customers and one by administrators. The administration section allows the people at Hospital Logistics to configure the website in every detail. This includes, but is not limited to the following features: Management of customer (users), catalog, promotions, news, orders, invoices...etc.
  
  For the backend a Windows Forms application was developed that registers the customers when they come to pick up their orders.
  Together these two products form an automated system for collecting and distributing orders.

• Software Developer / Analyst

  Yuse

  (Computer Software industry)

  June 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 2 months)

  Development and maintenance of a large, modular client / server application. The developers are divided into two teams. One team is responsible for the development of the upcoming release whereas the other team provides support for the previous release. The teams work in a rotating system according to the Prince2 methodology.
  
  The product is an integrated and automated system for all processes within a hospital. The biggest assets of the software include operating room planning, medical records, patient administration, planning and appointments, intensive care,...etc. The software is used in a dozen hospitals accross the Benelux.

• Software Developer

  ANDROME N.V.

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 2001 — May 2007 (5 years 10 months)

  Development of Vidivic.com. A site for webconferencing using in-house video/voice over IP software.
  
  Development, analysis and maintenance of a POS (Point or Sale) system. An application responsible for a vast array of services such monitoring the sales, invoice handling, a stock control system, tracking reservations...etc. Additionally, a large range of hardware is supported such as barcode scanners, cash drawers, receipt printers, customer displays...etc.
  
  Rewritting a client/server application to manage the outgoing orders of retailers. This application was part of a suite and ensured that the retailer's orders were virtually automated.
  
  Entrusted with the development of various applications for handling the back-end of an e-commerce site. More specifically applications responsibly for handing the shipment of the orders and a stock control system.
  
  Responsible for the development of various dynamic PHP-driven websites such as the e-commerce website Archonia.com.

Christophe Geers’s Education

• Recent courses, meetings & events

  2008 — 2009

  Activities and Societies:

  Microsoft Tech Days 2009 (2 days)
  
  VISUG: The .NET services bus (Juval Löwy)
  
  VISUG: What's new in Team System Rosario
  
  MSDN Evening: Using Team Foundation Server for Version Control - Best Practices
  
  MSDN Evening: Building Windows Installer packages using XML and the WiX toolset
  
  VISUG: Extend Your Visual Studio Development Experience
  
  VISUG: Team Foundation Server 2008 Overview
  
  VISUG: WCF - Beyond the endpoints
  
  Microsoft Tech Days 2008 (2 days)

• Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg

  Informatica , 1998 — 2001

  Graduaat Informatica (A1)

• PHHL

• Sint-Augustinus Bree

Additional Information

Christophe Geers’s Groups:

•    PHL-alumni
•    Linked.NET Users Group (LIDNUG)
•    a Cronos company
•    Object Oriented Analysis and Design Users Group
•    Friends of Limburg
•    VISUG

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