Ernst de Haan

Software Development Manager/Solution Architect

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Current
  • Teamleider Java at bol.com
  • Chief Technical Officer at PensioenPage B.V.
  • Ports Committer at FreeBSD
Past
  • Technical Architect at Orange Nederland Breedband B.V.
  • Team leader / Java solution architect at Wanadoo Nederland B.V.
  • R&D Developer at Jollem Information Technology
Education
  • Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
  • Greijdanus, Zwolle
Connections
173 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Ernst de Haan’s Summary

Solution architect that combines technical knowledge (and the eagerness to extend this) with social skills and the drive to meet or even exceed customer's expectations. Experience includes ISP/Telco and Finance domains, in a fairly diverse technology field, including object-orientation, XML, UNIX, web services, relational databases, CRM, billing, rating, middleware, etc.

Ernst de Haan’s Specialties:

Designing solutions that are suitable, realizable and high-profile. Reaching consensus. Leading software developers. Coordinating technical activities. Gradually improving quality in all relevant areas.


Ernst de Haan’s Experience

  • Teamleider Java

    bol.com

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    2009Present (less than a year)

  • Chief Technical Officer

    PensioenPage B.V.

    (Financial Services industry)

    December 2006Present (3 years )

    Developing a brand as well as a web application from top (architecture, graphical design, functional requirements) to bottom (technical documentation, HTML, XSLT, Java). See https://www.pensioenpage.com/.

  • Ports Committer

    FreeBSD

    (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

    November 2001Present (8 years 1 month)

    Ports committer in the FreeBSD project, focusing on porting Java applications to this UNIX operating system. See http://www.freebsd.org/.

  • Technical Architect

    Orange Nederland Breedband B.V.

    (Telecommunications industry)

    March 2004November 2006 (2 years 9 months)

    Responsible for company-global architecture and guidelines. Develop the architecture vision for the company, reactively design the architecture for projects and pro-actively propose architectural improvements. Advise and initiate within the company, but also involved in alignment with external companies, including the mother company (France Telecom) and external partners.

    Led the Architecture Group, a virtual team of architects. This group's responsiblity included reviewing and approving architecture

    Represent the Development department within the Security Group, connecting architecture and security.

    Until early 2006, I fulfilled this role part-time. As of April, it changed to a full-time role.

    Note: In April 2006, the name of the company changed from "Wanadoo" to "Orange Breedband." The current name is now "Online Breedband", see http://www.online.nl/.

  • Team leader / Java solution architect

    Wanadoo Nederland B.V.

    (Public Company; Internet industry)

    July 2001March 2006 (4 years 9 months)

    Led a team of around 7 software developers. Resonsibilities of the team included the maintenance and development of front-end applications and of interfaces (APIs) connecting these front-end applications to back-end applications.

    Unified programming languages from a mixture of Perl, PHP, JSP, servlets and ColdFusion to a more consistent approach with only Java servlets, XSLT and PHP.

    Developed a framework for web services and front-end applications (XINS) and made it free and open-source. See http://www.xins.org/.

    Worked together with other development teams, the operations department and project managers. Aimed to constantly improve the way of working, increasing productivity, operational manageability and fun.

  • R&D Developer

    Jollem Information Technology

    (Computer Software industry)

    January 2000June 2001 (1 year 6 months)

    Performed Java-oriented projects as a freelancer. This included an R&D project in the telecom-sector and the design and development of a dynamic website using J2EE (EJB, JSP, XSLT). Subcontracted people via the internet, from Moldova and Australia.

    Jollem was my own company.

  • BroadVision developer

    ConsumerDesk

    (Internet industry)

    April 1999December 1999 (9 months)

    Design and implementation of a customer-facing website for a startup company, using BroadVision. UML design using Rational Rose. Implemented using a combination of server-side JavaScript and C++. Worked with Sun Solaris and Oracle.

    The team was just small, consisting initially of 5 people for operations and development and 3 additional staff (management, content editing).

  • Java R&D developer

    Universiteit Utrecht

    (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

    January 1998March 1999 (1 year 3 months)

    Was involved in the development of a framework for educational applications for both companies and educational institutes. Responsibility included part of the design (UML) as well as part of the implementation (Java, XML).

  • Delphi developer

    FlexPay

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Insurance industry)

    June 1997December 1997 (7 months)

    Developed a small financial application using Borland Delphi, in a team of 3 developers.

    This was during my Computer Science study.

  • IT Student Supporter

    HTS Arnhem

    (Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

    December 1996December 1997 (1 year 1 month)

    Accompanied a number of Computer Science students with database-related subjects, including information analysis (FCO-IM), relational database design and implementation using Microsoft Access.

  • Microsoft Access developer

    HTS Arnhem

    (Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

    November 1995February 1996 (4 months)

    Helped implement a financial application for the school I was studying at. Responsibilities included data- and process-analysis, form design and implementation using Microsoft Access.

    This was during my study Computer Science, at the same school.


Ernst de Haan’s Education

  • Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen

    1999 , Computer Science , 19941999

    Activities and Societies:
    Performed several side-activities, including supporting (fellow) students in ANSI C, information analysis (FCO-IM) and relational database design and development.
  • Greijdanus, Zwolle

    HAVO , 19871994


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Ernst de Haan’s Interests:

Software development methodologies, team leadership, system architecture, information analysis, object orientation, design patterns, Java (the programming language), XML, internet technologies (such as HTTP), open source technology, Linux, UNIX.

Ernst de Haan’s Groups:

FreeBSD

  •    International Association of Software Architects
  •    Christian Professionals Worldwide
  •    Dutch ICT professionals
  •    J Architect
  •    Web Standards
  •    Orange Connection
  •    Wanadoo Netherlands
  •    ConsumerDesk

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