Rein Velt

Rein Velt

CEO at Theo's mechanic ape

The Hague Area, Netherlands

Current
  • CEO at Theo's mechanic ape
  • Lead software engineer at Gezond Transport
  • software engineer at itera
  • Chairperson at PHPBenelux
  • Counsellor at Tweehek computercamps
Past
  • software architect / lead developer at Emid Consult B.V.
  • software engineer at ICTU
  • software engineer at Google Inc.
  • senior PHP engineer at Cendris
  • software engineer/prototyper at Reed-Elsevier
  • software engineer at ilse media
  • Sofware engineer / code auditor at ICTU
  • Owner at velt software engineering
  • Database engineer at Microsoft
  • project manager / teacher at KPN
  • software engineer at Astin Workstations
  • software engineer at Ministerie van verkeer en waterstaat
  • support engineer at Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
  • software engineer at Hewlett Packard
  • software engineer at Tripany
  • software engineer at Match4
  • Software engineer at Match4 / Solidium
  • Software engineer / Network engineer / Consultant at GTI Rotterdam Industrie
  • software engineer at MINT
  • software engineer at University Hospital Rotterdam
  • software engineer at AZR Dijkzigt
Education
  • Prince 2
  • Zend ZCE
  • ITIL
  • Crabeth College
  • Hogeschool van Utrecht
  • Haagse Hogeschool/TH Rijswijk
  • Ichthusschool
  • Pascal College
Connections
292 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Rein Velt’s Summary

Allround software engineer specialized in the architecture and development of secure and scalable cross platform internet applications.

Rein Velt’s Specialties:

PHP, architecture, security, scalability, performance


Rein Velt’s Experience

  • CEO

    Theo's mechanic ape

    (Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

    October 2009Present (2 months)

    Theo's mechanic ape is a non-profit organisation that produces robots and coffee. We are a sort of coffeeshop for developers, embedded engineers, mechatronics specialist and other techno-lovers.

  • Lead software engineer

    Gezond Transport

    (Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

    May 2009Present (7 months)

    Responsible for architecture and development of custom made CRM software for the customers.

  • software engineer

    itera

    (Staffing and Recruiting industry)

    September 2003Present (6 years 3 months)

    Allround software engineer specialized in web technologies, web standards and Open Source

  • Chairperson

    PHPBenelux

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2002Present (7 years 11 months)

    Founder of the Dutch PHP usergroup in 2002.
    http://phpgg.nl

  • Counsellor

    Tweehek computercamps

    (Privately Held; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

    January 1996Present (13 years 11 months)

    Counsellor at the Tweehek computercamps
    More info at http://www.tweehek.nl

  • software architect / lead developer

    Emid Consult B.V.

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    May 2009July 2009 (3 months)

    software architect / lead developer for search engine abstraction technology in PHP

  • software engineer

    ICTU

    (Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

    October 2007May 2009 (1 year 8 months)

    Software engineer for ICTU
    MijnOverheid.nl / PIP

  • software engineer

    Google Inc.

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    February 2008May 2008 (4 months)

    freelance developer of small bits, pieces and glue

  • senior PHP engineer

    Cendris

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

    July 2007September 2007 (3 months)

    LAMP engineer t.b.v. klanten van Cendris/TNT Post.

  • software engineer/prototyper

    Reed-Elsevier

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Publishing industry)

    May 2007July 2007 (3 months)

    Prototype engineer/developer for Scirus.com, the scientific searchengine of Read-Elsevier

  • software engineer

    ilse media

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

    October 2005March 2007 (1 year 6 months)

    developer and architect for a webmapping project and a lot of ilsemedia websites (download.nl, nu.nl, nu video, shopgirl.nl, schoolparty.nl, kaboem.nl, ilsemedia.nl, etc...)

  • Sofware engineer / code auditor

    ICTU

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    20052006 (1 year )

    Code auditor for mijnoverheid.nl (e-government)

  • Owner

    velt software engineering

    (Non-Profit; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2001December 2006 (6 years )

    Development of webmapping solutions and development of Open Source embedded devices to support webmapping applications.

  • Database engineer

    Microsoft

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2005June 2005 (6 months)

    database engineer in Amsterdam, Brussels, and Zurich

  • project manager / teacher

    KPN

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

    September 2003November 2004 (1 year 3 months)

    projectmanager and teacher for the migration of the static Agora intranet system to a dynamic solution powered by Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS)

  • software engineer

    Astin Workstations

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

    August 2000November 2003 (3 years 4 months)

    software engineer, database administrator and test engineer for customers of Astin Workstation/Metropole IT Group

  • software engineer

    Ministerie van verkeer en waterstaat

    (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Judiciary industry)

    May 2003October 2003 (6 months)

    modification of existing software components with Microsoft ASP technology

  • support engineer

    Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal

    (Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Government Administration industry)

    August 2002November 2002 (4 months)

    technical support and consultancy for staff and members of de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal

  • software engineer

    Hewlett Packard

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)

    September 2000June 2002 (1 year 10 months)

    software engineer in Amsterdam for HP EMEA architecture & development

  • software engineer

    Tripany

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    20002001 (1 year )

    Lead developer for multiple projects (PHP)

  • software engineer

    Match4

    (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Human Resources industry)

    April 1998September 2000 (2 years 6 months)

    Y2k Consultant
    Visual Basic developer
    Delphi developer
    Linux specialist

  • Software engineer

    Match4 / Solidium

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19982000 (2 years )

    Y2k Consultant
    Visual Basic developer
    Delphi developer
    Linux specialist

  • Software engineer / Network engineer / Consultant

    GTI Rotterdam Industrie

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Industrial Automation industry)

    May 1998September 1999 (1 year 5 months)

    Y2k consultant for the industrial installation of Centraal Boekhuis, P&O ferries, Deltawerken (ministry of transport), Waterbedrijf Europoort, Waterbedrijf Flevoland, Waterbedrijf Delftland.
    Networkengineer (Novell Netware) for Shell, Kodak Eastman, ICI europoort, Esso , NAM.
    Testengineer for "meetsysteem rekeningrijden" for the Netherlands ministry of transportation.

  • software engineer

    MINT

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    June 1996April 1998 (1 year 11 months)

    Certified Lotus Notes developer
    Certified Lotus Notes administrator
    Consultant and developer for Monade, the ChipKnip card management system at the Interpay in Leusden

  • software engineer

    University Hospital Rotterdam

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    19931994 (1 year )

  • software engineer

    AZR Dijkzigt

    (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

    August 1993January 1994 (6 months)

    Development of a MS-DOS emulator for MUMPS (PDP11)
    Development of a windows-like VT100 gui for MUMPS


Rein Velt’s Education

  • Prince 2

    Prince2 foundations 20082008

    Prince2 projectmanagement certification

  • Zend ZCE

    ZCE , PHP4 , 20062006

    Zend Certified Engineer for PHP

  • ITIL

    ITIL foundations , Service management certification , 19981998

    ITIL service management

  • Crabeth College

    Technical automation 19901995

    Datacommunication
    Industrial automation (FPA)
    robotics
    CNC programming
    PLC programming
    Embedded software

    Activities and Societies:
    Technovum
  • Hogeschool van Utrecht

    telematica 19911994

    Datacommunication
    Software development
    Telecom

  • Haagse Hogeschool/TH Rijswijk

    software engineering 19901993

    Software engineering
    Database architecture
    Datacommunications

  • Ichthusschool

    19751982

  • Pascal College


Additional Information

Rein Velt’s Websites:

Rein Velt’s Interests:

electronics development, software engineering, gps, geoblogging, geocaching, PHP, webdevelopment

Rein Velt’s Groups:

Tweehek, Nederlandse PHP gebruikersgroep,
Zend Certified Engineer

  •    FOSDEM Visitor
  •    Ubuntu Users ( 10.000+ members ) Official Group
  •    Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
  •    Zend Certified Engineers
  •    Open Source Universe
  •    Drupal Users Group
  •    PHP Women
  •    ilse media (ex)medewerkers
  •    Alumni Hogeschool (van) Utrecht
  •    FOSS Professionals
  •    AgileHolland
  •    PHPBenelux
  •    HAR2009
  •    Nederland Open in Verbinding (NOiV)
  •    ITERA
  •    Tweehek
  •    Dutchcowboys
  •    Team Behoud Zuiderstrand
  •    Dutch PHP Professionals
  •    Theo's mechanic ape

Rein Velt’s Honors:

TechNovum 1995
PHP TestFest 2008


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