Roderick Schaefer

We handle IT - freelance developer @ VONQ NL

Location: The Hague Area, Netherlands
Industry: Computer Software

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Roderick Schaefer's Overview

Current

Owner at We handle IT
Owner at Onmissbaar

Past

Recruitment Consultant at StarApple
Owner at Schaefer ITM
Development Guru a.i. at VONQ

Lead engineer a.i. at AllinOneSoftware
Senior developer at Metro D&C
Chairman of the board at H.S.C. INTAC van Zwijndregt

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Education

The Hague University (Haagse Hogeschool)
SLC

Recommendations

15 people have recommended Roderick

Connections

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We handle IT is a full service company delivering solutions in the area's of (web) development, system administration, security and seo (search engine optimization). Delivering service and honouring our commitments are two very important cornerstones for us. We can help you develop your (business)website, but also very complex backend applications.

Since the startup in 2008 I'm co-owner and founder of Onmissbaar, which is a vacancysite especially aimed at the secretary niche. I enjoy working on many different business aspects like strategy, marketing, concepting and policy. I'm fully responsible for all the technical aspects of running this high traffic website including the software development, maintenance and server administration.

I'm an entrepreneur, opportunist, motivator, out of the box type of person. My specialties include but are not limited to concepting, strategy, technical implementation and (after)sales.

Specialties

IT (development, administration, security and seo), Strategy, Acquisition, Relationship management

Owner

We handle IT

August 2011 – Present (10 months)

http://wehandle.it/

We handle IT is a full service company delivering solutions in the area's of (web) development, system administration, security and seo (search engine optimization). Delivering service and honouring our commitments are two very important cornerstones for us.

We can help you develop your (business)website, but also very complex backend applications. Our people are highly educated, have good communication skills and have good knowledge of both the Dutch and English languages.

Owner

Onmissbaar

Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Human Resources industry

August 2007 – Present (4 years 10 months)

Onmissbaar - Secretary vacancy site

http://www.onmissbaar.nl

Partner: strategy and policy, concepting, software development and system administration

Onmissbaar is a vacancy site especially aimed at the secretary niche market, with a refreshing concept. It's both business and fun and will really help support your secretarial recruitment efforts. This is a chance for you as an employer to find your new colleague!

Recruitment Consultant

StarApple

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry

February 2010 – August 2011 (1 year 7 months)

Recruitment Consultant

I've serviced many different companies, small upto blue chip, by recruiting excellent employers for them. Levels of expertice were Java (mainly Enterprise edition) and system engineering.

Owner

Schaefer ITM

April 2006 – April 2011 (5 years 1 month)

I've worked on many different (development) projects and consultancy advice projects as a freelancer.

Technical background:

Software development (Web, Windows, Linux)
- Java SE, (win32) Assembler, C# / ASP.NET MVC2

Scripting
- Python (django), PHP (codeigniter, zend), Perl, Bash, Javascript

Reverse engineering (Windows, Linux, Mac OS, iPhone, Symbian, WinCE)

SEO

System- and Networkadministration
- Linux (slackware/debian/redhat/centos), FreeBSD, Windows Server
- Clustering / redundant setup, e.g. MySQL replication

Security
- Setup (firewall, tripwire, snort, iptables etc)
- Auditing

Development Guru a.i.

VONQ

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry

March 2008 – January 2010 (1 year 11 months)

Fully responsible for all the technical realisation of VONQ's new websites and platforms. Software development, architecture, system administration and support.

Main project: heeft-vacatures.nl, the platform that hosts all the campaigns for the customers of VONQ. This includes a multi server setup, fully redundant and migrating the old legacy databases to the new platform.

Techniques: PHP/XHTML/CSS/Javascript/MySQL/Bash/SVN.

Lead engineer a.i.

AllinOneSoftware

December 2007 – February 2008 (3 months)

www.AllinOneSoftware.com - Lead engineer

Leading the development and design teams. Creating the architecture for new projects. Webdevelopment (PHP/MySQL). Revision of the current server-/ network setup. Building a new client "startup and deploy" application (PHP + BASH). Reverse engineering of an in-use CMS.

Senior developer

Metro D&C

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry

February 2007 – November 2007 (10 months)

www.metrodc.nl

Web development and architecture for customers like Philips, TNO and TrustAlert.

Chairman of the board

H.S.C. INTAC van Zwijndregt

2004 – 2005 (1 year)

Chairman, having ultimate responsibility, relationship management, internal- and external communication, write policy, formulate a vision for the future, preside the general meeting of members. Founder of the sub-association INTAC International.

New StarApple website + Backend system and mobile apps
- September 2011 to January 2012
Team Members: Roderick Schaefer

We handle IT has built many new applications for it's client StarApple. These applications include a full featured new website for with an effecient vacancy site, a recruitment backend which works on top of the CRM and ties all other applications together, a mobile website + iPhone app and a management module.

PHP (Symfony2, Doctrine), HTML5, CSS3, Javascript (jQuery, Modernizr, Less), MySQL, Webservices, XML, Linux, BASH
To design, create, improve and connect the tools for the Engineering Department
- February 2012 to Present
Team Members: Roderick Schaefer

Development of a new controlpanel used by the system engineering department of Spil Games. Connecting many different engineering tools / systems into one central portal with single login (AD). Rewriting old apps when needed, hooking up with many different API's and systems. Examples: dynamic database frontend (Vertica), dynamic form (frontend voor Inventory), Capacity Dashboard and much more.

Python with Django 1.3.1, MySQL, Compass, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, nginx, Unit testing, Linux - and many more.
Research & Development
- May 2012 to Present
Team Members: Roderick Schaefer