Stefan Koopmanschap

Current

Software Engineer/Consultant at Ibuildings

Past

Speaker at International PHP Conference 2008
Speaker at Dutch PHP Conference
Speaker at pfCongrez

Lead Software Engineer at Dutch Open Projects
Speaker at Dutch PHP Conference
Developer at bbProtection.net
Contributor at Zend Framework
PHP Developer Content & Services at TomTom
Self-employedat Stefan Koopmanschap (Self-employed)
Support Team Leader at phpBB
Front-End Developer at Araneum Interactive Solutions
Software Developer at NMG Nieuwe Media Groep
Stagiair / Documentor / Lotus LearningSpace Support at CETIS

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Education

Zend
Hogeschool van Utrecht

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Stefan Koopmanschap’s Summary

After learning myself PHP as the first programming language during my study, when I started with PHP3, I've gone through PHP4 to currently PHP5. I've done anything from "simple" websites to full-blown Content Management Systems to intranet-systems to an XML server that talks to a desktop software application.

I feel a strong commitment to the PHP and Open Source community. I am a user of a lot of Open Source applications and libraries, and try to give something back as well, be it in the form of documentation, bug reports, modifications, or even applications.

Currently, I am specialized in PHP5 development, especially with the Symfony framework. As such, I am also occasionally available (through my employer) as PHP5 or Symfony consultant or developer.

Stefan Koopmanschap’s Specialties:

programming, research & development, documentation, development organization (coding standards, knowledge sharing), consulting

Stefan Koopmanschap’s Experience

Software Engineer/Consultant

Ibuildings

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

November 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)

development of PHP5 applications using a multitude of frameworks (ATK, WDE, Zend Framework, symfony).
Speaker

International PHP Conference 2008

(Computer Software industry)

October 2008 — October 2008 (1 month)

Some people try to develop everything at once and think changing existing code is a waste of development time. Not me. Refactoring is one of the most powerful tools of development. Start with something simple, keep refining it until it is perfect. During this session, we'll dive into the power of refactoring. Why to do it? How to do it? And why it is actually saving time instead of wasting time.
Speaker

Dutch PHP Conference

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

June 2008 — June 2008 (1 month)

On the tutorial day of the Dutch PHP Conference 2008 I joined Fabien Potencier in doing a tutorial on symfony 1.1
Speaker

pfCongrez

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Events Services industry)

April 2008 — April 2008 (1 month)

I did a presentation at the pfCongrez 2008, which introduced symfony to the attendees.
Lead Software Engineer

Dutch Open Projects

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

October 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 1 month)

Develop webbased systems in PHP using open source tools, professionalize and structurize development and deployment. Migrate to PHP5. Main developer for the Jongeren in Beeld project. Introduced symfony framework, and initiated the organization of SymfonyCamp, a three-day event around the symfony framework.
Speaker

Dutch PHP Conference

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

June 2007 — June 2007 (1 month)

I was speaker at the Dutch PHP Conference, doing an introductory presentation on the Symfony framework.
Developer

bbProtection.net

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

October 2006 — January 2007 (4 months)

I was part of the development team for the bbProtection system, developing in PHP(5).
Contributor

Zend Framework

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 2006 — December 2006 (3 months)

I worked in the dutch translation team for translating documentation. I also worked together in developing the Zend_Http_Client component of the Zend Framework.
PHP Developer Content & Services

TomTom

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; TOM2; Internet industry)

October 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 1 month)

Development of webservices for TomTom. Development of server-side of TomTom HOME desktop application.
Self-employed
Stefan Koopmanschap (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

January 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 10 months)

Various developments of webbased systems (websites, intranets, statistical processing)
Support Team Leader

phpBB

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

June 2003 — June 2005 (2 years 1 month)

Support Team Leader, leading the team that supports users in the usage of phpBB
Front-End Developer

Araneum Interactive Solutions

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

July 2003 — December 2003 (6 months)

Development of front-end to Internet-based applications
Software Developer

NMG Nieuwe Media Groep

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

2001 — 2003 (2 years)

development of custom Content Management Systems for various clients
Stagiair / Documentor / Lotus LearningSpace Support

CETIS

(Internet industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years)

Support of students and professors on the use of Lotus LearningSpace. Writing manuals for students and professors on the use of Lotus LearningSpace.

Stefan Koopmanschap’s Education

Zend

Zend PHP5 Certificate, Zend PHP5 Certification, 2007 — 2007
Hogeschool van Utrecht

yes, Communication Systems, 1995 — 2002

In retrospect, this education was not technical enough for my liking, but having done this education has given me a much broader background than most programmers have, enabling me to keep more than just the technical approach in mind. Even though it is not my hobby, this allows me to do more than just programming, I can do (minimal) analysis, recommend on user interface aspects (I can not design myself), but also look at organizational needs (consultancy)

Activities and Societies:

Student association member