Stephan Zaat

Open Source Specialist, IKO Examiner and Representative

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Current
  • Co-Owner at Kitesafe
  • Owner at ZOS Consultancy B.V.
  • Kiteboard Examiner at IKO
Past
  • Technical Services Support at GGN
  • Co-Owner at Nowsales
  • Technical Specialist at Getronics
Education
  • Ferris State University
  • Saxion Hogescholen
  • Universiteit Twente
  • ESK European School Karlsruhe
  • ISH International School Hamburg
Connections
290 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Stephan Zaat’s Summary

Owner of ZOS Consultancy, specialised in Open Source solutions and projects.

Stephan Zaat’s Specialties:

Linux based application framework development and management
Security and Internet technologies specialist


Stephan Zaat’s Experience

  • Co-Owner

    Kitesafe

    (Sports industry)

    May 2008Present (1 year 7 months)

    IKO Representative for the Netherlands

  • Owner

    ZOS Consultancy B.V.

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    March 2008Present (1 year 9 months)

    Open Source Specialist

  • Kiteboard Examiner

    IKO

    (Sports industry)

    July 2007Present (2 years 5 months)

    As an IKO Examiner I can train experienced kiteboarders to become IKO level 1 instructors. This is done in courses called ITCs and are given many times a year in different locations worldwide. There are currently less than 20 IKO examiners worldwide. See www.ikointl.com for training dates.

  • Technical Services Support

    GGN

    (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

    December 2008February 2009 (3 months)

    During the migration of 25 offices spread throughout The Netherlands to a new network and service provider I provided technical support in networking, systems and application regarding different aspects.
    More specifically connectivity to the new KPN network, monitoring and security. Updating server, printing and user environments to cope with the new environment was also my responsibility.

  • Co-Owner

    Nowsales

    (Internet industry)

    January 2000January 2009 (9 years 1 month)

    Nowsales.nl designs and builds internet and intranet applications and customized, dynamic websites.

  • Technical Specialist

    Getronics

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

    March 2008October 2008 (8 months)

    Open Source Projects

  • Co-Owner

    KiteboardingBonaire NV

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

    April 2005February 2008 (2 years 11 months)

    Instruct people in the growing sport of kitesurfing/kiteboarding according to the IKO (International Kiteboarding Organization) standards.

  • Consultant

    Computer Associates

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

    October 2000April 2005 (4 years 7 months)

    Security / Internet Consultant

  • E-commerce specialist

    Ferris State University

    (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)

    June 1999July 2000 (1 year 2 months)

  • Order Management

    IBM

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

    19981999 (1 year )


Stephan Zaat’s Education

  • Ferris State University

    MSc , Management Information Systems , July 1999July 2000

  • Saxion Hogescholen

    BA , Business Informatics , 19962000

    Activities and Societies:
    HOI 97, HOI 98
  • Universiteit Twente

    BA , Business Informatics , 19941996

    Activities and Societies:
    CBR, IK
  • ESK European School Karlsruhe

    EB , 19921994

  • ISH International School Hamburg

    19901991


Additional Information

Stephan Zaat’s Websites:

Stephan Zaat’s Interests:

Kiteboarding, Internet Development & Technologies, Internet & Network Security

Stephan Zaat’s Groups:

International Kiteboarding Organization (IKO)

  •    Open Source Universe
  •    Joomla!
  •    Linux Expert
  •    Certified Red Hat Professionals (RHCT/RHCE/RHCA)
  •    University of Twente
  •    Saxion Hogescholen Alumni
  •    Unix and Linux Professionals Europe
  •    The Virtual RedHat Group
  •    RED Hat LINUX Experts
  •    Linux Professionals
  •    Boardsports
  •    Ferris State Alumni
  •    Skate Surf Snow
  •    Redhat JBOSS enterprise middleware users group
  •    Ferris State University - ISM

Stephan Zaat’s Honors:

RHCE, IKO Level 2 Senior, IKO Examiner


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