Stephan Zaat

Current

Co-Owner at Kitesafe
Owner at ZOS Consultancy B.V.
Kiteboard Examiner at IKO

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Past

Technical Services Support at GGN
Co-Owner at Nowsales
Technical Specialist at Getronics

Co-Owner at KiteboardingBonaire NV
Consultant at Computer Associates
E-commerce specialist at Ferris State University
Order Management at IBM

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Education

Ferris State University
Saxion Hogescholen
Universiteit Twente

ESK European School Karlsruhe
ISH International School Hamburg

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2 more...

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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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 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

IKO Representative for the Netherlands
Owner

ZOS Consultancy B.V.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

Open Source Specialist
Kiteboard Examiner

IKO

(Sports industry)

July 2007 — Present (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 2008 — February 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 2000 — January 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 2008 — October 2008 (8 months)

Open Source Projects
Co-Owner

KiteboardingBonaire NV

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

April 2005 — February 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 2000 — April 2005 (4 years 7 months)

Security / Internet Consultant
E-commerce specialist

Ferris State University

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

June 1999 — July 2000 (1 year 2 months)
Order Management

IBM

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

1998 — 1999 (1 year )

Stephan Zaat’s Education

Ferris State University

MSc , Management Information Systems , July 1999 — July 2000
Saxion Hogescholen

BA , Business Informatics , 1996 — 2000

Activities and Societies:

HOI 97, HOI 98
Universiteit Twente

BA , Business Informatics , 1994 — 1996

Activities and Societies:

CBR, IK
ESK European School Karlsruhe

EB , 1992 — 1994
ISH International School Hamburg

1990 — 1991