Walter Heck

Current

Engineer at Open Query
CTO at ICCCR
CEO at OlinData

System Administrator at Triphopping.com

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Past

Tech team member at Couchsurfing
Backoffice Developer at Coolblue
Backoffice Developer at CoolBlue

Software engineer at PNA Consulting
Assistent Teamleader at CendrisBSC
Software engineer at I'tension BV
Technical support engineer Borland at twenty4help

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Education

Hogeschool Zuyd
Serviam

Recommended

8 people have recommended Walter

Connections

181 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Walter Heck’s Summary

I am a highly skilled IT professional with passion for everything I do. I have been working with computers ever since the early '90's and it has always remained my hobby and later my professional career. I have extensive knowledge of computers, including database management, programming, hardware and software on the Windows and Linux platforms.

Since 2008 I have been focusing on MySQL fulltime. I am a certified MySQL 5 DBA and Developer.

I speak and write 6 languages: Dutch (native), English (near native), German (excellent), French (conversational), Portuguese (conversational) and Limburgish (native, dialect only spoken in the Netherlands).

Walter Heck’s Specialties:

MySQL, memcached, PL/SQL in Oracle, MS SQL server, Interbase, Programming in Borland Delphi, PHP,
Administrating Linux including Apache and aforementioned programs.

Walter Heck’s Experience

Engineer

Open Query

(Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)
CTO

ICCCR

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

February 2009 — Present (10 months)

Manage all technical affairs for ICCCR.info, including setup and maintenance of hardware and software, creation of budgets, technical design and anything else related to technology.
CEO

OlinData

(Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
System Administrator

Triphopping.com

(Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Tech team member

Couchsurfing

(Hospitality industry)

February 2007 — March 2009 (2 years 2 months)

Pro bono position as a tech team member at couchsurfing.com. This position includes but is not limited to: database management of the MySQL database, some backend php programming for the website couchsurfing.com, general system administrator's advice, general programming advice and emergency response.
The intensity of this position varies between a few hours a week remotely and fulltime on location for 3 months.
Backoffice Developer

Coolblue

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

January 2008 — July 2008 (7 months)

Additional remote work done from Brasil, job description and position was equal to the position held before.
Backoffice Developer

CoolBlue

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

February 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 7 months)

Delphi programmer for a large backoffice application for a business selling personal digital electronics online by mailorder and in 3 physical shops, in 2 countries. The application is connected to a large Oracle database, periodically synchronised with a MySQL database.
The work included updating and adding functionality to a highly modular Delphi application.
Software engineer

PNA Consulting

(Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2004 — January 2006 (1 year 6 months)

Software engineer for a knowledge management tool. Maintenance, replacement and expansion of the software, as well as some user support. Using Delphi and MS SQL Server
Assistent Teamleader

CendrisBSC

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

August 2003 — June 2004 (11 months)
Software engineer

I'tension BV

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

March 2002 — July 2003 (1 year 5 months)

Software engineer working on a complete rewrite of a product sold to Homecare Businesses. technologies used: Interbase, Delphi 6.
Technical support engineer Borland

twenty4help

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2001 — November 2001 (9 months)

I worked as a technical support engineer for Borland. I supported all development tools, handling basic questions. I had the freedom of trying to answer every question asked, referring people to paid support in case I couldn't handle the question.
I worked this job during my internship at the same company which has tought me soem valuable lessons about the business world.