Resume

About Me

Hello! I’m David Vanderheyden
Software craftsman from Lauwe, Belgium. Father of 3 and tech enthousiast. I have a rich experience in both software development and software architecture, I firmly believe in 'think twice, code once' and love thinking about good, robust software solutions. I'm an autodidact and eager to learn, face new challenges head-on, always looking to evolve my skills and be up to date with the latest news in tech. I'd love to talk with you about our unique.

Name: David Vanderheyden
Birthday: 26/05/1984
Job: Software craftsman / Software architect
Citizenship: Belgium
Residence: Lauwe
E-mail: david.vanderheyden@davan.solutions

Related Experience

Nov 2023 - Present

Freelance mission: Technical Consultant - ArcelorMittal

Senior full-stack/devops consultant

Aug 2022 - Sep 2023

Freelance mission: Technical Consultant - Bel&Bo

Technical consultant, Blazor expert and full-stack/devops developer

Aug 2022 - Sep 2023

Freelance mission: Technical Consultant - Televitas

Technical consultant

Feb 2021 - Present

Software Architect/Developer - DAVAN Solutions BV

Divers architecture projects and implementation roadmapping

Jun 2021 - Jul 2022

Freelance mission: Technical Teamlead - SELOR (werken voor .be)

Technical team lead

Nov 2019 - Oct 2021

Software craftsman - Noest NV

Divers projects as full-stack developer

Sep 2018 - Oct 2021

.NET Consultant - Cronos aan de leie

Divers projects as dedicated backend-developer

May 2016 - Aug 2018

Technical Consultant .NET - AllPhi

Divers full-stack projects as .NET Consultant

Oct 2015 - Dec 2017

Software Developer - Self-employed

Divers projects in divers technologies. Mainly focused on WordPress templating, writing WordPress plugins and migrations to .NET

Jun 2006 - Dec 2015

Welder, System Integrator - Betafence

Primary functioned as allround, with a few years scoped to system integration using Kuka robots

Sep 2001 - May 2005

Non IT related

Numerous assignments in diverent companies (Bartender, Loadmaster, forklift operator, administration worker)

Related Education

2020 - 2021

Microsoft Learn

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals - Azure DevOps Expert - Azure Developer

2013 - 2016

Analyst-programmer - Syntra West

Analysis fundamentals and deep-dive - Computer systems and networks - Project management - SQL and query fundamentals - Programming fundamentals with VB.NET, Java and C#

2009

Programming for System Integrators - Kuka Robots

Expert robot controls - Programming for experts

2009

Robot controls and system - Kuka Robots

Security instructions - Robot operations - Program basics

2008

Web/Multimedia Management and WebMaster - Syntra West

Design and edit web page designs - develop, deploy and maintain web environments and applications - user interfacing and usability research

2004

Flash and ActionScript - Syntra West

Flash framework fundamentals - Drawing and Animations - Dynamic Flash interactivity with ActionScript - Dynamic websites with Flash

2004

HTML and CSS

W3C - Autodidact

Software Skills

Web Development

95%
Mobile Development

55%
MVP Development

65%
Azure Development

78%
Software architecture

93%
Solution architecture

77%
Analyses

80%
Design Principles

85%
DevOps

80%
Migrations

84%

Languages Skills

English

100%
Dutch

95%
French

50%

Coding Skills

.NET API

95%
95%
.NET MVC

85%
85%
.NET Razor Pages

85%
85%
.NET Blazor

95%
95%
.NET MAUI

40%
40%
HTML / CSS

80%
80%
PHP

65%
65%
Angular / TypeScript

80%
80%
React / TypeScript

65%
65%
WordPress / Joomla

70%
70%
T-SQL

85%
85%
Databases

85%
85%
Kubernetes

55%
55%
CI / CD

80%
80%
Azure

75%
75%
MicroServices

75%
75%
Clean architecture

85%
85%
TDD

80%
80%
MessageBus

80%
80%
EventSourcing

55%
55%

Knowledge

Team Coordination
Web application design
UI/UX design
Solution design
Modern and mobile-ready
Software architecture and patterns
Implementation roadmapping
Viable software analysis
Analytic problem solving
Agile methodologies
DDD / TDD
DevOps
Continuous Integration / Deployment
Azure Development

Fun facts

1 Daughter and 2 Sons

Happily Married

6k+ coffees consumed

30M+ Lines of Code

41 Projects Completed

Game with my Kids

Talking about code

Practitioner of clean code