Personal

Research & Development (R&D) has always been my greatest passion. As a child I had an obsession with building materials like LEGO and became addicted to computer programming & graphic design shortly after. I am a very clean and organized individual and always interested for the next big thing.

Hobbies

Travelling, studying historical, technical & scientific documents, learning languages, computer programming, designing, animating, art, cooking, museums & exhibitions, Japanese anime & manga, videogaming.

Sports

Vertskating, snowboarding, squash, swimming, waterpolo, tennis, billiards.

Languages

English (fluent), Dutch (native), German (basic), Japanese (basic), French (very basic).

Objective

To continuously strengthen and develop my skills in an environment that will constantly challenge me and make use of my passion and enthusiasm for research, design & development.

Experience

2006-Present Climax Media, Mississauga, Canada
Continued my position as the CTO for Climax Media.

2004-2006 Motiongraphiks, Toronto, Canada
Working as the CTO for Motiongraphiks, this job allowed me to execute my skills and passion for R&D.

2000-2002 Van Wijk Studios, IJmuiden, Netherlands
Part-Time. Creative Director position.

Education

2000-2004 Grafisch Lyceum Amsterdam, Netherlands
College where I earned my diploma in Multimedia

1994-1999 Vellesan College, Velsen, Netherlands
Attended VWO/HAVO & received my MAVO certificate

Knowledge: Software

Adobe Flash 4/5/6/7/8/CS3/CS4
Adobe Flashcom
Adobe Remoting
Adobe Dreamweaver MX/2004/8/CS3/CS4
Adobe Director MX
Adobe Breeze
Discreet 3D Max
NewTek Lightwave
Microsoft Office XP/2003/2007
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Microsoft Project Server 2000
SoundForge 6/7/8
Adobe Photoshop 6/7/CS/CS2/CS3/CS4
Adobe Illustrator CS3/CS4
Adobe After Effects CS3/CS4
Adobe Premier CS3/CS4
Sorenson Squeeze
Drupal / Ubercart
Navicat
VirtualDub

Program Languages

Adobe ActionScript 1/2
Adobe ColdFusion 7 MX
Adobe Lingo
PHP
ASP/ASP.NET
MySQL
Javascript
AJAX / jQuery / jSon
HTML / XML / DHTML / CSS
C#
Some Java

Systems (OS)

Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008
Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 / 6
Apple Macintosh
Linux Redhat / Debian
FreeBSD

Other related (computer) skills

- Experienced Component Developer & Framework Architect
- Network Management (Setting up Servers, Wiring, Installations, Routers & Switches)
- Intermediate PBX Experience (Asterisk/3CX) (full phone network installation experience)
- Server Management & Maintenance
- Advanced E-commerce experience (Ubercart, payment gateways (API's), transactions, recurring billing)
- Hardware knowledge / Building systems from scratch
- Strategic Business Planning
- Strong Communication Skills (english & dutch)
- Budget Planning
- Client Management & Client Care
- Providing creative direction
- Project Management / Team Management
- Working in stressful situations / Meeting tight deadlines
- Technical Research
- Presentations
- Writing Quotes / Proposals / Invoices
- Interviewing potential employees
- Technology Consultation
- Translation Skills
- Knowledge of many small applications (ftp, telnet, ssh, video tools, etc.)