Project : InCaSe (Integral Card Services)
Company : CentroiT bv
Scope of work :
The objective of InCaSe is to offer a new proposition (Platform as a Service) to the market
with which companies can manage and increase engagement of their customers
(consumers). It integrates loyalty programs with payments, purchase data and deposit /
custody functions (e.g. with regard to subsidies, sponsor money, customer accounts
(prepaid / postpaid), IBAN). Through accurate big data analysis and deep learning
algorithms, customer involvement can be translated into the personal performance
indicators of each individual. This allows a loyalty program to be tailored to individual
customers, groups and communities.
Responsibilities included design and specification of several portals (for different user
groups), microservices and backend processes.
The system for InCaSe is developed on a Linux architecture, with portals in VueTS /
Project : New CJP cardholder system
Company : CentroiT bv
Scope of work :
Designing and developing a system for Cultural Youth Passport (CJP) to manage the
cultural education subsidies for MBO and HBO students. The system allows schools and
teachers to order excursions and events and pay to various providers and suppliers via
CJP.
The system includes multiple portals for different user groups (students, schools,
suppliers and CJP administration), which are linked to a multi-tier backend system.
Exact Online and Bunq APIs are seamlessly integrated into the backend. These external
services are therefor an integral part of the CJP system.
The technology is based on Linux architecture, with a lot of emphasis on a message bus
system that monitors and executes the processing of all transactions.
Project : Numus Cash
Company : CentroiT bv
Scope of work :
Designed and developed a solution and operational system / service for Numus Cash,
which is automatically counting cash in drawers and front office safes that are installed
in physical stores and supermarkets. Collected data is being sent to the data center in
real time via a custom developed Single Board computer. The data center runs in a
private cloud of dedicated servers with virtualization and container technology to be able
to scale up capacity immediately if necessary.
Designed and developed a system for monitoring and distribution of updates in order to
manage thousands of installed cash points remotely.
The system is built on various open source solutions. It encompasses development of
both hardware and software components.
Project : Toweya
Company : Toweya Corporation bv
Scope of work :
Toweya is built on an entirely different Internet search principles, offering users a new
experience in searching the web. It literally lets visitors rediscover the Internet, finding
sources that provide more relevant information. Toweya's business model is based on
the facility for clients to promote their websites. For this clients buy credit and manage
advertising campaigns through a personal account.
Toweya's search engine anatomy is a complex system with a scalable interlinked
microservices architecture, developed in various
A custom database engine has been developed to enable high performance
intersection of extremely large large data sets.
Project : èM! Payment Services
Scope of work :
èM! Payment was way ahead of its time and a true revolution in the financial world,
especially in mobile payments. èM! distinguished itself by simple registration and
onboarding for consumers. Payments were made possible by connecting regular direct
debit accounts to smartphones, while guaranteeing payments to merchants. The core of
the system was an advanced, custom designed credit scoring algorithm. It used payment
history (big data) to calculate the probability of defaults.
In terms of technology, èM! used a large-scale MongoDB platform, .Net on the servers
and native mobile applications for iOS and Android.
In the role of CTO responsible for the design of the system as well as the development
and operational service delivery.
Project : Buckaroo Online Payment Services
Scope of work :
Responsible for all technical matters within Buckaroo in the field of IT nfrastructure,
software development and innovation. As a member of the executive board, jointly
responsible for the company's strategy, policies and performance.
By developing innovative ideas in a wide range of modular services, Buckaroo has
become one of the leading Payment Service providers in the Netherlands. During eight
years Buckaroo built an organization with a system, that was the first PSP in the
Netherlands to be PCI compliant, and a customer base with more than 4,500 merchants.
The Buckaroo system was developed in a very modular .Net architecture, with different
database technologies in the data platform. Needless to say that, being a financial
institution, much attention was given to compliance, security, integrity, performance and
high availability.
Project : ITIL - Change Management
Scope of work :
Responsible for the implementation and professionalization of Change Management
within the IT Management department: inventory and project supervision and
implementation of various IT developments.
Responsible for drafting and implementing forecasting and planning methods for the
annual budget, as well as capacity of the ICT department.
Project : Buckaroo Online Payment Services
Scope of work :
Incorporation and management of the Buckaroo company. Buckaroo initially focused on
the development of websites and related applications (including an ambitious project
within the travel industry).
The development of the online payment service arose from the production of web
applications that required to process payments for products and services. This payment
service would later form the basis for further development of Buckaroo Online Payment
Services with support of additional investors.
Project : LAN Administration
Scope of work:
Aegon’s LAN connects a large number of servers and workplaces across multiple
locations. It also forms the connection between the workplace and various host systems
(OS390 and AIX-Unix), dial-up facilities for mobile users and remote workers.
Connections to the Internet, intranet and other external networks (e.g. for agents and
foreign branches) were also part of the managed infrastructure. The technical
management of the LAN was carried out by two teams (total 12 people) from central
locations in The Hague and Leeuwarden.
Primary responsibilities included:
daily management of the teams;
assurance of the quality of service to the users in the organization;
improve quality through the introduction of process-based management;
implement operational excellence based on ITIL.
Responsibilities also included managing the Y2K compliance of the LAN environment
with all server- and pc-applications, as part of the Aegon Y2K Business Contingency
project.
Technical environment : 120 servers (Windows NT), 3000 PC’s (Windows ’95 / NT), IBM
mainframe terminals (software)