b'Cies Breijs\n\n\xc2\xb7\n\nJune 12, 1982\n\n\xc2\xb7\xc2\xb7\n\nLast update on October 10, 2014\n\nwww.linkedin.com/in/ciesbreijs\n\xc2\xb7\nThe\n\xc2\xb7 Netherlands\n\ncies@kde.nl\n+31.646469087\ncies010 (Skype)\nMathenesserplein 84\n3022 ld\nRotterdam\n\n\xc2\xb7\n\nSummary\nCreative geek with roots in the open source movement, an system administration and programming (Bash, Python,\nentrepreneurial mindset and a passion for delivering value Ruby & C++). By 2002 he got his pet project KTurtle\nby developing maintainable software.\n\xe2\x80\x94a zero-entry-barrier programming environment\xe2\x80\x94 included into KDE\xe2\x80\x99s edu module, and thereby almost every\nAt the age of seven (1989) Cies wrote his first lines Linux distribution.\nof code in a LOGO-like language on an MSX (pre-PC).\nFrom 2003 to 2007 he studied at the Erasmus UniverTwo years later he attended a conference on an emerging sity Rotterdam and graduated in Business and Computer\nnew technology, the Internet, at the Erasmus University Science (one curriculum). After graduation he travelled\nfrom which he would graduate 16 years later.\nEurope and Asia during a two year sabbatical, on which\nAfter being introduced to the open source movement he \xe2\x80\x9chustled\xe2\x80\x9d several IT gigs (see experiences below) to\nin 1997, he taught himself a variety of skills including extend the journey.\n\nExperience\nHoppinger\n\nRotterdam, The Netherlands\nHead of Technology\nApr \xe2\x80\x9912 \xe2\x80\x93 present\nHoppinger is an open source minded \xe2\x80\x9cfull-service\xe2\x80\x9d internet agency. Reporting directly to the general\ndirector, Marijn Bom. In charge of drawing and carrying out the vision for the tech department\nconsisting of 15 developers. Streamlined datacenter operations with Puppet, introduced Rails for\ncustom web-app development and Capistrano for deployment automation. Intimately involved with\nthe software architecture of all technically challenging projects.\n\nHRO (Rotterdam University of Applied Science)\n\nRotterdam, The Netherlands\nGuest Lecturer\nSep \xe2\x80\x9912 \xe2\x80\x93 present\nIntroductory lecture on history of software development and open source for 1st year CS students.\n\nIntellecap/ISTPL\n\nMumbai, Pune & Hyderabad, India\nNov \xe2\x80\x9908 \xe2\x80\x93 Feb \xe2\x80\x9909\nIntellecap is a social-sector advisory firm serving corporates, non-profits, development agencies and\ngovernments working in developing markets. Assessed their software development team and methodologies, trained their developers and build several web applications. One of those apps is Mostfit, an\nopen source MIS for microcredit lenders.\n\nIT Consultant\n\nIT & Strategy Consultant\n\nJan \xe2\x80\x9910 \xe2\x80\x93 Aug \xe2\x80\x9911\nCalled in to solve several technical challenges and look at potential growth strategies for Mostfit.\n\nCTO\nOct \xe2\x80\x9911 \xe2\x80\x93 Feb \xe2\x80\x9912\nProudly joined the C-family of Intellicap\xe2\x80\x99s software division, ISTPL, to make Mostfit the nr.1 software\nsolution for micro credit lenders around the globe. Contracts got terminated half a year later due to\ninvestment issues.\n\nZarafa\n\nDelft, The Netherlands\nDec \xe2\x80\x9909 \xe2\x80\x93 Jan \xe2\x80\x9911\nZarafa might be the fastest growing open source product company in Europe, making a drop-in\nreplacement for MS Exchange. Reported directly to the CEO, Brian Josef, and worked closely with the\nCTO, Steve Hardy. In charge of the 6 men strong QA department. Established test automation and\ncontinuous integration. Architected and implemented an all-integrated documentation and translation\nsystem that employed community effort. Got sent to India to analyse and streamline their outsourced\noperations.\n\nQA & Release Manager\n\nDharma Publishing\n\nnear San Francisco (CA), USA\nNov \xe2\x80\x9909 \xe2\x80\x93 Dec \xe2\x80\x9909\nDharma Publishing, the worlds largest Buddhist publisher, is a non-profit, all-volunteer organisation\nthat helps to preserve Tibetan Buddhism and culture. Built their web shop, and moved their digital\ncontent sales to SaaS applications.\n\nIT Consultant\n\n\x0cKDE\n\nedu.kde.org/kturtle\nSoftware Engineer\nDec \xe2\x80\x9903 \xe2\x80\x93 present\nKTurtle is an educational programming environment that simplifies learning the basics of programming.\nKTurtle is intended as a gift to future generations: a simple environment to get started with programming.\nIn 2003 KTurtle got admitted to the KDE project.\nTruetopia Project\ntruetopiaproject.org\nInitiator\nNov \xe2\x80\x9907 \xe2\x80\x93 Apr \xe2\x80\x9910\nThe Truetopia Project is an open source web application (Rails) to facilitate self-governing communities.\nIt provides a workflow for collaborative problem identification and solution design.\nDhurakij Pundit University International College\nBangkok, Thailand\nGuest Lecturer\nSep \xe2\x80\x9909\nInvited by Dr. Pilun Piyasirivej and Mr. Michel Bauwens for two guest lectures: the open source\nmovement and the semantic web.\nOpendream\nBangkok, Thailand\nIT Consultant\nAug \xe2\x80\x9909 \xe2\x80\x93 Sep \xe2\x80\x9909\nArchitected and largely implemented an open source media sharing web service (REST api) that\nfacilitates video uploads, transcoding and streaming. Coached their development team on system\ndesign, Ruby development (using Merb/Rails) and testing strategies such as TDD/BDD.\nCommuun\nRotterdam, The Netherlands\nSenior Visionary\nJul \xe2\x80\x9906 \xe2\x80\x93 Sep \xe2\x80\x9909\nSet up the technical infrastructure, defined the core competences and created a brand together with\nPeter Duijnstee (the proprietor of Commuun). Then collaborated on several web applications (all Rails\napps) within the context of his company.\nErasmus University Rotterdam\nRotterdam, The Netherlands\nGuest Lecturer\nJul \xe2\x80\x9906 \xe2\x80\x93 Jul \xe2\x80\x9909\nConducted a guest lecture on the phenomenon of open source, as part of the first year curriculum of\nComputer Science & Economics.\nThe Health Agency\nDelft & Rotterdam, The Netherlands\nSoftware Engineer\nJun \xe2\x80\x9905 \xe2\x80\x93 Feb \xe2\x80\x9906\nWorked on their CMS (written in Python and uses PostgreSQL, XML/XSLT and Twisted).\nSoftware Auditor\nDec \xe2\x80\x9906\nAssessed their Python/Zope/ZoDB-based web framework re-engineering project.\nPlease refer to my Linked-in profile for a more complete list of work experiences along with recommendations.\n\nEducation\nErasmus University Rotterdam\n\nRotterdam, The Netherlands\nBachelor degree in Computer Science & Economics\n2004 \xe2\x80\x93 2007\nFocused on the economics of open source, rapid application development (RAD) and the semantic web\ntechnology stack (RDF/RDFS, OWL and SPARQL). Picked up quite some Java skills along the way.\nTechnical University Delft\nDelft, The Netherlands\nIndustrial Design Engineering (discontinued)\n2001 \xe2\x80\x93 2002\nLibanon Lyceum\nRotterdam, The Netherlands\nVWO (pre-university secondary education)\n1994 \xe2\x80\x93 2000\n\nSkills\nTechnical expertise: Software design and implementation, with(in) a team. Big fan of Agile methodologies\n(Scrum and Kanban), automated deployment (Capistrano) and continuous integration (Hudson/Jenkins).\nEnjoys writing Ruby/Python/Java/C++, yet flirts regularly with Haskell. Solid knowledge of web technologies: HTML+CSS, XML, RDF, REST, SOAP and JavaScript (mostly Angular and jQuery). Linux administration\nskills: Bash, Apache, MySQL, PostgresSQL, virtualization/cloud (Vagrant, OpenVZ, VMware, KVM, Xen\nand EC2), datacenter automation (Puppet and Chef).\nNatural languages: Dutch (mother tongue), English (full professional proficiency), German (limited working proficiency), French (elementary proficiency) and Mandarin Chinese (beginner).\n\nInterests\nNon-exhaustive and in alphabetical order: art, Buddhism, cryptography, Go (board game), history, music,\nopen source, philosophy, software engineering (methodologies), travel, typography (e.g. graphic design,\nLATEX), UI/UX-design and vegetarian/vegan cooking.'