Tom Klaasen
Curious web professional and entrepreneur.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://10to1.be |
| Industries: | Computing, Information Technology, Internet |
| Skills: | English, French, German, Java, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Rails, Software Engineering, SQL, Web Development |
| Location: | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Investing in projects, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects, Starting a company, Supporting my investments |
| Tags: | entrepreneur, social media, technology, web |
FULL BIO
I have always been infected by the curiosity virus. This explains my passion for new
technologies, and my being up-to-date on them. Information technology, and the web in
particular, gets a lot of my time and attention. I currently have a decade of professional
experience in this field, but have worked with computers since my early childhood.
In addition, I dispose an analytical mind, which allows my to swiftly come up with solutions
for complex problems. Iʼm also perfectly capable of explaining technical problems to less
experienced programmers, which makes me an excellent coach.
Having given several presentations at BeJUG workshops, JavaPolis conferences,
Barcamps and FOSDEM events, I'm comfortable with speaking for a large audience.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | 10to1 |
| Position: | Co-owner |
| Time period: | January 2006 - Present |
| Description: | 10to1 is specialized in web application development, using agile methodologies. Our
technological focus lies with Ruby on Rails. Projects include: • An application for home care studies: patients are capable to conduct their own medical examinations. The results are sent via phone to a web server, on which the doctor can follow the evolution of the results. • Knowledge Database for VTi, the organisation supporting stage arts in Belgium. • An application to calculate commissions for sales people • An application to manage reservations on-line • http://allejobsinleuven.be, a social community site involving employers and employees in the region of Leuven. • http://eetidee.be, a social community site around planning of meals. • http://twiddict.com, a solution for the (then) frequent downtimes of Twitter, the realtime social community site. • http://shareomatic.com, a solution for the abundance of social bookmarking sites. • http://ili.st, handle your todo-lists with Twitter • http://twistory.net, see your Twitter history in iCal. • Isis for Belgacom: network management system for Belgacomʼs new Ethernetbased network |
| Employer: | Pearlchain.net |
| Position: | Lead Developer |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2006 |
| Description: | Pearlchain.net provides software products to support supply chain management as a
whole. My role was to develop the architecture of the product, program the product, and guide other programmers in their job. Projects: • Supply-IT: Planning software for a loom factory: plan looms, plan yarns to supply those looms, and send commands the looms. • Aton: BOM- and BOW-construction for automotive: decide which parts are needed to build a car, depending on the customer's order. |
| Employer: | Thomson Compu-Mark |
| Position: | IT Architect |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2004 |
| Description: | Thomson Compu-Mark is a legal service company, providing services concerning
trademarks to legal offices. Processing trademark information from the whole world requires quite a performant IT infrastructure. My job was to support the developers that are working on that IT infrastructure. This includes helping in the design, providing support on tools and language, development of guidelines, etc. |
| Employer: | SPS Infoquest |
| Position: | Senior Java Consultant |
| Time period: | January 2002 - December 2004 |
| Description: | SPS Infoquest is a company specialized in statistical analysis and data warehousing.
Projects: • for Erasme hospital: Periopel (intranet): Management of information acquired from medical studies. Technologies: Java, Swing, SQL Server, UML, Log4j, Ant, Windows • for 3M: Escher: Supply Chain Planning project. Technologies: Java, Struts, J2EE, Log4j, JUnit, Ant, Hibernate, WebSphere, Unix |
| Employer: | Telerelay |
| Position: | Java Developer |
| Time period: | January 2001 - December 2002 |
| Description: | Telerelay was an Application Service Provider (ASP), specialized in e-mail.
My project was the development of an internal customer and order database and frontend. Technologies used: Java, Struts, servlet, HTML, HTTP, Oracle, UML, Log4j, JUnit, Ant, Unix. |
| Employer: | The E-corporation |
| Position: | Software Engineer |
| Time period: | January 1999 - December 2001 |
| Description: | The E-corporation was specialized in web application development.
Projects: • for Proximus: ProxiManage (intranet): Cost management of a pool of cellular phones. This Proximus product allows companies to view several reports on the use of their cellular phones. I was especially involved in the writing of SQL queries, and implementation of several servlets. Technologies used include: Java, SilverStream, servlets, HTTP, HTML, Oracle, UML, ClearCase, Windows • for NMBS: Atlantis (extranet, B2B e-commerce): Enable travel agencies to book seats on international trains. My task was to develop two modules: one to display general, static information on the extranet of the travel agents, and one to administer this information at the NMBS's side. Technologies used include: Java, Swing, HTML, UML • for Sony Direct Marketing Europe: www.sonystyle-europe.com (internet, B2C ecommerce): Sell high-tech equipment (such as laptops, digital cameras) to customers. In this project, I was part of a two-headed project lead. My job included analysis of customer requirements, architecture, design, implementation, and testing. Technologies used include: Java, JavaScript (serverside), BroadVision, HTTP, HTML, Oracle, UML, CVS, Unix • for Scoot: www.scoot.be and www.scoot.nl (internet, search engine): Advanced phone directory. My task was to assist in the initial architecture (since I was assigned at another project at that time), and to complete the project in the end (solve several issues, including performance and threading issues). Technologies used: Java, XML, Apache Cocoon, Tomcat, Apache HTTP, HTTP, Oracle, servlet, CVS, Ant, UnixProducts • a content management systeem (CMS) I have defined the architecture of a content management system, and implemented the frontend for the client (the server to access the data). Technologies used: Java, XML, Cocoon, Tomcat, HTTP, HTML, servlet, UML, Ant, Unix • an electronic shop (B2C) This project was an effort to reuse as much as possible of the CMS frontend. Technologies used: Java, XML, Cocoon, Tomcat, HTTP, HTML, servlet, UML, Ant, Unix. |
Tom's Startups (3)
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Twistory
Twistory is an application that allows you to subscribe to your twitter messages in any calendar application supporting iCalendar(Google Calendar, iCal, Outlook, ), offering a quick and interesting overview of what youve been saying, doing and thinking ov
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Twiddict
Twiddict is a tool for Twitter addicts (get it?) to flock to when their beloved micro-messaging tool has something technically wrong
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Tom's Contacts (3)
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Hilke Ros
Always on the crossroads between research (PhD in linguistics in 2005) and music (as musician, producer and promotor). Now researching the future marriage between music and the Internet, online music promotion, networking, etc.
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unique jewelry
I have started a business called Unique Jewelry where you can where everyday jewelry at affordable prices. I have launched a webiste called www.uniquej.com.
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Pascal De Keyser`
Master in Applied Economic Sciences from UFSIA University Antwerpen Antwerp (1997), Founder at BelieversFund since 2010, Co-founder at Beeclever.com since 2008, Chief Executive Officer at Midera Safety Group Roeselare, BE from 2005-2008.