Klaas Waslander

Group 2000 is an independent, leading and innovative supplier and partner for a wide range of IT security solutions like Lawful Intercept Solutions. Our approach and solutions help Governments, Agencies, Telecom- and Internet Service Providers to solve nationwide communications and security matters. Our Telco grade systems are used across the globe. We are ISO certified, a full member of ETSI and a member of Nederland ICT.

Tangram is a leading software vendor providing software products for Head Hunters, Recruitment Agencies, Large Personnel Departments, mainly in the Netherlands and Belgium. Responsible for software research and development, driving the innovation calendar and maintaining and supporting existing customers with a team of developers and support staff.

Photobook software, worldwide market leader, award winning desktop editing software. Deloitte Fast50 award in 2009, managed high growth and expansion, recruited IT team from 5 to 30 FTE. Standardizing on .NET, C#, Flex and AIR. Actively focused on cloud based technologies. Innovative use of new technologies (Adobe Flex/AIR) and processes (Scrum/Agile).

Managed architecture and development of websites, OSS software, and DSL network infrastructure with 30 team members. Successful merger of three departments during two reorganizations, creating new organisation structure and new teams. Reduced number of technologies in complex application landscape. Standardized on open source, Java and .NET-based development platforms, introduced Spring framework. Managed projects for rolling out of Voice over IP, VDSL, Fiber, DWDM, and technology strategy.

Create new product-line concept based on semantic web, faceted search and guided exploration. Standardization of software practices, acceleration and professionalization of the product release cycle and introduction of open source Java build environment. Coach projects for customers. During entire year consulting in the role of Lead Architect at VoCognition, an innovative wireless warehouse device provider based in Amsterdam.

Spearhead role in innovative European-wide initiative to rollout Java application server Apptivity with international group of 25 sales and technical people. Innovative proof-of-concepts, presentations for potential customers. Developed and supported iPack, a widely used add-on set of components for Apptivity including an optimistic locking framework. Project lead of the web-enabled assessment portal NetAssessor for http://www.pimedia.nl/.

Java development at Marimba in Silicon Valley, and one year remotely from The Netherlands. Worked on network management software (Castanet) and lead the development of Marimba's user interface framework and editor (Bongo). Setup and maintained open source project freebongo.org in later stages.

Software Engineering