Koen Bekkenutte
Verified Expert in Engineering
Scalable Architecture Developer
Koen is a passionate developer with a love for a wide range of technological practices and a keen eye for quality and communication. He brings over a decade of experience in building services and applications, both solo as well as in teams. Koen can be trusted to complete a project on time and within budget while staying true to the expected quality.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Microsoft Visual Studio, .NET, ASP.NET, C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, JavaScript, SQL, Git
The most amazing...
...thing I've created is an app to help people with limitations get online using only their voice, long before the iPhone became popular.
Work Experience
Consultant, Developer
Freelance
- Built a ticket management system for events.
- Created numerous company and product websites and applications.
- Joined existing teams to temporarily boost productivity.
- Designed and implemented a CRM with automation capabilities.
- Acted as an external auditor reviewing quality, robustness, and security.
Developer
ZampleBox
- Worked as a core developer on the main eCommerce product.
- Helped drive the development of new core business features.
- Migrated the application from ASP.NET MVC 5 to ASP.NET Core.
Tech Lead
WeTrada
- Set up a brand new unique online shopping portal.
- Automated a shopping experience that offers customized communication flows.
Founding CTO
Postvid, Ltd.
- Built a highly scalable back-end service for uploading, handling, converting, and composing user media (photos, videos, and audio).
- Created a web application for creating a fully customized video greeting card.
- Created a full-stack order pipeline service for order and payment tracking with full QOS reporting and alerting.
- Established the technical vision and led all aspects of IT-related development.
- Conducted research and case studies on cutting-edge technologies.
API Developer
Litmus (via Toptal)
- Created a high performance API with synchronization capabilities for external services.
.NET Developer
hopIN (via Toptal)
- Migrated over an existing software solution to a more efficient hosting plan on Azure.
- Solved a number of issues with the application.
PHP Developer
Bumptext (via Toptal)
- Solved numerous issues with the existing software solution.
- Proposed a path forward.
Azure Expert
Silec (via Toptal)
- Helped to create a deployment strategy for hosting the in-house web application on Azure.
Consultant, Developer
Web Power
- Served as product owner and architect for a major new email marketing product.
- Developed and implemented various web applications and integration solutions for numerous clients.
- Worked as lead architect on an experimental new back-end system for handling all data transactions for the entire product family.
- Consulted both internally and externally on various IT-related topics.
- Handled developer training for clean and testable code with state of the art technologies and practices.
Lead Developer
Infocaster
- Created services for mass news profiling and analytics.
- Built a recommendation system matching users based on online behavior, suggesting contacts and sources.
- Created online web portals for displaying and managing news (similar to Google Now).
- Created desktop applications for numerous clients, combining features such as RSS tracking, weather information, and commenting.
- Built various in-house websites and applications for top 500 enterprises.
Experience
Postvid Consumer Platform
WeTrada Website
Skills
Languages
C#, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, T-SQL (Transact-SQL), TypeScript, PHP, Python, Java, F#, Scala
Frameworks
ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET Core 2, Aurelia, .NET, ASP.NET, Durandal, ASP.NET Web API, ASP.NET MVC, .NET Core, Bootstrap, Angular, AngularJS, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), PhoneGap, Knockout (Knockout.js)
Platforms
Azure Functions, Azure, WordPress, Umbraco, XAMPP, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Other
Front-end Development, Architecture, CTO, Azure Service Bus, Scalable Architecture, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Cloudflare, Cordova, Big Data
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, jQuery UI, jQuery, SignalR, Twitter API, LinkedIn API, Facebook API
Tools
Azure IoT Suite, Microsoft Visual Studio, Git, Subversion (SVN), Mercurial
Storage
Azure Cosmos DB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL
Paradigms
Functional Programming, Reactive Programming, Concurrent Programming
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Windesheim University - Netherlands
Certifications
Microsoft Azure Developer Associate
Microsoft
Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
Microsoft
Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft
Associate Cloud Engineer
Google Cloud
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