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Werner Altewischer
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Arnhem, Netherlands
Toptal member since September 11, 2017
Bio
With an M.Sc. in physics and practical experience in robot soccer, Werner started his IT career as a Java back-end developer in 2002. He's contributed to startups in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, and has been freelancing for the better part of a decade—mainly on iOS apps but also maintaining his chops in Java on the side. He has experience in Scrum and Agile environments and on teams of all sizes.
Portfolio
Ahold
Swift, Objective-C
Behind Media
iOS, Objective-C, JPA, Hibernate, Spring, Java
Lukkien
Objective-C
Experience
- Java - 15 years
- iOS - 9 years
- Objective-C - 9 years
- Scrum - 8 years
- Jakarta EE (Java EE or J2EE) - 7 years
- Spring REST - 5 years
- Swift - 2 years
Preferred Environment
Jira, Xcode, AppCode, IntelliJ IDEA, Git, MacOS
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on was within my startup company Layerstream, building a real-time scalable video codec extension based on FFmpeg.
Work Experience
Lead iOS Developer/Architect
2013 - 2017
Ahold
- Implemented a universal iPad/iPhone application for the biggest supermarket company in the Netherlands for browsing products and special offers, creating delivery/pickup orders, guidance within the supermarket, and much more.
- Contributed to the mobile services back-end implemented in Java using Spring.
- Contributed to the Allerhande Koken iPad app which won a design award in The Netherlands, an app for cooking recipes.
- Extended my open source BMCommons framework for creating iOS applications (available on GitHub). Used by all Ahold apps.
- Worked in a Scrum team as lead developer.
Technologies: Swift, Objective-C
CTO
2011 - 2016
Behind Media
- Co-founded the startup Behind Media for the creation of an app platform called BehindTheFrontDoor, a leaderboard for talent.
- Designed and developed BehindTheFrontDoor's server-side functions and iPhone app.
- Developed several open source modules, including WEPopover and BMCommons, both of which are available on GitHub/Cocoapods.
- Developed an iPhone app for JeromeFitness based on the same back-end and open source libraries.
- Worked using Scrum methodology.
Technologies: iOS, Objective-C, JPA, Hibernate, Spring, Java
iOS Developer/Architect
2012 - 2013
Lukkien
- Implemented a corporate iPad application for a root maintenance company to log and plan maintenance work.
- Worked in a small Scrum team of two developers, a designer, and a project leader.
- Implemented an asynchronous synchronization mechanism to avoid the app needing internet at every moment.
- Contributed to the Python based REST back-end for the application.
Technologies: Objective-C
Technical Consultant
2012 - 2012
Cygnet
- Advised on implementation for a Java text search engine based on Lucene.
Technologies: Apache Lucene, Java
iOS Developer/Architect
2010 - 2012
KLM
- Implemented the KLM customer facing app for searching and booking flight tickets, electronic boarding, etc.
- Developed several internal iPad applications for both the cabin crew and the flight crew and an internal Wiki for all personnel.
- Worked in a team using Scrum methodology.
Technologies: Objective-C, iOS
iOS Developer
2011 - 2011
Coz Marketing
- Implemented a contact management application for a company named VCP containing media and in-app purchasing functionality.
Technologies: Objective-C, iOS
iOS Developer/Architect
2010 - 2011
ShareWire
- Implemented the Greetz iPhone app, an application to design greeting cards on the mobile phone, containing optional sound, stickers, photos, and custom drawings/writings with effects and transforms.
- Implemented a payment system connecting to different payment providers, such as Ideal, different credit cards, and PayPal.
- Handled technical implementation of all parts of the app.
- Won the award Best Mobile Webshop with the Greetz app.
Technologies: Objective-C, iOS
iOS Developer
2009 - 2010
Global Motion
- Implemented the 3.x an 4.x versions of the iPhone app for EveryTrail, a GPS tracking and trip sharing application, integrating with the EveryTrail website.
- Contributed to the acquisition of the company Global Motion by TripAdvisor.
- Worked mostly remotely in a small team of one other developer, a designer, and a project leader using video communication methods.
Technologies: Objective-C, iOS
iOS Developer, Platform Architect
2008 - 2009
Global Motion
- Set up the development environment with issue tracking, source control, automatic deployment, and a documentation system.
- Advised on architecture of the platform, technical choices, and development strategies.
- Implemented the first version of the EveryTrail iPhone application for recording and sharing GPS track data using the EveryTrail web platform.
- Implemented several side applications, such as Wherester, BikeComputer, SkiComputer, and GeoTagging. All applications relied on GPS tracking and sharing with EveryTrail.
Technologies: Objective-C, iOS
Java Back-end Lead Developer/Architect
2008 - 2009
Impressie
- Professionalized the working environment by setting up source control, issue tracking, and documentation systems, and set up automatic builds and deployments.
- Architected and implemented the core product of Impressie, called Impressie Publisher: a content management system based on Spring/MySQL and Lucene for text search.
- Created documentation and led junior developers.
Technologies: Apache Lucene, MySQL, Spring
Co-founder and Video Expert
2007 - 2008
Layerstream
- Co-founded Layerstream, a startup company working on technology for optimized real-time video streaming over unreliable networks (such as the internet).
- Worked on extensions to existing video codecs for scalable video coding (SVC), mostly based on FFmpeg.
- Contributed to the Windows based demo video player based on C#.
- Did some business development by talking to potential strategic partners, attending VC meetings and other events in the Silicon Valley region.
- Contributed to the Java based router software components.
Technologies: H264, MPEG, Video Codecs, C, C#, Java
Java Developer
2004 - 2007
MarketXS
- Implemented the Java-based UserXS application, an authentication and authorization application exposing a SOAP API over HTTPS.
- Contributed to other parts of the MarketXS finance engine platform, an architecture to distribute real-time financial market data across the internet. MarketXS was acquired by Markit in 2006, after being the fastest growing technology company in the Benelux within the period 2000-2005.
Technologies: SOAP, Java Data Objects (JDO), Jakarta EE (Java EE or J2EE), Java
Java Back-end Developer
2002 - 2004
Nuon
- Contributed to the development of the Nuon service broker, an internal J2EE based SOAP architecture to connect different back-end and front-end systems within Nuon.
- Contributed to the migration of Windows NT servers to Unix servers.
- Worked on the implementation of a new Siebel/SAP-based CRM application for the Nuon energy company.
Technologies: SOAP, WebLogic, Jakarta EE (Java EE or J2EE), Java
Software Developer
1998 - 2002
Impressie
- Contributed to the automation of different types of text conversions for creating searchable text archives.
- Performed hardware and software installations and configurations.
- Developed in different programming languages and tools such as Java, Visual Basic (for applications), C++, Javascript, HTML, and XML.
Technologies: C++, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Experience
BMCommons Framework for iOS Applications
https://github.com/werner77/BMCommonsAn open source framework solving/simplifying many of the common problems in creating an iOS application.
It supplies many utility functions, a REST engine, UI extensions, base classes for view controllers, and much more.
It supplies many utility functions, a REST engine, UI extensions, base classes for view controllers, and much more.
WEPopover Component for iOS
https://github.com/werner77/WEPopoverAn iPhone UI component mimicking the iPad UIPopoverController for pop-over views in a phone application.
Appie Universal iOS App for Shopping in the Biggest Supermarket in NL
An iOS app, built for both iPad and iPhone and incorporating a web shop to shop at the biggest supermarket in the Netherlands and to help during your offline shopping journey with many utilities, such as a bar code scanner, a wine selection utility, recipe search/browse, bargain search/browse, shopping list optimization for a given walking route, etc.
Education
2007 - 2007
Sun Certified Web Component Developer in Java Web Programming
Prometric - Amsterdam
2007 - 2007
Sun Certified Programmer in Java 5
Prometric - Amsterdam
2003 - 2003
Sun Certified Java Programmer in Java 1.4
Azlan - Amsterdam
2002 - 2002
Certificate WLS-D21-70 in Developing Enterprise Applications with BEA WebLogic
BEA - Amstelveen
1995 - 2002
Master's Degree in Applied Physics
University of Technology Delft - Delft
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Spring REST, Hibernate Search, Apache Lucene, Java Data Objects (JDO)
Tools
AppCode, Xcode, Calabash, Git, IntelliJ IDEA, Jira, RubyMine
Languages
Java, Swift, Objective-C, C, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Bash Script, SQL, C#, C++, Ruby
Frameworks
iOS SDK, OAuth 2, Spring Security, Spring MVC, Spring, Hibernate, JPA
Paradigms
REST, Agile, Scrum, Concurrent Programming
Platforms
MacOS, iOS, Jakarta EE (Java EE or J2EE), Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Storage
Spring Data REST, Spring Data JPA, HSQL, MySQL
Other
Data Structures, Jakarta EE Design Patterns, Linux Server Administration, SOAP, Algorithms, WebLogic, MPEG, H264, Video Compression, Video Codecs
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