Curriculum vitae¶
Projects¶
I am author and maintainer of Lino and its predecessor TIM, two frameworks for developing customized database applications. Our customers are mostly located in Belgium. All my work is released as free software, I am a fervent defender of the free open-source software philosophy.
Other projects:
Lino Welfare, Noi, Amici, Voga Presto and Così are Lino applications for which there is at least one production site.
Atelier, eidreader and getlino are independant projects that we also use.
Work experience¶
From-until |
Employer |
Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|
09/1990 - 01/1992 |
Siemens Software Center Liège |
Programmer / Source code maintenance. BS/2000 & UNIX |
03/1992 - 08/2001 |
PAC Systems PGmbH (now AbAKUS) |
Software Developer / Analysis, Programming, Customer Projects, User Training, Research |
since 11/2001 |
Rumma & Ko OÜ, Tallinn / Vigala |
Independant Software Developer and Project Manager. Software maintenance. Research, Analysis, Programming, Customer support. |
Scholar education¶
From-until |
School |
Studies |
|---|---|---|
1974 - 1986 |
Collège Patronné (Eupen, BE) |
Basic School |
1986 - 1988 |
University Notre-Dame de la Paix (Namur, BE) |
Biology |
1988-1990 |
Institut Supérieur St-Laurent (Liège, BE) |
Analyst/Programmer |
Language skills¶
German : native language
French : native language
English : quite well
Estonian : saan hakkama küll
Dutch : able to speak and understand
Computer skills¶
Programming languages: Python, Javascript, Java, bash.
I have also worked in PHP, C++, Clipper, VisualBasic.
Application software: LibreOffice, Thunderbird, GIMP
Operating Systems: Ubuntu, Debian
Databases: MySQL, SQLite, PostGreSQL, dBase, Clipper, …
Open Source development tools: Git, Mercurial, SVN, Trac
Open standards: SQL, HTML, XML, …
Text processing: REstructuredText, Sphinx, LaTeX, Lilypond, …
Personal preferences¶
I prefer using Free Software whenever possible and encourage people around me to do the same.
I prefer getting complete understanding of problems over finding quick solutions.
I prefer using my creativity over copying solutions of other people.
I am more fascinated by humans than by computers: how they learn, how they organize themselves. I enjoy communicating with end-users in order to optimize their work methods.
I prefer doing the first 20% of a job which return 80% of the final result.
I haven’t watched television other than occasionally since about 1990.
Hobbies¶
I enjoy singing alone and with others. I have a more than average musical education but did never consider becoming a professional.
I sporadically work for Wikipedia, mostly in Estonian because I live there, sometimes in German because that’s my mother language.
I was a motivated Scout leader between September 1986 and July 1994. After these 8 years I continued during several years to organize trainings for young scout leaders. The FSC honored my work by assigning me the Wood Badge award.
Personal views¶
I grew up in a catholic family, and after moving to Vigala engaged in the local lutheran church community. My faith has been influenced by the spirituality of the Taizé community. I classify myself as a convinced reasonable Christian.
I am not actively engaged in any political party. The politicalcompass.org website classified me as Economically rather Left and Socially moderatedly Libertarian. I believe that finding ways for global sustainable development is more important than keeping the consumer society running. If given the choice between an economic crisis and a climate catastrophe, I’d chose the former. We need new sociological methods in order to become rule this world.
