Curriculum Vitae
In Short
Open Source enthusiast with a high affinity towards the whole internet culture.
Personalia
- Full Name : Karim Vaes
- Location : Mol, Belgium
- Contact : Mail form
Profile
- MBTI : ESTJ
- Belbin : Shaper, Implementer, Coordinator
- Social Network :

- My Company : LogiTouch
Character
- Effective listener/communicator
- Fast learner with an attention to detail
- Acquainted with project methodologies
- Team player with an ability to work independently
- Experienced in working in complex environments
- Flexible and service-minded
- Eager to learn new things
- Used to working in cross departmental projects
Education
- Katholieke Hogeschool der Kempen 1998 ~ 2001
Bachelor Degree in “Toegepaste Informatica - British Chamber of Commerce (co-operation with the KHK) 2001
Certification in “Business English” - Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst 2007 ~ 2009
Post-Graduate Degree in “IT Management”
Modules : ‘Auditing & Security’, ‘Project Management’, ‘Information Management & Strategy’, ‘Software Engineering’ & ‘Change Management’
Experience
LogiTouch [web agency] 2008 ~ Current
- Webdesign : Quality Design Work, OpenSource integrations & Custom Coding Services (PHP/MySQL)
- Marketing & Communication : Providing services in regards to mailinglists, online branding & persentation design.
- Project Management : Handling the full project lifecycle for our clients according to our standards (derived from PMBOK).
Vangenechten Group [packaging industry] 2008 ~ Current
- Resource Management : Making sure the right projects / operational tasks get the right resources allocated
- Project Management : Managing bigger / cross-domain IT projects
Personal Life [volunteer/circle-of-friends] 2000 ~ Current
- Team Building : Organizing several (yearly occurring) teambuilding activities
- Open Source : Contributing to several Open Source communities
- Blogging : Being a true believer of the 2.0 concept, especially for the aspects collaboration & open communication
Nokia Siemens Networks [telecom] 2007 ~ 2008
(on contract basis thru Elmos)
- System Integration : Integrating systems from a variety of internal products
- Integration Consultancy : Providing central expertise for several projects (in regards to HA setups)
Tuxsolutions [webhosting] 2003 ~ 2008
- System Engineering : Installation/Maintenance of a stable shared hosting service
- Customer Service : Keeping customer satisfaction up by quick & accurate answers
Vangenechten Group [packaging industry] 2001 ~ 2007
- System Engineering : Responsible for Business Critical Application & Database clusters
- Vendor Management : Following up support/license contracts
- Project Management : First steps towards managing small/internal IT projects
Skills
In-depth technical knowledge
- J2EE environments : Load Balancing Setups, Application Servers & Database Clusters
- Webdesign & Development : Quality Designs, Experienced with PHP/MySQL – Custom Coding & Using Frameworks (CodeIgniter, Drupal, Wordpress, …), eCommerce setups (with payment gateways integration)
- Mixed environments : Linux, Unix, Windows, Netware & Mac
- Software engineering : Scripting, Version Management, Packaging & Deployment
- Infrastructure : Complex Virtualization Setups with integrated Storage Systems
- Networking : Distributed/redundant LAN/WAN setups (with traffic shaping)
Administrative skill set
- Documentation :Content/Document Management Systems (Drupal, Wordpress, Alfresco,…)
- Collaboration : Wiki, Blog, Instant Messaging
- Project Management : MS Project, GanttProject
- Productivity Tools : Microsoft Suite (Outlook/Word/Excel/Powerpoint/Visio)
Languages
- Dutch : Mother tongue
- English : Very good
- French : Weak
- German : Weak






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