Curriculum Vitae of ir. WO van Ooijen

Curriculum Vitae of ir. W.O. van Ooijen
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Education
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Functions
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Address
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Wouter Olaf van Ooijen
Technical University Delft - informatics (ir / PHD)
18 September 1962
1988
shop-owner, teacher, programmer, tester, designer, architect, consultant
06-44286985 (office hours); 033-4621296 (private/evenings)
Utrechtseweg 173, 3818 ED Amersfoort; the Netherlands
[email protected]
http://www.voti.nl
Van Ooijen Technische Informatica (VOTI)
2015-08-26
I am a software professional with a passion for electronics. I have a solid background in my field of work, which is the technical
application of software, and adequate knowledge of neighboring domains (mathematics, electronics, physics, chemistry,
biology). I am quick to learn the essences of new subjects. I have worked in various roles in projects where electronics, real-time
aspects, and data-communication were important factors. At the moment I lecture at the Hogeschool Utrecht and I run a webshop
in (micro-) electronics.
I started my career as programmer with the hiring company ICT Automatisering, for which I worked internally and externally at
various projects. I became a ‘problem solver’ for technically challenging problems that involved both software, and other
technical domains. For me ‘solving’ means identifying and (as far as possible) quantifying the consequences of the available
alternatives, so a well-founded decision can be made. Often the non-softawre aspects (hardware, costs, risks, schedule impact,
politics, company culture) are what makes a problem really interesting (and challenging).
In 2001 I started as an independent, with a webshop and hiring myself out as a freelancer. The shop has expanded, and the
freelancing has been replaced by fixed-price contract work and teaching. My main activities are with Microchip PIC, and
ARM/Cortex micro-controllers. I sell these chips (and related components), design products with them, and teach their use.
Period
employer
2004 – now Hogeschool Utrecht
2001 - 2002 Van Ooijen Technische
Informatica
2001 - now Van Ooijen Technische
Informatica
1999 - 2001 ICT Automatisering
customer
project
Fokker Space / NLR
ERA MPTE
activity
Teacher (0.4 FTE)
Tester / programmer
Webshop, design work
Owner
ATM communication
system
European Robotic Arm
system architect
1995 - 1998 ICT Automatisering
Thales Communications /
Signaal Communications
Fokker Space
1994 - 1995 ICT Automatisering
NCR/AT&T
1989 - 1994 ICT Automatisering
ICT Automatisering
1988 – 1989 st Elisabeth hospital
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1985 - 1988 Technische Universiteit
Delft
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cheque processing
system
industrial
communication and
data-acquisition system
laboratory automation
system
computer practica
period
1982 -1988
1981 - 1982
1977 - 1981
1974 - 1977
education
TU Delft – informatics
TU Delft – electronics
Vrije School
Scholengemeenschap 'Hugo Grotius'
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system designer ,
subcontractor contacts
programmer
team leader
programmer, tester,
designer, trainer,
team leader
designer,
programmer
student-assistant
result
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keywords
programming languages
operating systems
methods
protocols
tools
chips
internet
special interests, hobbies
C++, C, Python,Ada, Pascal, VisualBasic, Awk, Tcl/Tk, embedded SQL, Jal, assembler
Unix, MSDOS, Windows, VMS, ELN, bare metal
HRT-HOOD, Fagan inspection, Yourdon, ESA PSS-05
TCP/IP, ATM, MIL-1553, DECnet, OSI
MsWord, MsAccess, Shells, Doors, Tcat-Path, EuroSim, MPLAB
Microchip PIC, NXP (voorheen Philips) LPC ARM/Cortex
http://www.voti.nl - webwinkel
http://www.voti.nl/blog - C++ blogs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8sRQMx2qUw – “objects no thanks” talk at Meeting C++
http://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/4831 - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange
https://www.linkedin.com/in/woutervanooijen - linkedin
badminton, origami, folk muziek, biologie, electronica, systemeemontwerp, C++ op microcontrollers, geocaching, octrooi - en copyright recht
VOTI
Period
activity
werkgever
keywords
2001 – now
Webshop and design and (small scale) production work
None
Webshop, electronics, mailorder, design, production
Ik run a webshop for microcontroller chips and related products. My customers range from entry-level hobbyists to small-scale
professionals, the occasional a large company or a school. Most customers are in the Netherlands and Flanders, but a fair
number is spread all over the world. I sell components, kits (both from kit suppliers and of my own design), ready-built circuits,
and software. I buy from suppliers in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, USA, India, and China.
As time permits I also do development and small-series production work. Examples:
 The electronic control box (hardware en firmware) for the motors in a human arm supporting prothese
 A cicuit (hardware only) for the calibration of taxi meters
Hogeschool Utrecht
Period
Activity
branches
employer
keywords
2004 – now
Lessen creeeren en geven (0.4 FTE)
Technical Informatics (in the past also Electronics, Security Technology)
Hogeschool Utrecht
Education, PIC microcontroller, LPC ARM microcontroller, assembler, C, C++
I give a number of courses at the Hogeschool Utrecht.The set of courses varies from year to year. Typical courses are:
 Introduction Computer Technology (computerarchitecture, datacommunication, networks, embedded systems)
 C, C++ (various courses, from beginner to adavanced)
 Assembler (PIC, ARM, Cortex)
 Microc-ontrollers (combining hardware and software)
 Architecture, modelling, UML, real-time programming
VOTI/NLR: ERA MPTE
period
project
activity
customer
employer
keywords
2001 – 2002
MPTE: Mission Prepraration and Training Environment for ERA (see 1995-1998)
testing, coding, documenting
Fokker Space (Leiden) / co-located at NLR (Marknesse)
freelancer as Van Ooijen Technische Informatica
C, EuroSim, Tcl/Tk, Python, Tcat-Path
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MPTE is a visual simulator of the ERA robot arm, the space station on which the robot is used, and the environment of the space
station (sun, moon, earth, stars). MPTE is used for mission preparation and for cosmonaut training.
I created automated test procedures for a number of simulation models developed at LNR. The procedures test both the
functionality and the test path coverage (using Tcat-Path). I also rewrote and corrected the model code and wrote (or rewrote) the
detailed designs.
ICT/Thales : SmartNet
period
project
activity
customer
employer
keywords
1999 – 2001
SmartNet: a distributed communication system for the transport of audio and data (serial, Ethernet) using ATM
technology
system design
Thales Communications / Signaal Communications (Huizen)
ICT Automatisering
Tcl/Tk, ATM, X.21
SmartNet is a communication system designed for military purposes. Its original intended use was as a voice and data
communication system in military vehicles (tanks), either stand-alone or in groups (headquarters). An important civil customer is
the NS (Dutch railways) where it is used to carry video, voice and data over the existing glass fiber infrastructure.
I contributed to the system design of SmartNet, especially the interface definitions, the testability, the transport of synchronous
data and the scalability. I created a tool that can be used to assess the feasibility of a SmartNet configuration.
For this function a "verklaring van geen bezwaar" has been issued by the Dutch "Ministerie van Binnelandse Zaken en
Koninkrijksrelaties".
ICT/Fokker Space : ERA
period
project
activity
customer
employer
keywords
1995 – 1998
the European Robotic Arm (ERA) for the international space station ISS
system design, subcontractor contacts, automated testing
Fokker Space (Leiden)
ICT Automatisering
Ada, C, Tcl/Tk, MsAccess, MIL-1553, PSS-05
The European Robotic Arm (ERA) is a robot arm for the Russian section of the international space station ISS. As the prime
contractor Fokker Space is responsible for the system design, the project management and the integration and testing of the total
system.
I worked mainly on the central computer of the arm and on the datacommunication within the arm. Critical aspects were the
performance of the processor and the reliability of the (Ada) compiler. Contacts with the subcontractors (SAAB, DASA,
CRI/Matra, Tecnospazio, Alsys/Aonix) were an important part of my work. I also worked on the automated testing facility for
the engineering model of the central computer.
ICT/NCR : a cheque processing system
period
project
activity
customer
employer
keywords
1994 – 1995
a cheque processing system
programmer, team leader
NCR/AT&T (Amsterdam)
ICT Automatisering
C, C++, embedded SQL
A cheque processing system was adapted for the Dutch situation. The system consisted of an optical cheque reader, a database
system, an OCR engine, an number of data entry terminals and a mainframe connection.
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I worked as (C/C++) programmer and as team leader.
ICT : DM90
period
project
activity
employer
keywords
1989 – 1994
DM90: an industrial communication and data-acquisition product
programmer, designer, trainer, team leader
ICT Automatisering
Pascal, VAX, ELN, C, Fortran, PLC, datacommunication
DM90 is a real-time data-communication and data-acquisition product, sold mainly to for industrial process control (AKZO,
DSM, ALDEL). A DM90 is a real-time DEC VAX with software developed by ICT that handles the communication with
various industrial control systems (Honeywell, TDC, Siemens, AEG, SattControl). A DM90 gathers and stores real-time data and
presents this data in a uniform way to a VAX-VMS system.
I worked as (E-Pascal, C, Fortran) programmer, designer, trainer and as team leader.
St Elisabeth Hospital : laboratory automation
period
project
activity
employer
keywords
1988 - 1989
laboratory automation
designer, programmer
st Elisabeth hospital (Leiderdorp)
Turbo Pascal
The hospitals laboratory performs analysis on blood samples. The analysis requests are provided by the hospitals mainframe. The
majority of the analysis are performed on automated analysis machines.
I designed, implemented (TurboPascal) and introduced a network of PCs. One PC gets the requests from the mainframe, and
feeds the authorized result back. The other PCs are each coupled to one or more analysis machines and receive the analysis
results via RS-232 interfaces. These PCs are also used to select the analysis that are to be performed and to authorize the results.
TU Delft : final assignment
period
project
section
keywords
1988
final assignment
programming language translators and programming environments
Ada, C
I re-wrote (in C/assembler) the Ada tasking kernel of the Ada compiler that was being developed at the university, and I worked
on a model for a distributed Ada tasking kernel.
TU Delft : student-assistent
period
project
activity
employer
keywords
1985 – 1988 (0.3 FTE)
computer practica
student-assistant
Technische Universiteit Delft
Pascal, PDP-11 assembler
As student-assistant for a number of computer practica (Algol, Pascal, PDP11-assembler) I assisted and rated the students, and
developed new assignments.
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