William van den Heuvel William van den Heuvel
Freelance software developer

Résumé

Following is a brief career description in reverse chronological order

2005-2009 Microsoft .NET framework and Microsoft SQL Server

Since 2005 I have experience with the Microsoft .NET framework 2.0 as well as with Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

Since 2008 I also have experience with .NET Framework 3.5 and SQL Server 2008 as well as WPF, Silverlight2, WCF and LINQ.

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2002-2005 Java

In 2002, I switched my focus towards distributed client/server systems. I have practical experience designing and developing standalone Java application with Swing GUI, and Web applications using J2EE (Enterprise Java).

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1968-2002 IBM mainframe

In 1968 I moved to Brighton, England to work for the American Express Company (European Credit card Division). This is when my IT career on the IBM mainframe started.

In 1973, I moved to Munich, Germany working as a systems programmer for BMW.

In 1977 I became a freelance IT consultant focussing primarily on software design and development.

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1962-1968 Military service.

In 1962 I joined the Dutch Navy and was trained as an aircraft radio operator and submarine hunter/killer for the Fleet Air Arm (Marine Luchtvaartdienst).

I flew as a crew member on Grumman S2A Tracker patrol aircraft serving with Squadron 2 operating from Naval Airbase Valkenburg, and with Squadron 4 operating from the aircraft carrier Karel Doorman.