Thibaut Van Spaandonck Email & Phone Number

Brussels, Be

At Urge2code, we're all about helping startups and scale-ups level up—making sure your tech and teams are firing on all cylinders, so you can move fast, grow smart, and crush your goals!- Our Fractional CTO service provides strategic guidance to help you scale efficiently, build high-performance teams, and ensure your technology fuels your growth.- Our Academy empowers your teams to master the high-performance practices of the world's top startups.More info on www.urge2code.comBook a free 30-min call at https://calendly.com/thibaut-vs/30min

Brussels, Belgium

We are a collective of multi-disciplinary freelancers helping companies build great digital products and scale. We provide design, development and consulting services.Within this project, I take on the role of Fractional CTO, where I help define technical strategies that best serve the business strategy, build high-performance teams, and more.More info on www.atypicals.studio

As part of an Atypicals.studio project, I helped IRISnet define its long-term technical strategy for the next 5 to 10 years.This involved transitioning from PHP codebases to an API-first + SPA approach, using GraphQL as a unified API layer and adopting a React-based stack, complemented by a bespoke UI components library.Subsequently, I took charge of the development initiatives for MyIRISnet, their flagship customer care portal, and MyMonitoring, a real-time server monitoring application.Working closely with a UX Lead and Graphic Designer from Atypicals.studio, as well as collaborating with another company for the back-end, I successfully implemented these two applications from inception to completion, taking full ownership of the front-end development aspect.

As part of an Atypicals.studio project, I helped idloom, a Belgian scale-up, revamp its tech strategy to effectively tackle scaling challenges and establish a robust competitive position in the market.This involved steering away from full PHP codebases towards an API-first + SPA approach. Given their familiarity with the Laravel ecosystem and the prevalence of Vue.js, a collective decision was made to adopt Vue.js with the Nuxt.js framework.Assuming a leadership role, I orchestrated the assembly of the new Vue.js front-end stack while concurrently developing the Vue.js components library. Additionally, I provided coaching and guidance to the front-end team regarding modern web development techniques and to the back-end team on implementing GraphQL and adhering to best practices.Within a short span of 6 months, collaborating with a team of 3 front-end developers, including myself, we successfully shipped 3 new applications: idloom Invoice (invoicing app), idloom IAM (identity & access management app), and idloom Me (customer information app related to event attendance).

Brussels Area, Belgium

Future is Good! We are a purpose-driven brand agency and we help brands think years ahead in order to prepare their future now.Within our multidisciplinary team, I hold the position of Tech Expert, where I advise business leadership in defining the ideal tech strategy that best serves the business strategy.

Brussels Area, Belgium

I helped Euroconsumers adopt high performance software development practices across the whole group: Test Aankoop / Test Achats (Belgium), Altroconsumo (Italy), Ocu (Spain), Deco Proteste (Portugal), Proteste! (Brazil).(Via Urge2code)

Brussels Area, Belgium

I helped a startup, Cuustomer, go to market in 3 months by defining the appropriate tech strategy and providing guidance to the CEO and development team.After tackling that milestone successfully, I'm now providing them with coaching and advice to help them scale to 6 countries in Europe.More info: www.urge2code.com/casesVideo: https://vimeo.com/305551283(Via Urge2code)

- Created the Web Department- Created the web stack: React, Redux, Babel, ES6/7, Immutable.js, Webpack, PostCSS, Jest, Nightwatch, Ramda, Moment, ESLint, StyleLint, Prettier, Zurb Foundation, data fetching with optimistic updates, Internationalization, Authentication (JWT), unit tests coverage, SSR with Node.js, Docker, Nginx- Designed the talent attraction & retention strategy to build the web team- Defined the interview process (requirements, questions, coding challenge, ...) + recruitment of the team- Designed the self-paced training plan for new hires- Defined code guidelines and best practices(Via Urge2code)

Startup co-founder and Chief Technology Officer.The mission of Skillhacker is to significantly increase the employability of soon-to-be young graduates thanks to micro work experiences, i.e. work in a professional context for a duration ranging from 1 day to a week with real implications. In exchange, students get "paid" via a negotiable coaching or shadowing experience to further improve their employability.The Skillhacker Web platform allows companies and students to connect together. Students can build their online profile displaying the skills they've acquired alongside relevant endorsements.Things I did:- MVP implementation- Tech stack: Ember.js/React/Node.js/Express/Sequelize/PostgreSQL/Nginx deployed to AWS (Elastic Beanstalk, S3 and RDS), migrated later to DigitalOcean- Value Proposition Design and Business Model Canvas (initiated several significant pivots)- Customer validation & feedback (Lean Startup)- Industry trends research- Startup accelerators (accepted at Start It @KBC and Cap Innove)- Startup events (Antwerp Startup Fair)- Pitching to potential customers- Meetings with big companies (ex: USG Professionals) for early adopters onboarding- Lawyers meetings (legal framework creation)- Marketing strategy

- Management of a team of 6 people- Budget and time estimates of new projects, including outsourcing alternatives and their impact- Negotiations with directors for project budget allocation- Collection of business requirements and coordination of stakeholders- Involved in the definition of the development process to further improve productivity and quality- Technical advisor for the upper management- Conducted technical interviews- Created the new front-end stack using AngularJS, Sass, Mocha, Karma, Protractor, Zurb Foundation, JsHint, Gulp and Node.js for the build & packaging system- Development and maintenance of commercial websites using HTML5, CSS3, Sass, Compass, JavaScript, jQuery, jQuery UI, jQuery Mobile- Technological investigations and proof of concepts of languages and frameworks- Coaching developers on technical issues- Creation of VOO Bootstrap, a UI framework containing standards-compliant controls (HTML5, CSS3, Sass, jQuery plugins) - Production of coding guidelines for the internal team and 3rd party agencies- Used Jira and GreenHopper for tasks management- Used Confluence for project and tasks documentation- Used Git for source control(Via Urge2code)

Development of business applications used by many of the Fortune500 companies. I have contributed in the shipping of the following products :- Periscope Assortment Advisor, new version of a product ranked by Gartner as "best in class" [1]- Wave, a tool supporting transformations and change programs [2]- Logos, a supply-chain optimization tool [3]Performed the following tasks :- Development using C#, Linq, Silverlight, MVVM, WCF, ASP.NET MVC, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, ADO.NET, SQL, XQuery, PowerShell with Visual Studio 2012 and SQL Server 2008- Layout and mockup proposals, collaboration with UX experts- Collaboration with international design agencies- Agile environment (Scrum)- Coaching of junior developers- Code reviews- Memory and performance profiling using RedGate tools- TDD using nUnit and Moq- Development on Horizon Charting framework, a key component of McKinsey solutions. Also provided support for Brussels, London and USA hubs about framework usage- Integration of Telerik controlsMore information about McKinsey Solutions at http://solutions.mckinsey.com/(Via Urge2code)[1] http://solutions.mckinsey.com/periscope/default/en-us/advisor/assortmentadvisor.aspx[2] http://solutions.mckinsey.com/wave/[3] http://solutions.mckinsey.com/logos/

Consultancy for McKinsey Solutions (see description above).

In parallel with a full-time consultancy mission at Thales and on behalf of my company Urge2code, creation of the People & Business Development website [1] in collaboration with a graphic designer. The website has been selected soon after its release by HTML5 Gallery, showcasing exemplary HTML5 websites [2]. Analysis of customer needs and technical requirements, architecture and development of all the layers of the application using ASP.NET (initially WebForms, migrated later to MVC), C#, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery and jQuery UI. Web standards compliance : every page passes the HTML5 W3C validation. Search engine optimization including code optimization, configuration of sitemaps and robot files.Development of an iPhone/iPod touch optimized version of the website in ASP.NET/C# : special interface design for mobile and touch, screen rotation handling [3].[1] http://peoplebusinessdevelopment.com[2] http://thibautvs.com/blog/?p=1749[3] http://thibautvs.com/blog/img/general/iPhone_pbd_big.jpg

Contributed to the development and shipping of a 9M€ financial, web-based project for the SWCS (Société Wallonne du Crédit Social) using the eXtreme Programming methodology.- Responsible for architecting the front-end rewrite. The new version achieved the following goals: increased page load speed, increased development & maintenance speed, improved UX and use of modern web techniques (semantical and standards-compliant HTML5)- Development using HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript/jQuery- Back-end development using C#- Database design, SQL scripts and stored procedures (T-SQL) development- Agile environment (eXtreme programming) : full-time pairing, team-based spirit- Technical analyses production

Development of large accounts websites.- Development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery- Database design- Development for the Base (one of the largest Belgian operator) Roaming Tool, the Fortis website, maintenance of the Cassis / Paprika (Belgian fashion stores) websites

Development for the Selligent CRM web application.- Specialized in JavaScript (DOM Scripting, AJAX, ...) and UX Engineering- Created a JavaScript library for cross-browser compatibility (events handling, dimensions, ...)- Occasional back-end development and database design

Master, Computer Science

- Systematic success on 1st session - Recommended for PhD - Degree awarded cum laude - Thesis : "artificial intelligence for turn-by-turn.

Solvay Entrepreneurs

One-year entrepreneurship education, in parallel of full-time consultancy. - Value Proposition Design - Business Model Canvas - Lean.

Education record

Experimental Practices. Learning of exploratory methods of artistic research and methodological acquisition that will be useful.

Bachelor, Computer Science

- Systematic success on 1st session - Degree awarded cum laude - End-studies report : "analysis and development of an upgrade manager.