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[portrait] Willem A.J. van Schaik

email:willem@schaik.com
web:http://www.schaik.com/


Working experience

'00-
Sun Microsystems
Sun Professional Services in Calgary, Canada

position:
Internet Architect

responsibilities:
high performance computing architecture including grid engine and technical compute portal
server consolidation assessment and migration plan for telecom industry
infrastructure architecture and deployment for pharmaceutical portal-application
performance analysis of Sun E10K hosted wireless network in banking industry
lead architect for RSA SecurID based security infrastructure
IT architect for financial world virtual B2B market-place
infrastructure architecture for e-government web/app services platform
enterprise server application migration coordinator


'99-'00
H&R Block Canada
Information Systems, Calgary, Canada

position:
software development manager

responsibilities:
managing a software development group of 15 software engineers and business analysts
in-house software development and out-sourced applications, including tax preparation, EDI,
data warehousing, Web-presence, Intranet development


'99-'99
Compaq
Compaq OMS in Utrecht, Holland

position:
project manager / solution architect

responsibilities:
analysis and design of a system management environment at the head-quarters, two production
sites and an R&D department of a large multi-national
set-up of a Tivoli system


'95-'98
Gintic
Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology in Singapore

positions:
manager of a manufacturing and third party logistics group in the Automation Technology division
consultant / project manager Shop Floor Control

responsibilities:
functional requirements and system design of a Shop Floor Control system
IT consultant for cargo terminals at Changi Airport (Singapore Airlines)
operational improvement plan for 3rd party warehouse of Panalpina
development of navigation system for an autonomous unmanned vehicle, including
message passing software bus and GPS positioning
Internet based remote monitoring and control for material storage system
chairman editor of company magazine "Cutting Edge"
part-time lecturer at Nanyang Technological University on Shop Floor Control and
Industrial Data Communication


'90-'94
Philips Electronics
TASS - Technical Application Software Services

position:
project leader / information analyst

responsibilities:
system architecture and project management for Singapore tunnel Plant Monitoring and
Control System (12 man-year project)
analysis and implementation of Shop Floor Control system for mass-production factory
of LCD flat panel displays
investigation in CIM architectures of IBM, Dec and HP

training:
international management
marketing
information technology


'85-'90
Nederlandse Philips Bedrijven
CAM centre of the Centre for Manufacturing Technology

positions:
systems analyst
software engineering consultant

responsibilities:
information analysis and functional design of a Statistical Process Control system
for a Philips IC-factory
chairman of an international working-group on Preventive Maintenance and Repair
CAM-consultant specialized in databases, data-communication and software engineering
design and implementation of videotex network and database
design of an overall factory-automation architecture for the business unit Display Systems
(world-wide 14 plants)
feasibility-audit of project for a traffic control system for the Dutch government

training:
software engineering
information technology
project management
business administration


'83-'85
Volmac
(largest Dutch software house)

position:
programmer / systems analyst

responsibilities:
banking applications
information technology (4GL investigation for IBM)

training:
in-house training in computer science
database systems and 4GL products


Education and qualifications

'95-'98
Certified Industrial Automation Consultant by the
Singapore Industrial Automation Association

'90-'91
APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management

'75-'83
Delft University of Technology
MEng (department of Architecture)

'69-'75
Gymnasium - B


Expertise and specialisms

application areas:
Manufacturing Logistics, Third Party Logistics, Supply Chain Management
Shop Floor Control, SPC, SCADA, ASRS/AGV, Robotics
Traffic and Transport, Airfreight Cargo handling, Global Positioning System
Networking and Data communication, Internet, Web-servers
Distributed applications, Fault-tolerant computers, Real-Time systems

packages and tools:
Promis Shop Floor Control
FASTech Cellworks
WizCon SCADA system
FAST/Tools SCADA system
IGRIP 3D modeling and simulation
Tivoli TME 10

software engineering methodologies:
IDEF, SADT, Infomod
Prodosta, Yourdon SA/SD (Phirbay-Hatley/Ward-Mellon)
OO analysis & design, UML

networking:
TCP/IP protocols, HTTP, socket programming
software buses, Cellworks, Dec Message-Q, FAST/tools
RMI (Java), CGI programming, Corba
serial communication, Secs I&II

user interfacing:
X-Windows, DataViews
HTML, Java applets
NeXTstep, Postscript

databases:
Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server
SQL/DS, IMS, IDMS

computer languages:
C, Visual C++, Objective-C, Java, Pascal, Delphi
Fortran, PL/1, Basic and Assembler

computer and operating systems:
Unix (Sun, Linux, NeXTstep/OpenStep, HP)
Windows-NT, Win95/98, OS/2
VAX/VMS, Stratus/VOS
VME/OS-9, Philips and Omron PLC
IBM/MVS



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