Resume
How I Work
No templates. Every engagement is designed from the ground up, following a deliberate rhythm:
Technology
The stack favours open standards, cloud-native formats, and reproducible infrastructure. The engineering approach is deliberately pragmatic: technologies are selected not only for how well they serve the data and decision-making process, but also for how they reduce dependency on backends and proprietary ecosystems.
By enabling lightweight, standalone applications with minimal backend requirements, the architecture remains cost-efficient, portable, and resilient—creating opportunities for innovation that are not constrained by the strategic decisions or lock-in models of software vendors.
The Technologies page lays out the principles behind these choices in more depth.
Roles
References available on request.
Timeline
Bars coloured by engagement type: employee · self-employed (consultancy or subcontracting).
References
For a complete overview of the projects listed in my CV, feel free to contact me at tijs@onthegrid.be.
The Grids section offers an alternative perspective on selected projects, using open data or reproducible mock datasets.
Data Engineering 7
- 2021–pres. Envu — Smart Weeding System (railroads)
- 2025 Goldbeck — federal-state geodata unification
- 2024–25 TÜV Nord — solar glare assessment
- 2023–24 Biodiversify — ecological screening tool
- 2017–23 Ernots — GRB land-surveying validation
- 2017 Ascot / Recon — parcel prospecting
- 2013–14 Flemish Traffic Control Center — road network
Infrastructure engineering 6
- 2020–25 Here We Grow — Ethiopia coffee NGO
- 2023 Orbica — geospatial cloud platform
- 2016–21 Toerisme Vlaanderen — Tourism GIS
- 2015 West Coast Regional Council — SDE migration
- 2012–14 SIGGIS — training & support portfolio
- 2010 LNE — Seveso SDI (Flemish Govt)
Development 8
- 2024–25 Envu US — ChemView claims dashboard
- 2021–22 FarmChamps — TECsat harvest prediction
- 2019–20 Emschergenossenschaft & LippeVerband
- 2016–19 MEET HET — surveying & IoT platform
- 2017–18 Provincie Antwerpen — Geocortex Workflows
- 2016–17 VMM — flood & water portal (waterinfo.be)
- 2015 Solid Energy — property & mineral permits
- 2015 Solid Energy — scalable mining map app
Geospatial modelling 9
- 2017–21 Agentschap Natuur & Bos — forestry & conservation
- 2017–18 Elia — Belgian electric transmission
- 2015–16 Alpine Energy — ArcFM migration (NZ)
- 2014 Lyttelton Port of Christchurch
- 2013 ALBON — mineral soil registration
- 2012–13 Telenet — FTTH fiber architecture
- 2012 ANB Limburg — woodland fire prevention
- 2010 Ghent University — MSc thesis
- 2010 LNE — noise pollution research (student)