Solutions Engineer · Developer · Sommelier
Belgian developer & Solutions Engineer at Exalate, building integration solutions. Crafting personal projects - and tasting great wines - in my free time.
I'm a Belgian Solutions Engineer with years of experience across enterprise SaaS, integration engineering, and technical delivery. My career started at a Platinum Atlassian Solutions Partner - the birthplace of Exalate - where I cut my teeth on server provisioning, security hardening, CI/CD pipelines, and internal platform tooling.
Today at Exalate I own the full project lifecycle - scoping enterprise integration use cases, writing custom Groovy connectors for platforms like Jira, ServiceNow, Salesforce, and Azure DevOps, then monitoring and evolving them long after go-live. Security is never an afterthought - every solution I build follows OWASP and ISO 27001 principles.
When I'm not engineering integrations, you'll find me behind a wine glass or an espresso machine - I'm a certified Sommelier, wine steward, and Barista. Precision and craft matter whether I'm debugging a Groovy script or decanting a Burgundy.
End-to-end enterprise integrations - scoping, Groovy scripting, delivery, and long-term support across 8+ platforms.
Server provisioning, security hardening, Nginx, Docker, GitLab CI - production-grade infrastructure from the ground up.
Trained in wines, spirits, and specialty coffee. The same precision I bring to code, I bring to the cellar.
Supported engineering and customer teams by maintaining internal platforms and tooling across production, development, and staging environments. Focused on server provisioning, security hardening, and infrastructure reliability. Built and maintained internal tooling integrating Insight databases with Confluence, and implemented secure Nginx-based services integrated with CI/CD pipelines.
Transitioned into a pre-sales role as Exalate spun out as its own company. Responsible for demonstrating integration capabilities to enterprise prospects, scoping technical requirements, and supporting the sales cycle with custom proof-of-concept implementations.
Promoted to Solutions Engineer with added Service Delivery Manager responsibilities. End-to-end ownership of 10+ enterprise integration projects - from scoping and implementation to monitoring and change requests. Building custom Groovy connectors across Jira, ServiceNow, Salesforce, Asana, Azure DevOps, and more.
Designed and implemented custom SaaS integration connectors synchronizing data across enterprise platforms including Jira, ServiceNow, Salesforce, Asana, and SolarWinds. Built for scalability, security, and maintainability - several connectors were productized and are actively reused by multiple customers in production environments.
Coffee ordering app inspired by a high-school pop-up coffee bar. Build your own latte from scratch - choose your base, milk, syrups - and browse brewing details for every drink on the menu.
End-to-end service delivery for 10+ enterprise integration projects across a mix of company sizes. Full project lifecycle ownership - scoping use cases, implementing custom Groovy scripts to match client workflows, monitoring live integrations, and handling change requests. Enabled seamless data sync across platforms so teams stay in their native tools without additional licensing costs.
Have a project, want to collaborate, or just want to connect? I'm always open to interesting opportunities.
