TxT Consulting

Intro

I've been working for more than 10 years in different SAP Netweaver areas in the role of developer, team lead, specialist and architect.

I've always been eager to learn new things and challenge myself. I started my career as a junior SAP Developer in a team of 50 SAP Technical Experts and wanted to match their skills. I quickly took full accountability for the solutions I developped and learned a lot about Software Architecture. I wanted to share this experience and way of working with others, and became Technical Team Leader, managing the way we should as a team aim for a solution. I realized that I enjoyed much more working as a team than on my own, and I became accountable for the planning, capacities and deliveries of the team.

I managed the SAP Development department of the Belgian Railway IT Company and shared my vision and strategy about how a development team should be, aiming for excellence and be innovative while delivering the highest code quality. My style is to manage by empowerment.

I like to be involved in strategical decisions within a company. I’m reading a lot about IT technologies, methodologies, way of working and I’m really good at structuring work, find the best synergies within a team but also cross teams, putting people together not only to deliver the best software but also the best product.

The focus has always been on newer technologies within the netweaver stack and more specifically on web related projects.
Having profound knowledge of both traditional SAP skills (ABAP, workflow, Idocs, ...) and more recent areas of SAP expertise (SOA & web services, Web dynpro ABAP, oData, S4/HANA, SAPUI5, Fiori ...). I've a deep technical insight in complex and heterogenous SAP landscapes.

IT has always been a passion to me, check out my work.

Work

Dec 2017 ∙ Today | GSK

Lead SAP Developer & Architect

• Responsible for the Development Architecture within a team of 30 developers.
• Define coding standards & best coding practices, provides coaching, transport manager, code review, ..
• Design & build SAP applications using ABAP OO, oData, WebDynpro, FPM, Fiori, BOPF, ...
• Build frameworks to help & support the development team
• Provide planning and timescales for solutions using Agile and Waterfall methodology
• Prepare technical feasibility studies. Provide costing for IT development to implement business and back-office requirement.

Dec 2016 ∙ Dec 2017 | BELGIAN RAILWAY IT COMPANY

SAP & JAVA Development Manager

• Managing a team of 25 developers delivering all the SAP & JAVA services for internal customers
• Define coding standards, global software architecture & Way of Working
• Responsible for build and run on SAP FI, CO, MM, SD, PM, PS, HR, FI-CA, CRM, IDM, PO/PI, Portal, Solution Manager, Hybris Billing and SAP Cloud Platform.
• Handle day-to-day operations, budget planning, people management, coaching, Scrum Master
• Continuously improve the efficiency & wellbeing of the development teams

April 2014 ∙ Dec 2016 | SWIFT

Team leader of 10 ABAP Developers

• Provide planning and timescales for solutions using Agile and Waterfall methodology
• Prepare technical feasibility studies. Provide costing for IT development to implement business and back-office requirement.
• Propose one or more solutions. Negotiate and agree on the solution with the business
• Design, develop, test and install IT solutions based on customer requirements
• Build a complete framework to handle the provisioning and activation process (Webdynpro, Web Services, ABAP OO, Workflow, XML, Interfaces, ...)
• Define coding standards, provides coaching, transport manager, code review, ...

May 2012 ∙ April 2014 | KBC

Senior ABAP developer and Application designer

• Working in the FI module (billing, incoming payment, deposit, dunning process, ...)
• Set of interfaces and monitoring system & central logging application for all the process
• Handle the incoming payment process (CODA), billing process, big data

Jan 2012 ∙ April 2014 | Consulting Company

Mobile Apps Development Manager.

• Responsible for Mobile Apps department, business growth, strategy & coaching
• Responsible for students internship, supervision, coaching & evaluation

April 2011 ∙ Feb 2012 | ELIA

ABAP developer and Application designer.

• 15 Web Dynpro applications with strong reusability of developed Web Dynpro Components
• Tool to handle Asset & Portfolio Management. (Workflow, UWL, XML, ...)

Oct 2008 ∙ March 2011 | BELGIAN RAILWAY IT COMPANY

ABAP developer and Application designer.

• Development & Support of multipe applications within FI, CO, MM, SD, HR using ABAP OO, WebDynpro, IDOCS, SAP PI, ...

2000 ∙ 2008

Major Projects Undertaken

• 14 weeks traineeship in the SAP Products department at “NorthgateArinso”
• Web development (HTML/CSS/PHP/Javascript/XML/JSP) for ING, RTBF, ...
• Judo instructor at several schools

About

Overview

• Lead Developer
• Experience in large companies
• More than 10 years in SAP
• Solution & Development Architect

Languages

Personality

Team Player, Solution Oriented, Quality Driven, Assertive, Eye for Detail, Open Mind

Software Architecture Knowledge

SAP knowledge

SAP modules: FI, CO, MM, SD, PM, PS, HR, Solution Manager, CRM

Training & SELF-Learning

Education

2008 Graduate in Computer Sciences

Institut Paul Lambin – Analyst Developer in IT Management

Contact

TxT Consulting SPRL
Rue de l'Escavée 49, 1410 Waterloo
BE0682.782.901

Thibault Vandevoorde, Owner & Manager
+32 475 48 47 31
thibault.vandevoorde@txt-consulting.be

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