David De Smet

Software Factory Manager

Rhino Systems [2019-2021]

Responsible for the development team of the Leon office, ensures the development, implementation, and maintainability of software solutions, as well as providing feedback and validation on the projects of the Consulting and Architecture teams.

DevOps engineer, responsible for maintaining coding standards, automation, and CI/CD pipelines, deployment, and buildout of infrastructure and applications on Azure and on-premise using Azure DevOps.

Architect and software engineer involved in the architectural design and development of full-stack applications primarily for the finance and field service sectors using mainly Microsoft technologies. On the backend predominantly using ASP.NET Core, on the frontend using Xamarin and Vue.js and integrations with the Power Platform like the Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform.

He also provides training and mentoring of the development team in new technologies, security, methodologies, best practices, and DevOps.

Software Architect

GRUPO REYMA [2016-2019]

Involved in the architectural design and development of several enterprise applications for the diversity of industries in the group, with business specialization in commerce/sales, invoicing, accounting, inventory management, purchasing management, production process, and distribution operations.

Architect of the Business layer and base template of the Core Framework used for RAD of the current and following enterprise applications which reduced 40% of LoC, 90% of mem alloc, and the overall time-to-ship.

DevOps Engineer with build, deployment, and integration experience using Azure DevOps, Docker containerization, and Kubernetes container orchestration. In addition to on-premises administration with main responsibility on server maintenance and resource configuration for all project collections, and administrative tasks as project and permission configuration and management.

Database design primarily in PostgreSQL and IBM DB2 iSeries.

Book Author

Packt Publishing [2011-2013]

Author of 2 network security books: Backtrack 5 Cookbook and Kali Linux Cookbook, both aimed at network security from a pen test (penetration testing) approach for the security professional.

IT Consultant

Yenny Collection [2010-2015]

Technology advisor, network administrator, software and web development. Boosting the organizational performance, adoption and deployment of new technologies in smart ways.

Model

Talavera Fashion Agency [2009-2012]

Part-time Model, from photo-shoots in designer clothing to runway shows.

Freelancer

Entrepreneur [2007-PRESENT]

A full-stack software developer, web designer, and system administrator specialized in business bespoke software applications.

Begun as a VB.NET and WinForms developer, and a year later focused mainly in C# and the Microsoft Stack where he developed in technologies like ASP.NET, WCF, WPF and Xamarin, and more recently ASP.NET Core and EF Core, using MVC and MVVM software architectural patterns with agile methodology, software design principles, functional, integration, and unit testing, security best practices, coding standards, and a continuous innovation and improvement mindset.

He enjoys the architectural design of medium to long-lasting innovative software solutions along with the challenge of solving complex projects.

His current playground is ASP.NET Core + Vue.js + GraphQL/gRPC in a microservice architecture style.

With experience in component vendors like DevExpress (since v9.3, 2010), Telerik, Intersoft, Actipro, Stimulsoft, FastReport, ActiveReports, among others, for delivering amazing experiences that delight the customer.

In data storage to mention a few, experience with RDBMS like SQL Server, MySQL (and derivates), PostgreSQL, Firebird, SQLite, and document store databases like Firestore, RavenDB, MongoDB, RethinkDB, and in-memory data structure store like Redis. From the design of the schema to its normalization (applies to RDBMS). In ORM frameworks, experience in LLBLGen Pro, DevForce, XPO, and ADO.NET Entity Framework and Entity Framework Core.

Experience in SignalR, RabbitMQ, and ZeroMQ for real-time communication between applications. Proficiency in API design using RESTful best practices. As a sysadmin, proficiency in the management and configuration of Linux and Windows servers for the intranet and extranet.

Lastly, 3ds Max skills in mechanical and architectural modeling.

Manager

COMPUTIENDAS [2004-2007]

Manager of the Technical Support Department.

Self-taught

I learned software development on my own - I still do. There's always something new to learn, specially with the fast-paced technology advancement.

Adapting the skills to the constant shift between tools, frameworks, libraries, languages and techniques.