Michael Wolbert

Designed and built features for the renewal of a financial self-service web portal used by 6 million Dutch citizens monthly. Successfully migrated an Angular CLI v15 project to an Nx v17 integrated monorepository, improving SOLID principles. Led design and implementation of distributed builds for microfrontend architecture to reduce build times by 40%.

Attended free- and scuba diving courses up to instructor level and certified beginner and advanced students. Obtained certification as an Emergency First Responder instructor for First, Secondary and Child care.

Migrated a web application from AngularJS 1.x to Angular 9, reusing 75% of the original codebase. Provided migration roadmap and best practices, and trained a development team of three.

Designed, built, and managed AkzoNobel’s Case Management, Visit Planning, and Knowledge Base products using Agile methodologies. Led product integrations of SAP Financial Supply Chain Management, Azure Identity, and Dulux’s product catalog. Increased end-user satisfaction by 30%, drove costs down with new greenfield by 60% and kept uptime to 99%+.

Designed and built frontend architecture from scratch using AngularJS for a platform with 100k daily visits. Drafted and implemented a DevOps plan for CI/CD using TeamCity jointly with the architecture team.

Developed a YouTube scraper and presentation layer with Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery, MongoDB & PHP for Boekbuis. Built static information pages and a blog in WordPress, HTML5, CSS3 & jQuery for 2Scale.org.

Successfully led a development team on an AngularJS and Python Django project. Designed and built an internal application with offline sync for data-entry assessments in remote areas. Increased customer satisfaction by 80% from paper based administration.

Designed and built pixel-perfect premium features using PHP and jQuery. Conducted online qualitative and quantitative studies with 150 beta users using Survey Monkey.

Developed a Windows Phone 7 app in a cross-functional and cultural team for the Japanese Meteorological Agency. Also developed a Windows 8 app for De Telegraaf in a similar team setting.

Designed and developed business systems including web, desktop, analytics, and reporting for clients like Van Lanschot and GasUnie. Supported Avanade’s sales team with presale presentations for clients such as Dutch Royal Shell.

Developed, designed, and presented a Silverlight GIS web application as a case study in collaboration with Microsoft. Supported the sales team in pre-sales of GIS applications to clients, including Rabobank.

Developed, designed, and implemented custom CMS for managing client website content using a LAMP stack. Created and modified client’s digital artwork for print or web using design tools such as Photoshop and Illustrator.

Grade: 8.5/10 (cum laude)

Activities and societies: Program Committee Member (University of Amsterdam) - Audited course and curriculum evaluations with lecturers and students. Reviewed content and policy changes of three programs within the Information Sciences department. Supported academic staff during the accreditation process of Information Science programs.

Completed a 60 ECTS program with a GPA of 3.8 (A) and a total grade of 8.5/10, graduating cum laude. The master's program included 30 ECTS of bachelor coursework.

Grade: 8.2/10

Activities and societies: Minor in Outsourcing Technology assets to India (30 ECTS program) - Included Indian history/culture, outsourcing, and EU law (intellectual property). Participated in a 1-month study trip to Bangalore for workshops at Unilever, IBM, SAP, Infosys, and Wipro.

Completed a 210 ECTS program with a GPA of 3.6 (A) and a total grade of 8.2/10. The thesis focused on Questionnaire Domain Specific Language.