Name	Wouter Olaf van Ooijen
	Contact	[email protected]
	Born	18 september 1962, Gouda, Netherlands
	Home	Amersfoort, Netherlands I prefer on-site work. Remote work and periodic trips are an option, permanent relocation is not.
	Availability	Currently employed
	Highest education	University, TU Delft, Informatics (Computer Science)
	Languages	Dutch (native), English (fluent)
	Keywords	C++, Python, C, assembler, Ada, Java, (Turbo)Pascal, DEC EPascal, embedded, real-time, resource-constrained, electronics, system designer, architect, lecturer, consultant, team leader, Linux, micro-controller, Cortex-M, Microchip PIC, Arduino, make, git, catch2, doxygen, pybind2, industrial, space, military, C++ SG14, Meeting C++, Meeting Embedded, ACCU, EmBo++, CoreHard, The Dutch C++ group
	File location	https://www.github.com/wovo/cv
	Printable html page	https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/wovo/cv/blob/master/index.html

I want to guide and help an embedded development team to use C++ effectively to improve productivity, software quality and code re-use.

This can involve a fresh team, a team struggling with C++, or a team transitioning from C to C++.

My role is consultant, architect, team lead, trainer. Occasionally I also design, code, document, test, evaluate, and whatever else is necessary.

I am a software professional with a passion for electronics, often working on the boundary between hardware and software. I am quick to learn the essence of new application areas, and I like to absorb and disseminate knowledge.

I have a solid background in my field of work (technical software), adequate knowledge of neighboring domains (mathematics, electronics, physics, chemistry, biology, etc.), and an active interest in everything else that turns out to be relevant. I like working with professionals from both software and other domains. I have worked in industrial, space, military and academic domains in various roles where electronics, reliability, resource constraints, real-time aspects, and data-communication were important.

I started my career as programmer with one year as a one-man development team for a hospital laboratory. Next I joined the hiring company ICT Automatisering, for which I worked internally and externally at various projects. I became a 'problem solver' for technically challenging problems that involved both software, and other technical domains. For me 'solving' means identifying and (as far as possible) quantifying the consequences of the available alternatives, so a well-founded decision can be made. Often the non-software aspects (hardware, costs, risks, schedule impact, politics, company culture) are what makes a problem really interesting (and challenging).

In 2001 I started as an independent, with a webshop and hiring myself out as a freelancer. The shop expanded, and the freelancing was replaced by fixed-price contract work, and a small assignment as lecturer. My main activities involved Microchip PIC and ARM/Cortex micro-controllers. I still sell these chips (and related components), and some products that contain these chips.

From 2010 onwards my work gradually shifted from the webshop ad freelancing to lecturing. As a lecturer, I really enjoy passing my knowledge and experience on to new generations of embedded software engineers, both technical aspects and the enthusiasm for the field. I prefer to combine different formats: written material, lectures (life and recorded), interactive work sessions, small-group discussions, home assignments, individual and group projects. I activate the internal motivation of students (and colleagues) by providing individual challenges and bringing them into contact with professionals in the field.

I am a firm proponent of using C++ for small embedded (micro-controller) systems. I have held talks at various C++ conferences on this subject, and I participate in the SG14 GameDev & low latency ISO C++ working group, which is part of the ongoing C++ standardization and evolution process.

These are my talks and appearances on C++ meetings that were recorded. Most are about using modern C++ for small embedded systems.

• "Better embedded library interfaces with modern C++" ACCU 2019, Bristol
• "We stopped teaching C" (with Jorn Bunk) Meeting Embedded 2019, Berlin
• Embedded C++ For Embedded C Programmers emBO++ 2019, Bochum
• "Grill the committee" CoreHard Spring 2018, Minsk
• "Objects? No thanks!" CoreHard Spring 2018 Keynote, Minsk
• "Embedded & C++" Meeting C++ 2017 Keynote, Berlin
• "C++ on small micro controllers" Meeting C++ 2015, Berlin
• "Objects? No Thanks!" Meeting C++ 2014, Berlin