Summary
Adam Van Den Hoven is a Staff Software Engineer with 17 years of experience designing web and document management systems, currently based in Surrey, British Columbia. He specializes in XML schema design, information architecture, and document delivery solutions, combining deep systems design skills with hands-on web development. As president of a long-running consultancy, he has advised clients ranging from solo operators to Fortune 50 companies, translating complex requirements into practical architectures. His career spans roles in DevOps and engineering leadership at companies like LiveSwitch, Raven Industries, and CNH, demonstrating fluency across development, operations, and system integration. Trained as a physicist (B.Sc. Applied Physics), he brings quantitative rigor to information-architecture problems and a knack for making structured data work in real-world workflows. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic design decisions that balance standards-driven XML approaches with modern web delivery needs.
17 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc Applied Physics, B.Sc Applied Physics at University of Calgary