Bert Laverman
Enterprise Architect at Rijksoverheid
Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolBert Laverman is an experienced enterprise architect with over two decades of hands-on software and systems expertise, currently shaping developer experience and automation for the Dutch government after a recent tenure at DPG Media. He combines deep practical knowledge—from low-level development and Java/JEE platforms to DevOps and SecDevOps—with strategic architecture for media, finance, defense and aviation clients. A longtime contributor to the AxonFramework ecosystem and author of CsSimConnect, he brings both open-source sensibility and niche domain work (flight-simulation integration) to production-grade systems. Known for reducing friction in delivery pipelines, Bert also teaches and publishes on Agile, Lean and software architecture, translating complex ideas into approachable training and animated explanations. His background includes a PhD in Computing Science, which underpins a preference for clarity, flow and measurable engineering improvements.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Ir Informatica, Ir Informatica at University of TwentePhD Computing Science, PhD Computing Science at University of Groningen
Dutch, English, German, Japanese
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Github Skills (17)
cqrs10
event-sourcing10
java10
javas10
message-driven10
domain-driven-design10
command-line-interface9
jdbc9
command-line9
spring-boot9
command-line-tool9
scalability8
performance-analysis8
performance-monitor8
testing8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
AxonFramework/AxonFramework
Sep 2018 - May 2020
Framework for Evolutionary Message-Driven Microservices on the JVM
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 8 PRs, 16 pushes in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Bert primarily contributed to the backend logic of the Axon Framework, as evidenced by the changes to core components. They fixed resource leaks by implementing try-with-resources in several JDBC utility classes. Furthermore, the user added a convenience method to register an event handler builder and introduced an EventGateway with a default implementation and a test case, highlighting improvements to event handling capabilities. They also implemented an exponential backoff retry scheduler, enhancing command handling robustness.
event-sourcingaxon-frameworkaxoncqrsperformance
CsSimConnect/CsSimConnect
Apr 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:61 commits, 4 PRs, 50 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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