Bert Van Vreckem
Lecturer ICT at HOGENT
Brussels Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolBert Van Vreckem is a Lecturer ICT with 14+ years of experience teaching Linux system administration, networking and software topics at HoGent and other institutions, combining classroom instruction with hands-on DevOps practice. He designs curricula and coaches projects and theses, while conducting research in manufacturing execution systems and production scheduling. A pragmatic engineer, he contributes open-source Ansible roles—most notably for automating authoritative DNS (BIND) with automated acceptance tests—bringing Infrastructure as Code and test-driven infrastructure into teaching and operations. Based in Brussels, he blends academic rigor (Master in Computer Science) with practical tooling like Ansible, Vagrant and Git, and is known for tailored courses and public speaking. Outside work his biggest ongoing project is parenting three children, which keeps his scheduling skills well-honed.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Secondary Education, Latin/Sciences, Secondary Education, Latin/Sciences at Sint-Aloysiuscollege NinoveMaster, Computer Science, Master, Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Dutch, English
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Github Skills (9)
automation10
ansible-galaxy10
automations10
dns10
ansible10
yaml9
templating9
linux8
freebsd8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
bertvv/ansible-role-bind
Apr 2015 - Jun 2022
Sets up ISC BIND as an authoritative DNS server on several Linux distros & FreeBSD
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 293 commits, 56 PRs in 7 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Bert primarily focused on automating and improving the deployment and configuration of an authoritative DNS server. Their contributions include implementing custom filters, improving template styles, handling undefined variables in configuration files, and introducing automated acceptance tests using BATS. They also added features to support slave servers and DNS64, reflecting a focus on comprehensive DNS server management and operational efficiency.
isc-binddnsbinddistroslinux
bertvv/scripts
Oct 2013 - Nov 2022
A bunch of (mostly Bash) scripts that may be useful. Or not.
Contributions:127 commits, 1 PR, 57 pushes in 9 years 2 months
scriptbash-scriptsperl5bashshell
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