Bob Claerhout
Project Manager at Sirus nv
Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Top SchoolBob Claerhout is a pragmatic software engineer-turned-project manager with 12 years of experience building and leading teams around .NET backend systems and IIoT platforms from Antwerp. He combines hands-on C#/.NET development—contributing backend and DevOps enhancements to notable open-source projects like the Eclipse Hono LoRa adapter—with project leadership roles at Tropos.io and Aloxy where he bridged device integrations, cloud data stacks and operational delivery. As founder of Progressus and current Project Manager at Sirus, he pairs entrepreneurial initiative with enterprise-grade delivery practices, favoring short iterations and clear stakeholder communication. His background in industrial automation and AGV systems gives him deep domain knowledge in embedded-to-cloud workflows and safety-critical integrations. Colleagues describe him as a builder who moves between code, architecture and team coaching, often surfacing practical security and metrics improvements that aren’t immediately obvious.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Artesis Hogeschool AntwerpenMaster, Elektronics-ICT, Master, Elektronics-ICT at Hogeschool AntwerpenTechniek wetenschappen, Techniek wetenschappen at Heilig Hart van Maria, 's GravenwezelSport Wetenschappen, Sport Wetenschappen at GIB
English, Dutch, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (27)
messaging10
apidoc10
lorawan10
internet-of-things10
java10
eclipseiot10
iot10
javas10
api10
vertx10
json9
http9
spring-boot9
mqtt8
mqttnet8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
eclipse-hono/hono
Jan 2019 - Nov 2022
Eclipse Hono™ Project
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:44 reviews, 37 commits, 48 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Bob primarily contributed to the backend aspects of the LoRa adapter, implementing new providers and features for various LoRaWAN network servers. They added support for providers such as Firefly, Loriot, ChirpStack, MultiTech, Kerlink, and Live Objects. Furthermore, they were involved in the setup and configuration of security-related components and command mapping within the adapter. The user also made code changes related to metrics and added gateway-related features, including metadata parsing.
honoeclipseioteclipsemessagingjava
BobClaerhout/packages
Mar 2020 - Jan 2023
IoT Packages project
Contributions:71 pushes, 15 branches in 2 years 11 months
mqttiot
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