Ewout Van De Capelle
IPD Software Engineer at Nokia
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolEwout Van De Capelle is an IPD Software Engineer with 14 years of experience designing and delivering low-level networking software in C and C++, currently contributing to Nokia's 7750 Service Router IPv6 and traffic engineering features. He consistently applies test-driven development and retrofits unit tests into legacy codebases to improve reliability and maintainability across globally distributed teams. His expertise spans IPv6 (ND, ICMPv6, packet handling), ARP/ND implementation in modern C++17, and BGP-LS integration for carrier-grade routing. Trained with distinction in embedded systems at Universiteit Gent, he pairs strong academic foundations with practical skill in kernel modules, automation frameworks, and protocol internals. Colleagues know him for tackling complex protocol problems and openly sharing knowledge to raise team capability. Based in Ghent, Belgium, he brings a pragmatic customer-value focus to hard systems engineering often neglected in high-level networking projects.
14 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer’s Degree, Master of science, computer science, embedded systems, great distinction, Engineer’s Degree, Master of science, computer science, embedded systems, great distinction at Universiteit GentWetenschappen-wiskunde, Wetenschappen-wiskunde at Sint-Lodewijkscollege Lokeren
English, Dutch, French, German
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Github Skills (11)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
EwoutVDC/MCPixelArtConverter
Jun 2017 - Aug 2022
An application to generate minecraft pixel art plans from images
Contributions:2 releases, 2 reviews, 50 commits in 5 years 3 months
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EwoutVDC/BlinkyBot
Aug 2015 - Jun 2017
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
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