Frank Goossens
Product Owner Expert Bij Departement Wewis - Europa at Vlaanderen connect.
Ghent Metropolitan Area Belgium
Summary
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SeniorFrank Goossens is a seasoned web technology consultant and product owner with over 11 years of experience optimizing security, performance, integration and architecture for high-traffic Belgian sites and public-sector projects. Currently serving as Product Owner/Expert at Departement Wewis - Europa, he combines hands-on solution architecture experience from roles at Tech Mahindra and Mobistar with pragmatic delivery skills developed since the late 1990s. He is the maintainer and developer of widely used open-source WordPress plugins (Autoptimize, WP YouTube Lyte, WP DoNotTrack), demonstrating deep expertise in front-end performance and privacy-focused tooling. Frank regularly publishes technical writing on web performance and security at blog.futtta.be, reflecting a habit of turning operational challenges into shared knowledge. Comfortable bridging product, engineering and operations, he excels at turning complex integration and optimization requirements into reliable, maintainable solutions. Based in Ghent, he brings a rare mix of consultancy breadth, long-term platform experience and active open-source stewardship.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish
Github Skills (127)
minifies10
yui-compressor10
deferred10
lazyload10
optimization10
compressor10
srcset10
seo10
wordpress10
lazysizes10
youtube10
prerender10
user-interaction10
lazy-evaluation10
normal10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
futtta/wp-youtube-lyte
Dec 2015 - Jan 2023
Embed YouTube on WordPress for optimal performance
Contributions:17 releases, 5 reviews, 193 commits in 7 years 1 month
wordpressyoutubeperformanceyoutube-embedoptimal
futtta/async-javascript
Mar 2018 - Aug 2021
WordPress plugin to allow JS to be asynced or deferred to improve performance
Contributions:8 releases, 80 commits, 13 PRs in 3 years 6 months
wordpressperformancewordpress-plugindeferred
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