Johan Van De Wauw
Development Of Continuous Cable Health Monitoring at Fluves
Ghent Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolJohan Van De Wauw is a scientific programmer and data-driven engineer with 16 years of experience at the intersection of geoscience and software, currently leading continuous cable health monitoring development at Marlinks. He holds a PhD in Geology/Geography from Ghent University and has translated academic expertise in stochastic soil and groundwater modelling into commercial sensor and burial-depth modelling solutions for offshore power cables. Johan combines back-end engineering and DevOps with GIS and spatial databases, having delivered enterprise geospatial systems and contributed backend enhancements to the popular open-source project Gitea. He has a track record of turning complex scientific workflows into reproducible, deployable tools and services used in both public and private sectors. Active in community events like FOSDEM and with roots in environmental research and volunteering, he brings pragmatic multidisciplinary thinking and a strong focus on robust, maintainable systems. An understated strength is his ability to bridge rigorous academic modelling with practical productization, evidenced by commercializing research through a Parkwind joint venture.
16 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Sint-Pieterscollege, LeuvenDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geology, Geography, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Geology, Geography at Ghent Universitybioscience engineering, land and forestry management, magna cum laude, bioscience engineering, land and forestry management, magna cum laude at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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Github Skills (23)
git10
apidoc10
authentication10
user-authentication10
gitea10
go10
api10
golang10
databases9
database9
devops8
git-server7
dockers7
docker7
code-coverage6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
go-gitea/gitea
Sep 2019 - Oct 2022
Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 8 commits, 12 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Johan primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of Gitea, focusing on API enhancements, configuration options, and authentication. They implemented a new API endpoint for retrieving releases by tag name and added functionality to skip LFS, attachment, and index data during dumps, increasing data management flexibility. Additionally, the user addressed authentication issues related to LDAP login and email address verification, refining the user login process.
golangdevopsgiteahostedcup
johanvdw/fosdem-360
Jan 2020 - Dec 2024
Fosdem 360
Contributions:2 PRs, 17 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 11 months
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