Michiel Staessen
Cloud Competence Center Lead at Capgemini
Brussels Metropolitan Area Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolMichiel Staessen is a cloud-focused software engineer and leader with 15 years’ experience, currently heading the Cloud Competence Center at Capgemini and serving as a software architect. Based in the Brussels area, he combines hands-on engineering—spanning web, mobile and backend systems—with strategic cloud adoption and architecture for enterprise clients. His open-source contributions include fixes to core tooling in the well-known Zend Framework, demonstrating attention to robustness and developer experience. A KU Leuven graduate in Computer Software Engineering, he rose through roles from system administration to senior engineering and architecture, giving him practical empathy for operational realities. Colleagues describe him as a programming junkie who translates deep technical curiosity into reliable, production-ready solutions.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science Computer Software Engineering at KU LeuvenLatijn - Wiskunde (8u), Latijn - Wiskunde (8u) at Onze Lieve Vrouwinstituut Boom
Dutch, French, English
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Github Skills (11)
tooling10
zend-framework10
php10
namespaces9
asp-net6
asp-net-core6
github6
visual-studio6
azure-cosmos-db6
angularjs6
linq6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
zendframework/zendframework
Jun 2011 - Nov 2011
Official Zend Framework repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Michiel primarily contributed to improving the Zend Framework's Tooling components by addressing namespace issues, correcting parse errors, and fixing initialization problems. Their work involved modifying core framework files and components related to project and manifest processing. These changes aimed to enhance the functionality and stability of the tool, making it more robust and reliable for developers.
zendzend-frameworkphpframeworkmodular
mstaessen/technology-index
Jan 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 29 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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