PierreĀ Smits
Consultant at Somonar B.V.
North Brabant, Netherlands
Summary
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SeniorPierre Smits is an experienced Information Technology Consultant and Solution Architect with over a decade of hands-on experience across CMS, ERP, BI and e-commerce domains. He combines deep business-process and requirements analysis skills with practical solution design, having supported clients like NXP, Royal Philips, CreditSafe and Vanderlande Industries. An entrepreneur at heart, he founded multiple companies and quickly assesses both organizational and technical project facets to align stakeholders and delivery. Active in Apache open source for nearly two decades, he contributes to Apache OFBiz and serves in PMC and VP roles, emphasizing pragmatic UI and permissions improvements in enterprise ERP codebases. Based in North Brabant, Netherlands, Pierre brings a direct, clear communication style and a background in financial reporting that sharpens his ability to translate complex requirements into auditable solutions. Less obvious: his long-term open-source stewardship shows he balances enterprise consulting with community governance and scalable software craftsmanship.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Dutch, English, German
Github Skills (12)
ofbiz10
css10
javas10
freemarker10
java10
groovy9
web-framework9
accounting8
html8
xml7
databases6
database6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
apache/ofbiz-framework
Feb 2020 - Dec 2022
Apache OFBiz is an open source product for the automation of enterprise processes. It includes framework components and business applications for ERP, CRM, E-Business/E-Commerce, Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing Resource Planning. OFBiz provides a foundation and starting point for reliable, secure and scalable enterprise solutions.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 162 commits, 339 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Pierre primarily contributed to improving the style and consistency of the OFBiz framework's user interface across various themes, replacing outdated properties like 'align-float' with 'align-text'. They also addressed a bug related to displaying the middle name in the Party list and made several changes related to viewing permissions in the accounting and human resources modules. Furthermore, the user implemented features for commission run and fin account mutations and transactions, adjusting the screens to account for users with VIEW permissions. The user also addressed a typo which prevented updateProductAverageCostOnReceiveInventory() function from expiring old ProductAverageCost records.
starting-pointofbizchainsupplycrm
SOMONAR/ofbiz
May 2020 - Jun 2024
Mirror of Apache OFBiz Framework
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 44 branches in 4 years 1 month
ofbizhttpdcrmerp-frameworkecommerce-platform
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