Summary
Stefan Drissen is a Principal Functional Designer with over 11 years of focused experience modernizing and architecting Exact Financials using Progress OpenEdge ABL, driving the product from legacy client/server to standardized n-tier web and AppServer architectures. He combines deep functional and technical design expertise in financial and database design with hands-on coding, ensuring systems are predictable, reliable and maintainable. At Exact he led long-running transformation efforts, standardizing business logic and upgrading core system layers while delivering web UI, REST and SOAP integrations. Known for treating code as an art form, he pairs meticulous engineering discipline with a practical eye for auditability and financial correctness rooted in his HEAO RA background and early audit experience. Outside work he keeps a tinkerer’s curiosity alive—still sharpening skills in Z80 assembly—reflecting a rare blend of legacy-system fluency and modern web integration.
11 years of coding experience
HEAO RA, HEAO RA at Avans Hogeschool Breda
English, Dutch