Tom Van Dyck
Senior Software Engineer Technical Lead at Unifly nv
Lier, Antwerp, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolTom Van Dyck is a senior software engineer and technical lead with 15 years of experience building complex enterprise and industrial automation systems, from embedded controllers and motion control to cloud-backed Java/Spring services and React frontends. He combines hands-on C++ and Java 8 expertise with strong database and GIS knowledge (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and modern dev tooling and practices such as Maven, Git, Jenkins and TDD. At Unifly he leads teams delivering unmanned aviation solutions to national authorities, balancing code reviews, requirement refinement and people coaching. His background in AGV systems and warehouse management gives him deep practical insight into real-time control, sensor integration (LIDAR, RFID) and fleet orchestration. An active open-source contributor, he has refactored core battlescape mechanics for the well-known OpenXcom project, reflecting a habit of improving legacy codebases as well as building new features.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Controlled Mechanical Production Techniques, Computer Controlled Mechanical Production Techniques at Damiaaninstituut Aarschot
English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish
Github Skills (19)
xcs10
c-language10
gameplay10
xcos10
xcomponent10
xcp10
videogames10
ufo10
cplus10
refactoring10
cpp10
game-development10
cprogramming-language10
x10
svn9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
OpenXcom/OpenXcom
Nov 2010 - Sep 2013
Open-source clone of the original X-Com 👽
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:286 commits in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Tom's contributions centered on integrating battlescape code into the SVN repository. They modified source code files, specifically within the `src/Battlescape` and `src/Ruleset` directories, to facilitate merging and refactoring of battlescape elements, including terrain and unit models. The code changes involved renaming classes and adding new classes, indicating a focus on refactoring and potentially improving the structure and functionality of the game's battlescape mechanics.
gameufo-defensex-comsdlc-plus-plus
tomvd/rtl1090xhsi
Jul 2013 - Jun 2020
Contributions:4 commits, 1 push, 1 comment in 7 years
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