Summary
Toon Vanhoutte is a pragmatic technology leader and CTO with nine years of senior experience building cloud-native, integration and IoT solutions across the Microsoft ecosystem. As an Azure MVP and former Lead Architect at Codit, he blends deep hands-on skills in .NET, Azure PaaS, integration and data platforms with strategic responsibility for architecture, cost, security and reliability. He leads Noest with a focus on automating repetitive work—what he calls "professional laziness"—to deliver smarter, more efficient systems for customers. Toon’s background in industrial automation and longtime hobbyist home automation give him a practical edge when designing end-to-end IoT and operational platforms. He is active in the local Noest Microsoft community, driving knowledge sharing and pragmatic reuse rather than one-off solutions. Known for translating complex requirements into maintainable, secure architectures, he pairs craftsmanship with a constant eye for simplification.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master Master Industrial Automation (electro-mechanics), Master Master Industrial Automation (electro-mechanics) at HOWEST Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Mathematics and Science, Mathematics and Science at Spes Nostra Kuurne
Dutch, English, French