Application Consultant at IBM Global Services
Groningen Area, Netherlands
- Current
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- Application Consultant at IBM Global Services
- Various Contributions (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Freelance Web Developer at Self-employed
- Research Intern at TNO Information and Communication Technology
- Creator and Developer of an Online Translation Market at 22nd floor (Sole Proprietorship)
- Cofounder of Translation Agency, Project Manager at Translatable
- Technical Intern (Extreme Blue) at IBM
- Director and Organiser of a Major Music Festival at Februari Muziekmaand
- Freelance Translator (Self-employed)
- Developer and Administrator of Open Source Issue Tracking Product at Mantis Issue Tracker
- Education
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- Universiteit Twente
- Universiteit Twente
- Universiteit Twente
- Spinoza Lyceum
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Jeroen Latour’s Summary
• Student of Computer Science and Interaction Design
• Diverse work background, with jobs ranging from language professional to event organizer
Jeroen Latour’s Specialties:
Technology interests: information retrieval, knowledge systems, interaction design, collaborative filtering, computational linguistics, machine learning, recommender systems
Other professional interests: creativity, innovation, team structure, social networks, public speaking and communication, visualisation
Jeroen Latour’s Experience
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Application Consultant
IBM Global Services
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2008 — Present (2 months)
• Advising clients on the implementation of portals, content management systems and business process management software.
• Participating in the Young Talent Program. -
Various Contributions
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2001 — Present (7 years)
• Worked in a coordinating role at major festivals in Europe, often in high-stress environments.
• Served as member on various boards and committees. Most notably served as full-time treasurer and later chairman of Apollo, as representative of cultural associations at the University of Twente and partner in the development of student policy at the university. -
Freelance Web Developer
Self-employed
(Internet industry)
2000 — September 2008 (8 years)
• Worked for companies throughout the world, most notably Divitech A/S (Denmark), Sharecompany (NL), Studio Arens (NL) and Zend Technologies (Israel/US, of PHP fame).
• Developed web applications, mostly using PHP, JavaScript, AJAX, HTML/XML and CSS.
• Performed security audits of web applications. Contributor for security company iDEFENSE. -
Research Intern
TNO Information and Communication Technology
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)
February 2008 — August 2008 (7 months)
• Developed methodology for mining large datasets to build simulations.
• Test case is consumer behaviour in music, based on data of social networks.
• Working on article for Journal of Product Innovation Management. -
Creator and Developer of an Online Translation Market
22nd floor (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Translation and Localization industry)
January 2007 — February 2008 (1 year 2 months)
• Created and implemented an innovative concept for an online translation market.
• Did most of the web development (Ruby on Rails), in collaboration with designer.
• Project abandoned after one year for strategic reasons. -
Cofounder of Translation Agency, Project Manager
Translatable
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Translation and Localization industry)
March 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 7 months)
• Cofounded a translation agency, which mostly catered to a wide range of organisations and institutes at the University of Twente.
• Coordinated a team of up to fifteen translators and editors. Primary project manager.
• Sold company after team translated over 250,000 words in just over two years. -
Technical Intern (Extreme Blue)
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2007 — September 2007 (4 months)
• Worked in a team of business and technical students on overcoming issues with mobile payment, for ABN AMRO (Global IT Strategy).
• Contributed both to technical development and writing the business case.
• Resulting prototype led to patent preparations and follow-up at client. -
Director and Organiser of a Major Music Festival
Februari Muziekmaand
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Events Services industry)
2004 — 2007 (3 years)
• Expanded a small-scale music festival to a festival that includes 100 concerts and events, collaborates with nearly every professional and amateur music organisation in Enschede and has a yearly budget of over €50.000.
• For the 2007 edition ultimately responsible for the entire festival and budget, leading a team of over 25 part-time staff members. -
Freelance Translator
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Translation and Localization industry)
2002 — 2006 (4 years)
• Translated articles for nearly 100 English editions of the University of Twente newspaper.
• Other clients include research institutes and local and international translation agencies. -
Developer and Administrator of Open Source Issue Tracking Product
Mantis Issue Tracker
(Computer Software industry)
2002 — 2005 (3 years)
• PHP/MySQL developer of Mantis, among the first to become part of development team.
• Project co-administrator, coordinated internal development and design.
• Headed re-architecting project to improve security throughout the product.
Jeroen Latour’s Education
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Universiteit Twente
MSc (with distinction), Human Media Interaction, 2005 — 2008
Focus on natural language technology and knowledge systems.
- Activities and Societies:
- Drienerloos Vocaal Ensemble, Half Past Nine,
Stichting Februari Muziekmaand Enschede, Stichting NT2 Onderwijs en Communicatie
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Universiteit Twente
BSc, Computer Science, 2001 — 2006
Computer Science, with a minor in economy and public management.
- Activities and Societies:
- Drienerloos Vocaal Ensemble, Musilon, Cultuurkoepel Apollo
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Universiteit Twente
BSc (first year courses only), Telematics, 2002 — 2004
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Spinoza Lyceum
VWO, Sciences & Technology, 1995 — 2001
- Activities and Societies:
- student council, representative advisory council, Computer Science teaching assistant
