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Introduction of a truck toll (VWH ) in the Netherlands on July 1, 2026. From that date, carriers will drive with an onboard unit (OBU ) issued by a service provider.

The assignment comprises the project-based design and implementation of the truck toll system, with the aim of collecting tolls from trucks on Dutch roads. To this end, service providers (intermediaries between carriers and RDW ) are connected digitally to exchange large volumes of data asynchronously in accordance with ISO-12855. This data concerns subscriptions, toll journeys, and toll payments by the carriers affiliated with them.

Initiated and implemented process optimization for the automatic generation of the message specification (ISO-12855 ) shared with service providers. This specification is used to generate the code foundation for message exchange. Co-developed the architecture for processing large volumes of messages every day. Established fully automated CI/CD through to production, with zero downtime. Responsible for the technical integration of seven European service providers and their incoming and outgoing data flows. Set up automated certificate management for client certificates used for data security (signing) and transport security (TLS). Functionally and technically responsible for monitoring message conversations and mitigating incidents.

Result: VWH went live very successfully on July 1, 2026. Approximately 1.4 million messages are processed every day. More than €100 million in tolls is collected for the Dutch government each month. Since going live, multiple releases containing improvements and new features have been deployed daily for several VWH components, without downtime.

Salvador is an operational (micro)services platform for deploying and managing Mikronika DALI remote terminal units (RTUs). These units are used to monitor the low-voltage grid and automatically switch public lighting throughout the Enexis service area. Monitoring the electricity grid is essential in this era of energy transition. The outage service and congestion management teams are among the consumers of the information streams made available through Salvador.

Team Domingo is the DevOps team responsible for developing the Enexis Central Device Management platform. This ECDM platform acts as a vendor-independent broker between Salvador and RTUs in the field. As long as contracted RTU suppliers conform to the ECDM platform contract, their units integrate seamlessly with Enexis’s operational technology. Team Domingo’s responsibilities include preparing and planning substantive work and implementing and testing ECDM platform features. Because Salvador is a central link in the IT/OT chain, considerable integration work takes place with IT, for deploying and maintaining RTUs, and with RTU vendors, for configuration and firmware management and connection to the ECDM platform.

For the connection of Mikronika’s first RTU model, the Light Control Unit (LCU), to the ECDM platform, feedback cycles were drastically shortened. This was achieved by increasing the frequency of coordination on technical and integration matters and making the LCU available within the Domingo developers’ environment.

Result: The full technical integration of the LCU was completed at the end of August 2023.

MBO Studiematerialen is a multi-tenant SaaS solution based on microservices. It relieves vocational education schools of managing their learning-material lists and helps students order digital and physical learning materials. The ordering system is positioned between schools and students on the one hand and publishers of digital teaching materials on the other. The bol.com webshop is used for the ordering process.

The Scrum team responsible for the order and returns workflow services embraces a very high degree of shared responsibility. Its work is therefore highly diverse: planning and preparing work, implementing and testing features—from unit and integration tests to API and UI tests—setting up CI/CD pipelines, deploying software, releasing features, and providing operational and technical management. At an overarching level, preparations were made to move the solution to an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster.

Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) software provides continuous insight into the quality and risks of executed business processes. It does so by processing process data every day through ETL using an SAP connector and transforming this data into insights displayed in CCM dashboards. The dashboards enable users to filter and aggregate results across various dimensions. This gives operational departments insight into the quality of business-process execution while also enabling Risk Management, Compliance, and Internal Audit to generate aggregated or focused overviews for different periods.

Be-Value acted as Software and Infrastructure Architect for this project.

• Designed the Azure infrastructure and implemented the Terraform scripts and Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Designed and implemented security measures in the infrastructure and software, including initiating and supervising penetration tests.
• Identified issues and areas for improvement in the existing software architecture and defined a roadmap for a new architecture.
• Implemented the new software architecture together with a Scrum team of data analysts, front-end developers working with React and Node, and back-end developers working with .NET Core and C#.
• Configured Azure DevOps for documentation, the Scrum process, Git repositories, and build and release pipelines.

Recommendation: “Jelle was an important member of a development team we put together in order to revamp the back-end of one of our solutions. Jelle was present at the start of the project and played a vital role, both in structurally improving the architecture as well as providing valuable insights and support to the other team members. In terms of flexibility he proved he learns new concepts quickly and is able to share knowledge easily. In conclusion, an excellent developer and great team player.”

Construction company Van Wijnen aims to focus on more than construction in the future. In line with that vision, it has launched several labels, including Fijn Wonen and, most recently, Fijn Zorgen. As a startup, Fijn Zorgen aims to “relieve people who want to continue living at home by offering relevant solutions.” An advisory tool identifies their needs, translates them into recommendations, and links them to relevant products and services in the webshop, which is supplied by Fijn Zorgen’s partners.

Be-Value was consulted during the startup’s pilot phase.

• Developed the Fijn Zorgen website in collaboration with Online Department .
• Developed the advisory tool aimed at helping older people live independently at home for longer. The tool guides users through targeted questions whose flow is influenced by their answers. It ultimately provides concrete recommendations that can be saved to a personal profile, printed, or emailed.
• Set up the webshop and its transaction-processing logic.
• Integrated the components described above.

The Learning Network, formerly known as Van Dijk Educatie, is the largest supplier of learning materials and related services in the Netherlands and Belgium. Each year, Van Dijk Educatie supplies more than 13 million textbooks, four million digital licenses, and other study materials to 1.3 million pupils and students in secondary, vocational, and higher education as well as to the business market.

Be-Value participated in the digital team responsible for ordering, specifying, and delivering digital learning materials. The focus was on identity-related data analysis and the continued development and quality improvement of a gated ordering system that processes orders for digital learning materials.

Delta Instruments is a leading manufacturer of instruments for analysing dairy products. Its equipment is used by the dairy industry and independent laboratories for dairy quality control, pathological research, and dairy herd improvement . The CombiScope 600 Dairy Analyzer was developed for rapid, routine batch analysis of large quantities of dairy products and is used worldwide, from South Korea to Brazil.

Be-Value was consulted to redesign the software and system architecture used to configure and control the CombiScope 600 Dairy Analyzer. The scope was limited to the .NET software between the operator and the CAN interface. Together with the software team, we worked toward a functional and technical decomposition of the existing monolithic system and the centralization of components and services in a cloud environment to support subscription models for customers. The work included facilitating functional and architecture sessions, developing proofs of concept, taking the first steps toward the functional and technical decomposition of the monolith, and setting up a CI/CD environment.

Lasaulec is a technical wholesaler of consumables and tools for industry. To improve its services for the business market (B2B) and open up the consumer market (B2C), Lasaulec developed a new webshop. The webshop includes specific B2B functionality that distinguishes it from standard ecommerce implementations, ranging from price segmentation to customer-specific products and associated services. The webshop is also marketed as a standalone product for industrial partners and customers.

Be-Value supported the development team with architecture, analysis of specific B2B functionality, and implementation.

Lifelines is a large-scale population study in the northern Netherlands that investigates healthier ageing. Physical examinations and questionnaires are periodically administered to 160,000 participants.

In close cooperation with the Target and Competence Center department of the University of Groningen, Be-Value contributed to the continued development and professionalization of the IT services that support this research. The work consisted of automating and implementing the processes for creating and processing questionnaires based on metadata and configurations supplied by researchers.

The following procedures are performed in the cardiac catheterization department of the Thoracic Center:

• Coronary angiography (CAG )
• Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI , angioplasty)
• Heart-valve procedures: TAVI and MitraClip
• Implantation of pacemakers and ICDs
• Electrophysiological studies (EPS ) and ablations

Be-Value analysed the processes and information flows involved in initiating and administratively completing these procedures and translated them into an integrated IT solution. The primary goals were to phase out paper-based information flows and optimally combine, integrate, and present medical information to treating physicians while preparing and performing procedures.

2011 – 2013

RDW modernized its system for registering vehicle liability. The two-part paper registration certificate was replaced by a registration card with a chip. The front ends used by garages, PostNL service points, and RDW itself to register liability were completely renewed. As software architect and lead developer in this large and complex modernization programme, I advised and directed the project while also contributing extensively to its implementation. From 2014 onwards, the paper certificate for every newly registered vehicle was replaced by a credit-card-sized registration card.

2006 – 2011

Directed, advised, and implemented several projects involving the migration and external accessibility of existing systems. These included vehicle registration and suspension, a system that gave all RDW employees access to base registries, and the registration of periodic vehicle inspections (APK). I also advised and directed working groups and review panels focused on improving software-development processes, application lifecycle management, and software architecture.

• Defined and reviewed the software architecture and provided direction and advice on application architecture and technical design issues.
• Coached project team members on architecture and design.
• Coached project team members on technical matters.
• Directed and monitored implementation throughout the development, testing, acceptance, and production environments.
• Participated in working groups aimed at professionalizing and optimizing the development process.
• Served as lead developer for several projects, including the credit-card-sized registration certificate and APK registration for authorized companies.

Developed the “ACLO Subsidy Allocator” for the umbrella student sports foundation of Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen and the University of Groningen (ACLO). The ACLO Subsidy Allocator is a Windows application used to distribute the available resources—time and money—among affiliated sports clubs each year.

• Information analysis
• Definition and elaboration of algorithms
• Implementation

Developed the HAIS web and smart-client application (Port Administration and Information System) for collecting seaport and inland port dues on behalf of the Port of Dordrecht.

• Defined the software architecture and provided direction and advice on architectural and technical design issues.
• Organized and led client workshops for functional analysis and prototyping.
• Prepared and coordinated the functional design and business models.
• Coached and directed junior project team members on technical matters.

Ported the online stock-ordering software system to new platforms. The system enabled private clients to manage their investments interactively. Responsible for refactoring the existing design into a simplified software architecture.

Developed and implemented WASP, an in-house framework for generating back-end components for distributed n-tier applications on the .NET platform. WASP’s primary objectives were to accelerate software development through code generation and improve the quality of reusable software components.

• Shared responsibility within a team of architects for defining the framework architecture and design.
• Delivered presentations on the framework’s status and usability.
• Participated in implementing the software components and generation templates.
• Development took place partly as an internal initiative and partly within various client projects. Advised marketing activities aimed at evolving the WASP framework into an effective development platform.

Developed the “Short Stay Housing” web application, a matching system for housing associations that provides temporary accommodation for international students throughout the Randstad area.

• Shared responsibility for the functional analysis, technical design, and implementation.
• Organized and led client workshops to gather requirements.
• Translated the findings into business models and technical designs using ERD, OOA, and UML.
• Implemented the technical specifications using WASP.
• Coached and directed junior project team members on technical matters.

Developed the BHG web and smart-client application (BinnenHaven Gelden) for collecting inland port dues on behalf of the municipal Port of Amsterdam.

• Responsible for the technical designs of several subsystems.
• Implemented and integrated multiple subsystems in a multidisciplinary project team. Using the latest .NET technology available at the time, the back-end database connectivity, business logic, and front-end logic were designed and implemented.

Designed a web-based, multi-user hardware registration and patching registration system. The system supported workplace, telephone, and network management at Achmea’s larger offices in the Netherlands.

• Advised the client on the concept and software-package selection.
• Produced the technical design and implemented the application in a small project team of three to four people.

Refactored and ported a software package that controlled the complete production process at several paper-recycling plants, including those in Roermond, Zülpich, and Birmingham. The code was refactored and ported from the OS/2 platform to Windows. Designed and implemented an automated interface between the administrative processes on AS/400 and this core business application to optimize production-process control and feed management information back into the organization.

Worked on various projects, primarily technical in nature and focused on peer-to-peer communication.

• Designed, modified, tested, and implemented distributed systems in the production environment for collecting and analysing management information.
• Developed embedded real-time software for Berghof I/O interface modules.
• Authored a C++ programming style guide for use within the department.
• Defined and developed a transparent network-interface framework using Philips-native protocols and TCP/IP, with an open architecture designed for future extensions.

Worked on number portability at KPN, enabling customers to retain their landline telephone number when moving to another provider. Designed and implemented a subproject for number portability that connected the back-office system to IBM MQ Series middleware for communication between telecommunications service providers.

Worked with the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the Medical Decision-Making department of the University of Groningen. The main focus during this period was the Frisian Decision Language (FDL) project, which developed an entirely new programming language and its interpreter. Its primary purpose was to design and analyse advanced decision-making models.