Pragmatic software for the real world
Hi! I'm Raoul. I work in software.
Software is getting more pervasive, leaving no industry or aspect of life untouched.
I help visionaries realise software projects in core organisational functions.
What do I get involved in?
Typical roles: Senior advisor or senior consultant.
Typical environment: Innovative organisations with a strong purpose.
Typical tech: Money-wise, revenue-spinning, hard-working web and mobile applications for organizations with 5 - 200 human collaborators.
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Recent project examples
At start-up Karri I helped to rebuild the entire core application in 3 months and migrate all customers to the new system enabing Karri's international expansion plans. I was also involved in the design, building and rollout of most requested features.
CCi provides operations knowledge and consulting to global manufacturing companies. I have a long association with the company, and most recently I helped them build new online assessment and project management tools with modern web technologies.
For Simplepay I worked on several tech partnerships, including interfacing with Quickbooks, the Singaporean Inland Revenue Authority and Irish Revenue expanding their ability to send and receive financial data.
For African Impact I implemented a number of site performance improvements and a Google Analytics overhaul to help the company better execute on sales pipeline metrics.
JourneyApps is a long-term client, and I have worked on several applications intenal and client applications that deliver important business performance reports to decision makers.
For ImpactReady and UNICEF I created the basic architecture and technical design for a water point monitoring and fault reporting system, designed to bring automation to a low-technology environment.
For JourneyApps and Peninsula Beverages I created a data broker in 3 months that helps their tablet-based deliveries application talk to their main SAP ERP system, ensuring end-to-end tracking of their product deliveries.
For Union Swiss I helped create a manufacturing system from scratch in 9 months, responsible for managing manufacture of 4,5 million units with a market value of $80 million within the first 2 months of going live.
For Uber5 and start-up Rollout I assisted in creating the web and mobile components for a new scheduling application. Immediate benefits: Improved revenue visibility, enhanced service due to the reduction of scheduling errors.
For Uber5 and the Democratic Alliance I built an automatic reporting engine for their research division that saves hundreds of hours of work during the course of a year.
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Recent software experiments
World-wize Surveys: A groundbreaking social survey app built for the first iPad.
STATUS: Sold in 2013.
STATUS: Sold in 2013.
Incivent/TeamReady: An android app and API back-end for managing roaming field-teams.
STATUS: Sold in 2015.
STATUS: Sold in 2015.