Wout Mergaerts

.NET Developer focused on making fun projects

About

I've been interested in programming and tinkering since childhood, making Java mods for Minecraft and creating projects with an Arduino. This got me into volunteering with CoderDojo in high school and going for an IT degree in college. Since 2020 I've been working as a .NET developer while making fun projects with .NET or React on the side.

Experience

Build-SoftwareSince Sep. 2020
.NET Developer → Integrations Team LeadStarted as .NET developer implementing new functionality in VB.NET or C#. Quickly moved on to bigger projects like integrations with external apps & APIs, refactoring for performance improvements & maintainability and migrating from .NET Framework to .NET Core. Since 2023 I'm leading the team responsible for integrations with Outlook & Sharepoint (through Graph), planning software and various accounting programs.
C#/VB.NET/.NETEntity Framework (Core)WinformsSQL ServerBlazorREST API
BrainjarMar. 2020 - May 2020
Internship: Objective scoring in sportResearch if scoring in dressage is possible with Pose Estimation. To make the research easier, I also created a web application with Docker, Flask & React to easily upload and annonate videos.
PythonDeepLabCutDockerReactFlask
BpostJul. 2018 - Aug. 2018
Summer job: PostmanSorting & delivering letters and packages by bicycle and van.

Education

Thomas More Geel2017 - 2020
Bachelor's Degree Applied Computer Science: Application Development
Western Norway University of Applied SciencesAug 2019 - Dec. 2019
Erasmus semester: Advanced Web Applications, Machine Learning & Advanced Algorithms, Selected Topics in ICT
Group T2016 - 2017
Bachelor of Engineering Technology

Languages

Dutch: Mother TongueEnglish: C1French: B2

Skills

Desktop:
C#/VB.NET/.NETEntity Framework (Core)WinformsSQL Server
Web:
BlazorMAUIReactJavaScriptHTML5CSS3
Others:
GitCI/CD PipelinesDockerWindowsLinux

Certificates

Building Mobile Apps with .NET MAUI2024
U2U
AI-102: Azure AI Engineer Associate2022
Microsoft
MS-600: Building Applications and Solutions with Microsoft 365 Core Services2021
Microsoft
Advanced .NET 5 Web Development with Visual Studio 20192021
U2U

Projects

Hungry PigA symbolic comparison game for testing the cognitive development of prematurely born pre-schoolers.
BlazorMudBlazorFluxor.NET 6
Face SnakePlay the famous Snake game using the position of your face in the camera.
ReactJavascriptTensorflow.jsMaterial-UI
Portfolio WebsiteA portfolio website made with React & Radix
ReactJavascriptRadixNetlify
KGB BotA Dicord bot that keeps track of deleted/edited messages for admins of servers that also has some fun games for members.
Discord.NETQuartz.NET.NET 6Docker
Wanderer BotA Discord bot for a fantasy themed reading server of a famous YouTuber. Sorts people in their respective guilds.
Discord.NETQuartz.NET.NET 6Docker
ExWi BotA Discord bot for the server of the science department of the university of Bern that keeps track of deleted/edited messages & sorts people in their respective degrees.
Discord.NET.NET 6Docker