My name is Reinout Roels and I currently live and work in Brussels, Belgium. Software Engineering has always been my passion. Ever since I was 14 I have invested heavily in the related knowledge and skills and I have over 18 years of experience in developing commercial and business applications. I am fluent in many of the commonly used programming languages, frameworks and API's and have worked on several large-scale projects including desktop, web and mobile applications.

During my PhD I honed my non-technical skills such as coaching, communication and leadership. I led my own research and pushed the boundaries of technology. I have over 2000 hours of classroom experience, teaching subjects such as programming, databases, web technologies and mathematics. On top of that, I acted as technical lead for several software projects and coached countless individuals and teams.

At SWIFT, I started as senior software engineer, but was quickly selected to become Engineering Chapter Lead. Next to my technical role, I helped with the Agile transformation, and was responsible for shaping the craftmanship of developers, hiring, coaching, motivating and performance management. This work, in an international company with over 6000 employees, provided me with a lot of real-world corporate experience.

I am currently employed as Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Blue Planet Academy & Consulting, a role that allows me to combine and apply all my technical, management and coaching skills.

Current hobbies include poker AIs and algorithmic trading (stock, forex and cryptocurrency markets). I like to set long-term challenges that force me out of my comfort zone. For example, I achieved a full marathon finish under 4 hours and a 100km hike (the infamous "Dodentocht") finish in 22 hours.

For my technical skills, please see the Technical Skills and Technical Portfolio pages.

For my academic skills, please see the Research, Teaching and Publication pages.