Rick is a highly experienced DevOps Engineer at vPlan. With his work, he contributes to ensuring that vPlan is as available as possible for users, aiming for 100% uptime. His punctuality and knowledge also make him highly suitable as an administrator for all our internal software systems, including Atlassian and Hubspot. It's time to get to know Rick!
What was your journey before joining vPlan?
"I studied Technical Informatics at Hogeschool Rotterdam, and during this program, I moved to Enschede. I did my internship at Centric TSolve in Hengelo. After this internship, I still had to complete a few courses, but I started looking for a job.
Before completing my degree, I started working as a developer at i-Signaal in Rijssen. After a few months, in addition to developing VerzuimSignaal, I also started working on the infrastructure on which the application runs. When i-Signaal was fully acquired by Unit4, I was mainly involved with infrastructure. In 2016, I moved from Unit4 to DataVisual, where I had the opportunity to work even more with infrastructure. From DataVisual, I joined vPlan."
How long have you been working at vPlan?
"I have been employed at vPlan since December 2017, so it's been over two and a half years now. However, I have been involved with vPlan since the beginning from DataVisual, where I set up the entire infrastructure for the application."
What gives you the most energy?
"I get the most energy from researching and developing new and better ways to keep the infrastructure as stable as possible. This involves not only the lower layers of the infrastructure but also, for example, researching new techniques that developers can use."
What do you find most challenging about your work?
"vPlan is an application used by many people, so it is important to have the application available at all times. This depends not only on the infrastructure but also on the application itself, and the collaboration between the application and the infrastructure plays an important role.
The challenge for me is recognizing and preventing problems before they arise. And if they do arise unexpectedly, finding a solution as quickly as possible that minimizes the impact on users."
If your colleagues had to describe you in 3 words, what words would they be?
"That probably varies from colleague to colleague, so if you really want to know, you should ask them. But if I had to describe myself in 3 words, they would be: direct, high standard (both for myself and for others), and reliable."
What do you like to do in your free time?
"I came to Enschede to play baseball. I have since stopped playing due to an injury. Nowadays, I am a softball coach, although this year, unfortunately, due to the Corona crisis, there isn't much of that. In addition, I play online games regularly and watch a lot of movies and series."
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