hello! i’m michel hiemstra, 24 years old and currently working at Closure as a frontend developer where my main focus is PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, HTML and trying out the latest stuff.

experience in the field

• 2011 - present
• KtotK Closure B.V. fulltime job as Sr. Frontend developer.

• 2010 - present
• Founded Oozio, a company for my freelance projects.

• 2010 - 2011
• LetsBLINQ, Online (thin-client) video conferencing platform (Lead developer)

• 2010 - 2011
• Freelance, working freelance for multiple clients, mainly in The Netherlands.

• 2006 - 2010
• RoyalPink, fulltime operative as a kick-ass PHP programmer (web developer)

• 2006 - 2010
• Brilliance Hosting, founder, hosting company (900+ clients). Sold the company in 2010.

• 2005 - 2006
• moreEconomy B.V. 1 year fulltime operative as PHP Programmer

• 2004 - 2005
• HIDS, Internet development & strategy B.V. 1 year fulltime operative as PHP Programmer

• 2003 - 2005
• Freelancing as web developer for several companies and individuals

• 2001 - 2003
• working at the local supermarket and steakhouse lol, fun times

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• Download my full Résumé in PDF-format, including my Portfolio. (EN - NL)

my skills, what i can do

• PHP
• 9 years experience, of which 7 years professional, object oriented

• Databases
• Comes with the territory, extensive experience with the populair databases.

• SEO - SEM
• Learning while doing, have some successful showcases

• Bunch of stuff
• (X)HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, Prototype, AJAX, CSS (2.0, 3.0), SOAP, XML, BSD etc.

• Frameworks / CMS
• Fuel, CodeIgniter, Zend, PEAR, Kohana, CakePHP, Drupal, Joomla, Horde, Mambo, Magento.

some stuff i do in my free time

• 2010 - present
• CodeSnippets.in - Open platform for submitting and using opensource code snippets

• 2002 - 2004
• WebmasterCity (wmcity.nl) Founder, popular webmaster community

• timeless
• Collaberating on different open-source projects

• timeless
• Several freelance projects for example copywriting, webshops, weblogs, CRM— backoffice— newsletter systems, payment implementations, search engine optimization/marketing you name it..

countries I visited over the years

• the Netherlands (homeland)
• Belgium

• Fryslân ˆˆ
• Sweden

• Denmark
• France

• Greece
• Luxembourg

• Germany
• Turkey

• Switzerland
• United States of America

• Spain

social networks, friends, sites i like

• LinkedIn
• Twitter

• Flickr Photos
• Facebook

contact me

If you have any questions, want to hire me or just want to say hi, I’ll be happy to hear from you.
Contact me at this email address or use the form below — mhiemstra@php.net

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I am registered with Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands under registration number 01175863.

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