Frederik Vannieuwenborg

Leading the Belgium technology team, defining technical strategy, and improving how the company builds and operates its SaaS platforms. Focused on architectural simplification, security improvements, cloud transformation, and strengthening engineering practices.

Key Achievements

• Redesigned the core platform and reduced the server footprint by approximately 50%, improving scalability, reliability, and system simplicity.
• Restructured the engineering team and introduced clearer ways of working, improving collaboration, delivery flow, and team effectiveness.
• Raised engineering maturity by introducing clearer standards, improving documentation, and enabling the team to work more consistently.
• Reduced change lead time by approximately 30% through improvements in delivery flow, CI/CD, and engineering practices.
• Introduced AI-assisted development tools and practices to improve developer productivity, while defining clear guardrails for responsible use.
• Prepared by the Belgium Development Team for ISO 27001 by strengthening documentation, processes, and security controls.
• Created a clear Azure migration plan covering security, governance, architecture, and operational readiness.
• Led the transition to Auth0 to modernize identity and improve platform security.
• Actively partnered with product, operations, and leadership teams to guide technical decisions, manage expectations, and maintain alignment across the organization.

Supported the Connected Assets team by validating MCX technologies, testing device interoperability, and assisting customer pilots for private 4G/5G deployments.

Key Achievements

• Researched, validated, and tested MCX solutions for private 4G/5G networks.
• Evaluated device interoperability, and provided input to platform and product direction.
• Supported early customer pilots by analyzing real-world system behavior and reducing deployment friction.
• Produced documentation and installation guidelines to improve field readiness.

Responsible for technical strategy, architecture, team leadership, and platform evolution for the Betotrace SaaS platform. Supporting growth through improved scalability, product development, and organizational maturity.

Key Achievements

• Led the architecture and evolution of the SaaS platform to support customer and usage growth.
• Improved platform performance by 20–30% and increased reliability through backend restructuring and improved deployment pipelines.
• Delivered a cross-platform mobile app, improving customer engagement, and extending platform usability.
• Played a key role in defining product and technical strategy, ensuring the platform evolved in line with customer expectations and business growth targets.
• Built and coached a remote engineering team of 10, improving delivery cadence, collaboration, and code quality.
• Expanded platform capabilities through integrations with planning tools and external systems, reducing onboarding friction.

Modernized the customer configuration and ordering flow by replacing outdated ERP logic and introducing a scalable CPQ-Navision integration. Focused on simplifying BOM creation, reducing maintenance, and improving order accuracy.

Key Achievements

• Selected and integrated a CPQ solution to replace complex, custom BOM logic in Navision.
• Designed the full CPQ-Navision integration to automate order creation and generate accurate BOMs.
• Modernized the ERP landscape by removing custom logic, reducing maintenance effort, and enabling a smooth Navision upgrade.
• Improved BOM accuracy by approximately 80% and reduced Navision maintenance workload by approximately 50%.
• I built the first configurator and coached the development team during implementation.
• Reduced manual intervention and improved data quality across the order-to-production.

Responsible for technical direction across Aptus products and customer projects, guiding hardware, firmware, and software teams to deliver reliable and scalable solutions.

Key Achievements

• Led architectural direction across hardware and software teams for both product development and customer projects, shaping technical choices, and improving long-term maintainability.
• Worked directly with customers to analyze business needs and translate them into clear technical and architectural solutions.
• Designed and delivered integrated hardware–software solutions across multiple customer environments.
• Directed architecture for High-Five and Mobicount, improving reliability, maintainability, and system scalability.
• Improved code quality and delivery practices through guidance, reviews, and engineering coaching.
• Strengthened monitoring, performance, and security across products.

Team Lead/Architect for TX-CONNECT and myTransics, responsible for improving reliability, performance, and unifying systems across various Transics products.

Key Achievements

• Designed and implemented the architecture for TX-CONNECT and myTransics, supporting higher data volumes, and improved reliability.
• Identified performance bottlenecks and optimized core components to improve responsiveness.
• Unified multiple Transics applications into the myTransics portal, providing a consistent user experience.
• Led a development team, improving collaboration, delivery quality, and code consistency.
• Worked closely with product owners to translate business workflows into clear, technical designs.

Delivered platform features and improvements across Cognistreamer and Indie Group products, focusing on performance, long-term stability, and maintainability.

Key Achievements

• Designed and implemented features for the Innovation Portal, Dealflow, and MediaPortal.
• Improved performance, scalability, and security across multiple deployments.
• Supported the development team through architectural guidance and reviews.
• Contributed to long-term platform improvements, and increased operational stability.