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    Personal Data

    Name: van der Zwan, Jeroen
    E-mail vanderzwan[nospam]gmail.com
    (Please replace [nospam] with @)
    Date of birth: January 23, 1980
    Sex: Male
    Nationality: Dutch nationality
    Profile Linkedin.com: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroenvanderzwan

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    Working experience

     
    Function: Consultant
    Company: Logica
    Duration: From 2008 till now
    Note: Working as a Consultant - Software Engineer at the Geo-ICT department
     
     
    Function: Employee
    Company: Royal Netherlands Army
    Duration: From 2007 till 2008
     
     
    Function: Security employee - parttime
    Company: G4Securicor
    Duration: From 2001 till 2007
    Note: G4Securicor, or Group 4 Securicor, formerly known as Securicor and Randon. This was a part-time job which I could combine with my study
     
     
    Function: Internship & Student Assistant
    Company: SEO Economical Research - Amsterdam Aviation Economics
    Duration: From May, 2005 till November, 2005 & May, 2006 (project of one month)
    Note:
  • Created a specific manual for the GIS (Geographical Information System) programs Flowmap and MapInfo aimed at aviation research, also started writing my thesis, and assisted with their research projects.
  • Created macro’s with iOpus to automatically extra aviation data from internet sites (project of one month).
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    Function: Student Assistant
    Company: Utrecht University
    Duration: From 2003 till 2005
    Note: Assisted with GIS courses (mainly ArcMap) for third years students, updated a manual for the GIS program Flowmap, created a website related to a congress.
     
     
    Function: Salesman - parttime  
    Company: Leen Bakker b.v.
    Duration: From 1996 till 2000
     

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    Education

     
    Study: Human Geography and Planning
    Field of specialisation: Urban Geography
    Duration: 2000 till 2006
    Drs. / MSc. degree received at 02-2007
    Note:
  • Graduated on European low-cost carrier network development.
  • Thesis can be downloaded in the documents section.
     
  • Was a speaker on an airport symposium organised by the spatial planning agency (RPB) at the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), May 2006. Subject of my speech: European low-cost carriers with an emphasis on geographic information systems.
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  • Selected and participated in a group consisting of a mix of students from different universities and professionals from different organisations, on a research trip to Denver and Dallas, end 2005.
  • Report can be downloaded in the documents section, or visit the external site here (Dutch).
     
  • Beginning of 2004, studied for six months at the National University of Singapore in Singapore, as an exchange student. Participated and successfully completed different courses.
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    Study: Overall Security Employee (Algemeen Beveiligingsmedewerker) More information about this course can be found here (Dutch).
    Institute/school: Minerva
    Duration: From 2001 till 2002, graduated on August 27, 2002
    Note: Successfully completing this course was one of the conditions to work as a security employee
     
     
    Study: VWO - secondary school (Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs)  
    Institute/school: Het Nieuwe Lyceum, Bilthoven
    Duration: From 1998 till 2000, graduated on June 16, 2000
     
     
    Study: HAVO - secondary school (Hoger Algemeen Voortgezet Onderwijs)  
    Institute/school: Het Nieuwe Lyceum, Bilthoven
    Duration: From 1992 till 1998, graduated on June 18, 1998
     

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    Skills

    Certificates
    Smallworld Certificate: "Smallworld 4.1 Fast Track: Foundation, Magik, and Application Development", GE Energy, Cambridge, United Kingdom
    ArcGIS Certificate: "Spatial Analist", ESRI, Rotterdam
    ArcGIS Certificate: "Advanced ArcGIS Analysis", ESRI, Rotterdam
    OO, RUP, UML Certificate: "Object Orientation, Rational Unified Proces, and Unified Modeling Language", Twice, Driebergen
    First Aid Certificate: Oranje Kruis
    BHV Certificate: Basic skills in first aid and fire extinguishing, RICAS
     
    Notable skills
    Computer programs: MS Office Professional (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint), SPSS, iOpus e.a.  
    Programming languages: HTML, XML, CSS, Magik, Java
    Geographical Information Systems (GIS): ArcGIS, MapInfo Professional, Flowmap, Smallworld
    Languages: Dutch (mother language), English (Academic level).
    Note: German and French both at novice level
    Miscellaneous: Own a BHV-certificate (basic skills in first aid and fire extinguishing)
     

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    Activities

    Leisure activities
    Organisation: Utrecht Association of Geography Students (VUGS)
     
  • From 2000 till 2001 member of First-Year Students Committee. Organized leisure and study related activities.
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  • From 2001 till 2002 member of Introduction Committee. Organized the introduction for the new students in 2001, and an excursion to Cologne.
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    Miscellaneous: Sport: workout, in the past I played basketball for over 8 years.
    Hobbies: amateur beer brewing, collecting DVDs and books, managing websites (Low-Cost Carriers - Europe and Anthro Africa Tours).
     

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