Popko Nieboer

Experience

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  University of Amsterdam

  Jul 1988 - Jun 1992

  Phd study Biochemistry (AIO)

  Scientific research concerning the kinetics of the ubiquinol-cytochrome-c-oxidoreductase complex (part of respiratory chain)

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  AND B.V.

  Jan 1994 - Dec 1995

  MobiNed GSM: In 1995 the Dutch government launched a competition for the second mobile provider. One of these consortia, named MobiNed, asked AND B.V. to investigate on how to link mobile phones to a location (maps).I investigated how to locate a GSM mobile on bases of the GSM signal only. This proved to be possible with an accuracy of ten meters. Mobiles with GPS built-in did not exist in 1995. Electronic Publishing: At AND B.V. I worked on several projects concerning electronic publishing. Amongst these projects where projects like the digitizing of books like "The Oxford Textbook of Medicine". The goal was to compress the data as much as possible without compromising the accessibility. I was responsible for the design.Briefpost2000 (letter 2000) project: I designed the process necessary for automatically recognizing handwritten and printed addresses on envelopes with the help of databases to complete incomplete addresses.Fingerprint recognition: I designed methodologies for distinguishing live from dead fingers in a non-invasive way. Show less HIPERNET: HIPERNET (HIgh PERformance NETworks) was a project funded by the EU. The project was meant to create a system to teach foreign languages using multimedia using a state of the art ATM optical network.The partners cooperating within HIPERNET are IBM, VTT, Ascom, Cambridge University, Cap-Sesa Telecom, GEC-Marconi and AND B.V.I was responsible for the integration of the software modules created by the partners.HIPERNET proved to be successful and has been nominated for a price for the best technical performance and applicability. Show less

  • Functional Designer

    Jan 1993 - Dec 1995

  • Project Manager

    Jan 1994 - Jan 1995
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  Logica

  Jan 1996 - Mar 2000

  Telecom Consultant

  As member of the Telecom department I participated in several projects at KPN, Telfort and Libertel.

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  KPN Telecom

  Jan 1996 - Feb 1998

  Employer: LogicaKPN needed a test coordinator for the testing of two projects:TARIBEL - billing per second instead of minutesICAN LAP - connection of other operators on the KPN networkThe testers came from Ericsson and Lucent and the tests were performed on the test network of KPN that holds switches from Ericsson and Lucent. I was responsible for resourcing the testers with the proper test equipment (switches, protocol analysers and links) as well as the planning of the tests.I reported to KPN the outcome and progress of the tests. Show less

  • Test Manager

    Oct 1997 - Feb 1998

  • Test Coordinator for System Integration

    Jul 1996 - Oct 1997

  • Technical Advisor

    Jan 1996 - Jun 1996
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  Telfort

  Feb 1998 - Oct 1998

  Test and Integration Consultant GSM

  Employer: LogicaThe project I did at Telfort can be divided into three phases:1 - Definition of the interface between the Ericsson mediation system and Kenan/Arbor (billing)2 - Modifications to the software by Ericsson, and Kenan, on basis of the functional specification. This was my responsibility.3- Design of the test documentation for the testing of the integration between the mobile network and billing.

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  Libertel

  Nov 1998 - Dec 1999

  Millennium Test Manager and Quality Controller

  Employer: LogicaThe Millennium project at Libertel (Vodafone) can be divided into three phases:1 - My responsibility: Quality assessment of all the test documentation created within Libertel but also test documentation by Libertel's suppliers. 2 - Writing of the National Test Plan for Interconnect Telephony in cooperation with Telfort, Enertel, Esprit, KPN, BEN, Libertel and Dutchtone. These interconnect tests have been executed successfully.3 - During this phase I have mapped all the processes involved in connecting and disconnecting customers from 'customer in shop' till the actual phone calls being made. This involved interviewing people from almost all departments within Libertel. After mapping all the processes in detail I wrote a test plan on how to test all these processes. Show less

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  Telfort

  Dec 1999 - Mar 2000

  Application Integration Consultant

  Employer: LogicaSome time after the launch Telfort realized that several modifications had been made to the Kenan/Arbor billing system that were conflicting. This was caused due to several parties making changes without being in communication with each other.I was responsible for designing a process that would prevent conflicting situations in the future and also had to make sure that this process was being supported by the departments involved.

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  ICW

  Feb 2000 - Aug 2001

  IT Consultant

  I have been working for ICW on projects at Versatel and BBned N.V.

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  Versatel

  Apr 2000 - Nov 2000

  Test Consultant

  Employer: ICWI was responsible for the testing of new products developed by the Product Development department within Versatel. Within this frame I have tested the BSS for ADSL services, LAN-Interconnect and RAS (Remote Access Service). These products have been launched successfully.I also played a substantial role in the design of the test environments.

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  BBned N.V.

  Dec 2000 - Jul 2011

  Test Manager

  Employer: ICW (only for the first 9 months)The first four and half years I was the link between BBned and KPMGConsulting UK (later became Atos Origin), BBned's system integrator, and worked most of the time in London being responsible for the quality of the releases and the user acceptance testing. I was also responsible for the change management and was the link between BBned and her system integrator.During the last part of these four and a half year period I did design and implement the IT Application Support department at BBned, became the manager of this new department, and kept on being the test manager at the same time.After a half year of being the manager of the IT support department, next to being a test manager, I reverted to being a full time test manager because BBned had in-sourced the IT development by then what resulted in more testing activities.Since halfway 2010 BBned changed the IT development methodology from waterfall to agile. I welcomed this change as being a good way forward.Since February 2011 I'm the agile scrum master responsible for facilitating and guarding the Agile process, composing the releases (sprints) and the timely delivery of the software. This all combined with the role of test manager. Show less

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  Tele2 Nederland

  Jul 2011 - Apr 2016

  Scrum Master

  When I started working for Tele2, Tele2 was just starting with the implementation of Agile. I played an important role in setting up the scrum teams and coaching these teams in the Agile Scrum methodology as I was already an experienced Scrum Master. At this stage I was the scrum master for multiple teams.The number of scrum teams increased till more then thirty scrum teams existed at Tele2. In order to make sure that the end-to-end functionality of the 4G/LTE Mobile delivery chain is of a high standard I initiated the 'Scrum of Scrums', a daily stand-up routine for all the Scrum Masters of the several teams working on the 4G/LTE Mobile delivery chain assuring that every team is aware, and involved, in the delivery of full end-to-end functionality.In order to streamline the testing of the 4G/LTE Mobile delivery chain a end-to-end quality team was installed that consisted out of dedicated testers, working full-time for this team, and testers borrowed, for part of there time,from the several development scrum teams that are part of the delivery of chain functionality. This increased to quality of the deliverables by a large extent.I was the scrum master for this team and played an important role in designing and setting up this team. Show less

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  TVM verzekeringen

  Apr 2019 - Oct 2019

  System Engineer

  Different project related assignments in the Connect project. Connect is a project to replace the existing legacy insurance system. My assignments have been:- Functional decomposition of the Connect system, interviewing different stakeholders and mapping out functionality and user stories, the system was not documented till April, resulting in a dozen of process maps and a few hundreds of user stories- Test manager for the contract and contact applications (9 microservices), giving feedback to the different developers and testing the different services - Conducting several workshops with the business- Setting up and managing JiraUsed technology: Mendix, 3Scale, Kafka, eMagiz, SoapUI, Postman Show less

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  The Digital Capability Company

  Jun 2019 - Sept 2024

  Senior Consultant

  The Digital Capability Company is a young company with experienced professionals around digital enabling and transformation. The Digital Capability Company helps customers set-up their digital capability in a structured, methodical way based on award winning best practices. The distinguished method is based on the following USPs:- Realizing value-giving functionality from the start.- Building capabilities alongside the realization of products.- Predictability: fixed phasing, clear deadlines, fixed end-date.- Broad palette of skills around development, platforms, education and transformation.- Learning on the job for internal staff.Capabilities are what makes a company, digital capabilities are key to the future. We enable your people and organization to make the digital change. Show less