Lennert Van Alboom
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Data
Begijnhofdries 6, 9000 Gent, Belgium
+32 497 891211
lennert@init6.eu
Born April 18th, 1981
Belgian nationality
Education
→2001-2007:
University of Ghent: Master of Computer Science
Thesis: "Management of OSGi Service Platforms"
Trainings & Certifications
→ISC² Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) [2019]
→ISC² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) [2018]
→HP CloudStart Implementation & Integration (4 days) [2012]
→HP CloudStart Delivery (4 days) [2011]
→ITIL v3 Foundation Certification [2010]
→HP Accelerated SAN Essentials (5 days) [2010]
→HP ROI/TCO Training (3 days) [2010]
→Microsoft MCSE FastTrack (5 days) [2009]
→Leading Yourself: MBTI Personality Insight and Communication Skill Training (6 days) [2009]
→IBM Certified zSeries (Mainframe) Technical Professional [2007]
→Novell Certified Linux Professional [2007]
Lectures & Publications
→"SEMAF®: Secure Enterprise Migration Architecture Framework" - Publication (ISBN: 978-9464070484) [2019]
→"Dilemmas in IT innovation" - Workshop for IMGent seminar [2016]
→"Datacentre Migrations" - Article for Politeia Information Management handbook [2014]
→"Private & Hybrid Cloud: Ask what your Cloud can do for you" - Lecture at Politeia Information Management Seminar [2013]
Working Experience
Chief Technology Officer & Owner   [01/2020 - current]
CSGuard s.r.o., Zlínsky kraj
Assisting customers using IT Security, Risk Management and Architecture expertise.
Owner & Freelance Consultant   [01/2014 - current]
Init6 Consulting, Gent
Assisting customers in achieving their IT goals through freelance IT Architecture expertise.
Project as Senior Security Architect   [11/2021 - current]
Customer: BNP Paribas Fortis, Brussels
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Analysis and safeguarding of project security
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Risk analysis of corporate initiatives
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Security oversight of Cloud migration projects

Keywords: Security, Architecture, Risk Management, Cyber Security, Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, Containers, ZeroTrust, API Security

Project as Security Management Specialist   [08/2019 - 11/2021]
Customer: Proximus Group, Brussels
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Analysis and safeguarding of project security
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Risk analysis of corporate initiatives

Keywords: Security, Data Security, Risk Management, Cyber Security, Cloud, Architecture, API, IAM

Project as Architect - Infrastructure & Security   [04/2018 - 08/2019]
Customer: Bank Degroof Petercam, Brussels
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Responsible for infrastructure architecture
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Analysis and safeguarding of infrastructure security in collaboration with Group CISO and Security Officers
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Creation, guidance and follow-up of architectural principles in infrastructure and security

Keywords: Infrastructure, Security, Networking, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Data Security, Virtualization

Project as Solution Architect - Datacentre Migration & Security   [11/2017 - 04/2018]
Customer: ING Bank, Brussels
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Guarding and enforcing bank standards for IT architecture and security
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Secure migration of Unisys Mainframe ecosystem to virtualized environment in strategic datacentre
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Analysis and design of Virtual Tape Libraries, high availability, disaster recovery and data security architecture for the Mainframe ecosystem

Keywords: Security, Networking, Mainframe, MCP, Unisys, VTL, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Data Security, Virtualization, Migrations, Datacentre

Project as Infrastructure Solution Architect - Specialist Datacentre Transformations   [01/2014 - 11/2017]
Customer: BNP Paribas Fortis, Brussels
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Guarding and enforcing bank standards for IT architecture and security
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Architectural analysis and follow-up of the Datacentre Move project, definition of the Technical Datacentre Move Strategy
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Architecture SPOC for the eIntelligence program: behavioural targeting, visual analytics, ...
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Enterprise Architecture tracks, creating heatmaps, dashboards, blueprints, gap analysis

Keywords: Datacentre Migration, Security, Governance, eIntelligence, Compliance, Enterprise Architecture, Security, NAC, Access Control

Consultant - Solution Architect Datacentre Transformations   [01/2010 - 01/2014]
Long-term assignment at Hewlett-Packard, Brussels - limited selection of highlighted projects below
Project as Solution Architect EMEA - Specialist Infrastructure, Linux & High Availability   [07/2012 - 01/2014]
Customer: Large private bank, Luxembourg
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Analysis of the existing Mainframe environment and the different workloads running on it
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Interviewing key customer employees to capture company requirements and wishes
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Analysis, design and implementation of a dual-datacentre mission critical Mainframe Alternative infrastructure
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Analysis and design of a security framework for the infrastructure to comply with customer and regulation demands: hardening, logging, auditing, alerting
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Design and development of custom software components for security, high availability and disaster recovery

Keywords: Security, Monitoring, Auditing, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Mainframe, CICS, Linux, ServiceGuard, Clustering, MetroCluster, EMC, SRDF, Oracle, KVM, Virtualization, MicroFocus, COBOL, DB2, Ansible

Project as Solution Architect - Specialist Infrastructure & Mainframe   [04/2013]
Customer: Securex, Ghent
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Analysis of, and recommendations for improvement for, Securex critical application stack and infrastructure

Keywords: Mainframe, z/VSE, z/VM, CICS, Linux, SuSE, DB2, Clustering, High Availability, Disaster Recovery

Project as Solution Architect - Specialist Linux   [09/2012 - 01/2013]
Customer: Ghent University, Ghent
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Optimisation of the UGent supercomputer software stack and monitoring

Keywords: High Performance Computing, Supercomputer, Linux, Clustering, Infiniband, Nagios, Scripting

Project as Cloud Architect   [05/2011]
Customer: United Nations International Computing Centre, Geneva
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Analysis of, and recommendations for improvement for, the operational private cloud environment

Keywords: HP CloudSystem Matrix, PAAS, IAAS, SAAS, Analysis, Templates, Workflows

Project as Solution Architect - Specialist UNIX & Linux   [01/2010 - 12/2010]
Customer: Mazda Logistics Europe, Willebroek
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Datacentre architecture overview, migration planning and migration execution
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Design, integration and implementation of HPUX virtualization and cluster technology

Keywords: Datacentre Migration, HPUX, Integrity Virtual Machines, Oracle, ServiceGuard, Cluster, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Ignite-UX, ITIL

Infrastructure Architect   [10/2008 - 01/2010]
Eandis CVBA, Merelbeke
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Design and validation of IT infrastructure for projects

Keywords: ITIL, Monitoring, Change Management, Capacity Management, Identity & Access Management, SAP

Systems Engineer Linux, UNIX & Novell - Consultant   [10/2006 - 10/2008]
Dolmen Computer Applications, Huizingen
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Design, implementation and troubleshooting of environments based on Linux, HPUX and Novell

Keywords: Linux, Novell, Netware, OpenEnterprise Server, HPUX, Virtualization, Scripting, Networking
Hands-on Technical Skills
Ratings:   
★☆☆
Beginner,  
★★☆
Advanced,  
★★★
Expert
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Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Debian, Ubuntu, ...)
★★★
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Novell (Netware, OpenEnterprise Server, eDirectory, iPrint, Zenworks, Cluster, ...)
★★☆
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HP-UX
★★★
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Virtualization (Xen, KVM, SIMH, HP Integrity VM)
★★★
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HP ServiceGuard clustering
★★★
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Scripting (shell, perl, ...)
★★★
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OpenVMS
★★☆
Languages
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Dutch: native
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English: fluent
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French: fluent
Personal Characteristics
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Capable of working independently as well as in team
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Quick and eager to learn; adapts very quickly to new situations
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Target and quality minded
Motto
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong."

Last updated: 2023-06-03