Michael Sprockeels
Senior Data Architect | Business Intelligence
Salary / Daily rate
Brussels, Belgium
Freelance
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Seasoned Data Architect and Solution Specialist with 17+ years in Microsoft technologies, business applications, and data management. Proven track record establishing enterprise data frameworks at government level, including BI systems, Master Data Management, and data integration. Currently leading data architecture at L'ETNIC, bringing valuable expertise in SQL Server ecosystems, .NET development, and team leadership to transform your data challenges into strategic assets.
Work experience
Architecte de données
L'ETNIC
Sep 2022 - Present
4 years 2 months
Bruxelles et périphérie
Microsoft Competence Leader
BuSI
Sep 2006 - Oct 2023
17 years 2 months
Brussels, Belgium
- Technology o Follow-up Microsoft technology trends (.Net, Azure, Mobile, BI…) o Investment to specialize in technologies (training, conferences, certifications) o Technical Workshop - Awareness o Microsoft Certifications - Pre sales o Pre study of technical specification o Participation to writing offers and RFI (writing tests cases, technical response) o Estimate of the costs (tasks identification, measure, timing, …) o Sales presentation o Writing sales stuff (sales fiche…) - HR o Follow-up of knowledges employee o Candidates Interviews o Fix objectives o Evaluation o Ensure objectives follow-up o Intern selection and coaching - Administration o follow-up of the CVs o Formalize objectives, evaluation and interviews o Setup of a SharePoint to centralize documentation o Maintain the Microsoft Partner - Development of internal tools to optimize internal process o Timesheet (SharePoint) o CV Generator (SharePoint) o Custom SharePoint Webparts o BI report for decision maker (Power BI)
SPF Affaires étrangères, Commerce extérieur et Coopération au Développement
Oct 2015 - Oct 2022
7 years 1 month
Brussels, Belgium
Lead Data Architect
Oct 2016 - Oct 2022
6 years 1 month
Brussels, Belgium
Michael as Lead Data Architect has created a new Data Intelligence Unit at Foreign Affairs to improve data management at various levels. He manages data oriented projects (Business Intelligence, MasterData management, data integration, ...) and participates in ICT boards. Technologies/environnements: Power BI, Tabular, SQL Server, Master Data Services, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, DAX, ArchiMate, Project Management, Prince2, Scrum, Itil, Empowerment, Modelisation, Documentation, People management, Communication, Togaf, .Net Core, Rest API, ASP.Net MVC, SOA, Cartography
Applications Operational Officer
Oct 2015 - Oct 2016
1 year 1 month
Brussels, Belgium
Michael was responsible for creating a new unit to manage the operational aspect of the applications. The main objective was to provide a framework to move applications from development teams to operations in a secure way. This framework includes release management, Devops practices and tools, test automation, integration test and continuous deployment. Technologies/environments: DevOps, TFS, Git, Itil, .Net, C#, BDD, Testing, SpecFlow, ALM, SDLC, Release Management, SQL, SQL Server, Reporting, Empowerment, Selenium, Integration Test, end to end test, test automation, HTML5, ASP.NET MVC
Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
Oct 2010 - Jul 2015
4 years 10 months
Brussels, Belgium
Technical project manager
Oct 2013 - Jul 2015
1 year 10 months
Brussels, Belgium
Michael was a project manager/team lead/net architect for a development team dedicated to financial applications. He was responsible for the new development and operation of the financial applications. His main tasks included capturing business requirements, managing backlogs, application architectures, planning, roadmaps and reporting to the steering committee. Technologies/Environments: .Net, MVC, MVVM, SOLID pattern, Prince2, Empowerment, UML, UX Design, Testing, BPMN, Scrum
Scrum master
Oct 2010 - Oct 2013
3 years 1 month
Brussels, Belgium
Michael was Scrum master in a development team.He was responsible for implementing the agile methodology for his development team's projects and other stakeholders. He was also involved in functional/business analysis and development. Technologies/Environmenents: .Net, Visual Studio, TFS, Scrum, DDD, WebServices, SQL, N-tiers, MVC, MVVM
.Net Analyst/Developer
ACV, Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond
Apr 2007 - Jul 2010
3 years 4 months
Brussels Area, Belgium
Role: Analyst/Developer Projects: Horizon (payment of unemployment benefit) & Syndical Tasks: - Front-end and back-end development - UML Diagram (use cases, activity and sequence diagrams) - Web services - Unit tests Technical environment: Microsoft, C#, Web service, Winforms, SOA, Enterprise Architect, SQL Server, TFS, MVC Methodology : SCRUM
VB6 Developer
Dexia
Jan 2006 - Jul 2006
7 months
- Developer
Education
UMONS
Master
2006 - 2008
2 years 1 month
HELB Inraci
bachelor
2005 - 2008
3 years 1 month
Institut Ma Campagne
CESS
2002 - 2005
3 years 1 month
Licenses & certifications
IT4IT 3 Foundation
Issued: Aug 2024
Scrum Master
Issued: Nov 2014
MCSD: Web Applications
Issued: Aug 2014
Prince2 Foundation
Issued: Oct 2013
MCPDEA: Enterprise Application Developer 3.5
Issued: Jun 2011