Wikibase Solutions
The user-friendliness of IT often leaves something to be desired in practice. That is why Wikibase consciously chose the MediaWiki platform: no system is known worldwide and at the same time so user-friendly. In this way, we help companies to effectively streamline information and share knowledge.
Our team
Because Wikibase focuses entirely on the MediaWiki platform; we are real specialists. Our permanent employees realize the most advanced functionalities with relatively simple means. In addition, we can count on the expertise of the wiki community and the support of carefully selected partners. This way Wikibase can always deliver on its promises.
Ad
For more than twenty years I did everything that has to do with software development. This experience brought to Wikibase Solutions that I started in 2012. I focus on everything needed for our employees to perform at Wikibase Solutions. I guide them and work on the processes and structure of the organization. I like to do the same in cooperation with our customers and with our partners.
Live in Den Hout with Lucienne, our foster daughters, dog Leffe and cat Vlekje. It is wonderful to push each other to great heights with the Tuubke men on bicycles.
Eric-jan
Due to an interim assignment, I ended up as a business administrator in the software industry in 2014. To then not leaving this fascinating sector. The growth of Wikibase requires a lot of attention to recruiting great colleagues to strengthen our team. Furthermore, as a director, I am involved in marketing/sales and finance.
My motto is: Teamwork Makes The Dream Work. Building relevant ambitions for customers who make a difference with our solutions gives me energy. As well as the home base with Mariska and our two daughters. During my career, I have always found time for sport and social commitment. Waking up for a nice glass of wine.
Lucienne
For me the fine task is to ensure that everything that has to do with finances is ultimately administrative! I am also responsible for doing the shopping. This allows our employees to enjoy a nice lunch at the office every day.
I love our (office) dog Leffe. Sparkling People is the best choir ever and I love to sing a note with them! What for Wikibasers may feel like clay with a wiki, I clay with real clay, wonderful to do. Office mother, foster mother, mother ... I am all that and I get a great deal of satisfaction from it.
Viktor
Experience and work
At Wikibase Solutions I work full time on building wikis for great customers. At the moment, most of my time is spent on the mega project 'SimpleGov', for a client in California. I am also working on the True B.V. wiki, for which I occasionally work in Amsterdam.
I started as the first employee of the company. We were still working from Ad's living room at that time. That is now already 6 years en 4 months ago. In years that went by working for Wikibase, I have enjoyed the growth of the team tremendously.
Did you know...
- After my first week of working for Ad, I told him that the work seems too difficult to me. Fortunately, he managed to convince me to stay.
- I play tennis to ensure that the body can keep up with the mind
- I have lived in Krakow, Poland for half a year and in Aachen, Germany for half a year.
Dennis
Did you know that you cannot end up in information technology despite, but thanks to, a background in foreign languages and the humanities? This route is made for me - and not just because a computer language is also a foreign language. As a web developer at Wikibase Solutions, I like to think up and design functionalities that suit the needs of the customer. From the first informal drink to the further development of the information structure: there is always something going on. I attach great importance to the right design for the right target group: a website must feel like your canvas, be able to provide insight and be able to foster where necessary. Another inspiring aspect of this work is that we can increasingly explore the limits of what is possible from a solid basis. And I haven't even talked about the nice colleagues and working atmosphere that make this possible.
Charlot
About ten years of marketing & PR and more than twenty years of experience in creating websites.
In my free time, I am a 3D tutor and photographer.
Wouter
At Wikibase Solutions I am mainly concerned with the technical issues in the background so that the others have a good foundation to build on. I have gained my experience with wikis with more than 12 years building and later managing an international collection of wikis about Scouting. I have further technical experience at an archaeology department, offshore engineering offices, housing associations and secondary education.
I have a builder, so I have a quirky Roman house built in Almere Oosterwold together with my girlfriend and two sons. Anything is possible and everything fits together, but some things take a little more effort.
Pim
During my Computer Science and Astronomy studies, I still find a few hours to work for Wikibase Solutions ...
Frank
I combine my job at Wikibase with the Communication and Multimedia Design course at Avans University of Applied Sciences. There I am trained to be an all-round designer and that can vary between, for example, web design or creating an interactive installation. The first is something that interests me the most. At Wikibase I mainly focused on the front-end, to expand at a later stage and to learn more about the back-end. I also provide input on usability and design choices in order to arrive at an efficient and user-friendly system.
In my spare time, I am mainly concerned with creative things that vary from making music to coding. In addition, I'm also a goalkeeper in the first team of the football club GRC'14.
Liselot
Before I started working at Wikibase, I studied aerospace engineering. That is quite different, although I had already gained some programming experience during my studies. At Wikibase, I was initially busy with SimpleGov testing while I was learning wikis. At the moment I am mainly working on maintenance and further development of the Partners and Pröpper Solutions wikis. In addition, I occasionally have some SimpleGov chores to do.
I found Wikibase because I knew Ad and Lucienne from the past due to the fact that I was in the same class as their son. During my studies, I did an internship at a space company in Stuttgart for half a year, but I prefer to be in the Netherlands. I like to walk in the forest where I live nearby. I also spend my free time reading, gaming and baking my own sourdough bread.
Lars
At Wikibase Solutions, I am mainly concerned with creating a JavaScript-based tool for setting up forms. I am also involved in testing the software that others write to produce a flawless end product. I have not had any work experience before, but I have written a lot of school software, this is also the training that I am going to do now.
Plaisir
At Wikibase Solutions I am working on a great graduation project. I study Media Technology at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and I have approximately 3 years of programming experience.
Jesse
In addition to my job at Wikibase, I study Data Science in Engineering at the TU in Eindhoven. I like to apply the theoretical knowledge that I gain during my studies in practice at Wikibase, by testing projects or helping with the development of projects. At the moment I am mainly concerned with the hosting side of the 'SimpleGov' project.
I also play the bass guitar in the Oosterhout rock band Windup Space and I am on the hockey field of the student hockey club Don Quishoot in Eindhoven every Sunday.
Jip
About 10 years ago I went to school with the goal of becoming an audio-visual designer. This went a little differently because during my studies I discovered that web design is actually pretty cool! The visual construction of websites and applications (front-end) is what I love to do and where I can put my creativity to good use. In addition, I also enjoy designing sites and applications! In my spare time, I like to sing and play the guitar. Also, the necessary (online) games are played on time!
Artemis
I came from sunny Athens to rainy Rotterdam for the first time in 2016. Back then I was fresh out of Architecture school and started working in urban design studios. During my working experience, I developed a strong interest for new technologies, media design and digital ways of publishing. For this reason, I decided to apply for a Master course in the Netherlands and have a switch in my practice. Luckily, while studying Media Design at Piet Zwart Institute, I have the chance to work for Wikibase Solutions. Here I learn a lot about web development and I have already become a Wiki lover!
Daniel
I am currently in my 3rd year of my HBO CMD (Communication, Multimedia and Design) at Avans University of Applied Sciences. For this, I also do an internship at Wikibase Solution. In my spare time, I like to play soccer and meet friends.
Marijn
At Wikibase I am mainly concerned with the internal website. I also sometimes do other things such as writing extensions. I am currently in 6VWO at the Koning Willem II College and intend to study computer science at Radboud University.
In my spare time I am busy editing Wikipedia and programming.
I started working at Wikibase in December 2018 after Viktor contacted me about my contributions to Wikipedia. Initially, I still had some doubts, but I am very happy that I finally applied.
Pieter
I work part-time for Wikibase during my Masters in Astronomy in Leiden. For example, during my training, I provide work experience and I get to know practical applications of IT. During my studies, you certainly learn to code, but everything remains very theoretical. Within Wikibase I am given the space to develop and improve myself. I've learned a lot from it!
In my spare time, I am a DJ and artist, I also run my own music label with friends. To cool off from all the hustle and bustle, I like to watch films and practice on the piano.
Robis
I have been busy creating and designing websites for quite some time. In addition, I am interested in social issues and applied design. During my HBO Bachelor of Design, I was involved in Fashion Design and 3D Computer Graphics with a lot of interest in Open-Source. After this study, I further developed from Graphic Design to Web Development and am aware of the latest technical developments and design trends. I have a lot of fun developing for the web and am fully satisfied with Wikibase Solutions.
Leffe
My place in the company is an office / cuddle dog.
I take care of the change and movement because of course I also have to go outside and want attention. I am also there to cheer everyone up. I make sure that nobody is in a bad mood.
In my spare time, I love running laps in the garden and playing with the house cat, my best friend. I also like to play with other dogs and I love a lot of attention.
