About me

As a front-end developer my main passion is to use and improve my existing knowledge of front-end development and user experience design in order to create engaging, but above all user friendly products and services.

My main interest lies in the combination of user experience design and front-end development, focusing on critical and creative thinking I am developing myself in the areas of Interaction Design, Information Architecture and Interface Design. Developing task flows, personas and scenarios based on research of user needs in order to construct wireframes, prototypes and perform usability studies.

In order to support my knowledge, skills and experience I am constantly improving myself in various supporting disciplines: Human Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Heuristics, Micro Expressions and Usability Engineering.

Personal information

Name
Peter van der Steen
Birth date
12 July 1986
Location
Leiden, the Netherlands
Email
pvdsteen@gmail.com
Phone
+31 6 104 25 975
Skype
rockfromtherock
License
Car
Mood
Zealous

Languages

Dutch native
English professional
French elementary
Greek toddler

Soft skills

Work ethic
Critical thinking
Creativity
Communication
Listening
Teamwork
Judgement

Interests

Technology
Science
Culinary
Travelling
Nature
Culture
Sports

Experience

Sept 2017 - now

FE/UX development specialist

Priva

As FE/UX development specialist at Priva I am a member of the UX team and design system guild.

Working closely with both UX designers and our app development teams I provide a holistic view on developing our design system. I bridge the gap between design and development and take the lead in setting up processes, standard, tooling and documentation. Besides this I educate FE developers on the UI development specialism through reviews, direct support, courses and workshops.

May 2013 - Jun 2017

Front-end developer

Just Walk

At Just Walk I was responsible for the development and maintenance of their e-commerce websites selling contracts for mobile phones, energy, internet and tv and tablets. Since 2014 these separate websites were integrated in the Miky whitelabel.

As front-end developer, UX designer and occasional back-end developer I

  • Implemented
    • a modern front-end workflow
    • git versioning and deployment
    • an OTAP development cycle
    • Modular Sass with Bourbon Neat grid system
    • JS/AJAX functionality
    • microdata and microformats
    • data-driven development
    • optimisation of user interaction
  • Developed
    • a custom Wordpress theme
    • (co) custom Wordpress plugins
    • multistep order flows
    • wireframes, prototypes
  • Improved
    • interface and interaction design
    • performance, security and reliability

Over the years I have done various tasks:

  • development of gif/flash then HTML5 online advertising
  • maintenance of the intranet site
  • collaboration with hosting provider and CRM supplier and contract providers
  • training of junior front-end developer
  • miscellaneous IT support
Apr 2011 - Apr 2016

Owner - UX Designer / Developer

Solid Core Web Solutions

Development of various project for clients ranging from Medical institutions and legal services to non-profit foundations.

  • Consulting for analysis and setup of data architecture
  • Consulting for existing projects to analyse and optimise user interaction and interfacedesign.
Sep 2010 - May 2011

Partner - Developer

Triangle Productions

Development of Drupal based websites for Urban Resort Creative Incubators.

Consultancy and implementation of design specifications, wireframes and data architecture.

Jun 2008 - Aug 2009

Mechanical Designer

Bluewater Energy Services

Design of various FPSO components, specifically Bluewater proprietary "swivel bearing" modules

  • Setup of design guidelines for the mechanical design department
  • Setup of design templates for mechanical designing
Jun 2006 - Jun 2008

Technical Document Controller

Bluewater Energy Services

Responsible for assembly and final delivery of technical documentation of FPSO vessels and Single Point Mooring buoy systems.

  • Automation of naming and archiving systems
  • Coördinating the issuance and distribution of corporate documentation
  • Coördinating the corporate management system
  • Ensuring the CMS documentation required at Bluewater vessels is up to date

Education

Aug 2010 - Jun 2011

Interactive Media

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Education on research, UX, marketing, design and development practices.

Achievements
  • Propaedeutic Cum Laude
  • Accepted to honors program
  • Winner of Propaedeutic Team Project 2010 for Urban Resort Foundation
Focus
  • User centered design research, interaction design and interactive media.
  • Developing interactive solutions (installations and web applications) for various projects
Course highlight
  • User Centered Development
  • Internet Standards
  • Media Design
  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Content and Editing
  • Marketing and Communication
  • Programming
  • Development methods and techniques

References

reference by Marius van der Kooy Manager,  Just Walk
Marius van der Kooy Manager - Just Walk

Peter is IT. Development is his purpose in life, without losing track of the daily routine. Front-end development, presenting various iterations, implementing and maintaining are his daily business.

He knows better than anybody how to initiate and communicate effectively with back-end developers. Both in personal as well as technical sense. They will not be selling him chalk for cheese. He is always on top of the situation, having knowledge of all parts of the website and IT infrastructure.

Peter asks questions, hard questions, touching the core of the matter. Thereby creating beautiful, useful and efficient processes; both commercial and technical.

He is a valuable asset in the broadest sense of the word.

reference by Bart Lageweg Owner,  Bizway
Bart Lageweg Owner - Bizway

For a period of 5 years Peter was the vital link between us as a supplier and Just Walk.

A top UX designer with a good sense of humour, communication skills and a great sense of responsibility.

reference by Danny Visser Owner,  Just Walk
Danny Visser Owner - Just Walk

An outstanding developer; flexible with an eye for structural and long term solutions.

For the past five years Peter was a valued member of our team.
Always well prepared and has a great sense of responsibility.

Knowledge

I am developing myself continuously using and learning the latest front-end skills, tools and techniques:

Languages

HTML
CSS
JS
PHP
Bash
Ruby
Python

Techniques

Compatibility
Principles
Automation
Design Patterns
Paradigms
Security
Testing

Structure

Semantics
Microdata
JSON/XML
Templating
Accessibility

Visualisation

Sass/Scss
Responsive
Grid systems
CSS Animation
Photoshop

Interaction

ES5
XHR/AJAX
jQuery
ES6
Frameworks

Development

PHPStorm/Webstorm
Sublime Text
Git
Command line/CLI
Valet
Homestead

CMS/frameworks

Wordpress
Laravel
Blogdown
Drupal
Joomla
Lumen

Package managers

Bower
NPM
Homebrew
Composer

Build tools

NPM scripts
Grunt/Gulp
Webpack
Brunch