Ralph Bens

My name is Ralph Bens; I'm 28 years young, living in Eindhoven and active in the Embedded Software sector.
I've got years-hardened experience with computers. From my youth they pulled my attention towards them and it gave me the motivation to discover something new.

Whenever I started a new project I would find innovative and more efficient ways of accomplishing this goal, rather than choosing to go with what I already knew.
This rapidly helped me to get fluent in new languages or systems that I needed to use. These skills and mindset still come in handy this very day.

I am highly interested in anything that has to do with software or electronics and I am eager to discover or develop refreshing ideas in this field,
which is why I can easily adapt to unknown environments and tackle rising problems quickly.

I keep myself busy with a very wide range of software-related projects.
For the gameservers that I have hosted in the past few years, I needed various skills. Meanwhile I have mastered most of those.
These skills are the following but are definitely not limited to:
creating and developing websites, manage server architecture, manage databases and develop or edit applications.

I have had multiple Dedicated Servers with companies such as LeaseWeb on which the gameserver networks ran.
I managed those servers all by my own and used them to offer thousands of people a nice gaming experience.

Below is a list that shows the highlights of the things that kept me busy.

Jul 2016 - Now

Web Development
in teams

Official committee meetings
Working in a team
Optimization and management
Joomla CMS & AngularJS

Example 1: Site E.S.R. Thêta
Example 2: Site Van Speyk

May 2016 - Jun 2016

Application Development
for Android

Working in a group
Using Git version control
PhoneGap framework
Web-based application

Example: Link to code repository

2014 - 2016

Game Development
in Lua, C# and Web

Official release
Listen to the users
Updates & maintenance
Big reach

Content: Forum post

May 2014 - Jun 2014

Application Development
in Java

Organized code
Integrated databases (MySQL)
User-friendly
Efficient and ready for heavy use

Example: Screenshot of code

Jan 2014 - May 2014

Application Development
in Lua

Small and very specific
Clear and easy to use
Specialization in game mechanics
Added external video manipulation

Example 1: Screenshot of code
Example 2: Screenshot of database

2013 - 2014

Application Development
in C#

File manipulation
Fast and optimized
User-friendly
Cross-platform support

Example: Screenshot of code

Apr 2011 - Jun 2013

Founder and manager
of game network

Mid-size gameserver
Web development
jQuery (AJAX) Navigation
Application development (C/C++)
Network management

Example 1: Screenshot of code

Besides learning a lot myself I have also had education and followed courses. Below is a list of courses I enrolled in.

2016 - 2022

ICT & Embedded Systems
Fontys, Eindhoven

Bachelor

2015 - 2016

Software Science
University of Technology, Eindhoven

Bachelor

2014 - 2015

Electrical Engineering
University of Technology, Eindhoven

Bachelor

2012 - 2014

International Baccalaureate
Kandinsky College, Nijmegen

English Standard Level
Language A

2008 - 2014

VWO
Kandinsky College, Nijmegen

Pre-university secondary education
Nature & Technology Profille