Lieven Cardoen

A conceptual acoustic album exploring the duality of life on "Planet Earth".

• Concept: "Painting with sounds." Songs as emotional landscapes documenting the Westhoek roots and the human condition.
• Production: Independent writing, recording, and mixing. Blending acoustic craft with atmospheric loops.
• Philosophy: Balances "Major" (laughter/healing) and "Minor" (pain/melancholy).
• Outcome: A cohesive 12-track journey available on all major streaming platforms.

I lead an empowerment‑first delivery program for Atellica Data Manager.

• Institution of daily flow check‑ins, a trust charter, and bi‑weekly social sessions.
• Monthly hackathons to grow skills and relationships.
• Coaching engineers in design patterns, DevOps thinking, and Copilot usage.
• Result: Stronger cross‑time‑zone handoffs and more predictable releases.

Leading an initiative to embed practical AI into our development and collaboration culture.

• Daily Experiments: Hands-on usage of GitHub Copilot in VSCode (Python, Ruby, C#, API integrations).
• Knowledge Sharing: Demoing Copilot techniques, assigning Udemy courses, and holding weekly training blocks.
• Copilot 365: Building an agent to answer documentation questions, reducing friction.
• Focus: Quality and maintainability—AI assists, not shortcuts.

Designed and nurtured a team operating system for a distributed group (~10 engineers in India).

• Rituals for Clarity & Trust: Time-zone-aware daily stand-downs and transparent meeting templates.
• Continuous Learning: Monthly hackathons and Udemy training blocks.
• Coaching Framework: Shared "definition of done," pairing paths, and kind, candid feedback loops.
• Combines technical expertise with a 4-year foundation in Embodied Therapy & Leadership.

Key technical achievements over a decade of engineering.

• CI/CD: Replaced ad‑hoc cron jobs with Jenkins pipelines; standardized builds for Windows/Linux.
• Security Posture: Implemented Certificates/TLS, credential handling, and SBOM usage in a regulated context.
• Modernization: CyberTrack (Rails 2→3), CORE shared ABL/.NET components, and refactoring legacy modules.
• Reliability: Deep defect triage and memory‑leak hunts to stabilize delivery.

Walk Your Talk: A people‑centered leadership approach. Building trust through consistency, transparency, and real ownership.

The Pragmatic Programmer: Clarify intent, iterate in small slices, automate the mundane, and leave tests as landmarks.