Microsoft has recognized his contribution to technical communities with the MVP Award. He was Awarded for the Microsoft Azure category in 2017. As a Microsoft Azure consultant at ALTEN, he is involved in building websites and services on Azure or backend systems. Currently, he is also engaged in developing IoT solutions and (mobile) LOB applications. He is interested in using new techniques but with interoperability and maintenance in mind. He enjoys learning every day and willingly shares his experiences. He writes articles for magazines, delivers presentations, and maintains blogs (http://blog.vandevelde-online.com).
He publishes apps in the Windows Phone store and the Windows Store using the publisher name DustyStreet. Specialties include: C# .Net, Microsoft Azure, IoT Hubs, Stream Analytics, PowerBI, Azure Mobile Services, Azure Functions, WebJobs, Windows Universal Apps, Windows Store apps, Windows Phone apps, WPF, MVVM, XAML, Asp.Net MVC, OData, WCF, SqlServer, Agile, Scrum.