Bert Van Hauwaert (founder of be.coded) is a freelance web application developer and consultant. During his professional career, he developed several applications for several eBay sites, made a CMS based on ZF and developed one of the biggest gaming sites in Belgium. His focus is now on some real-time auction sites, using ZF and Doctrine2 and working on the biggest portal in Belgium. He is never afraid to take on new challenges and likes to experiment with new technologies