Elio Struyf

Engineering Lead with a focus on Office 365 / SharePoint / Development

Elio Struyf is an independent Belgium-based Engineering Lead, Blogger, and Public Speaker whose tenacity, determination, and drive have all earned him the reputation as a trusted thought leader in the information technology space. Deeply passionate about what he does for a living, he is a firm believer of following your dreams no matter what. To him, one’s profession should also be their purpose. Furthermore, he believes that we only have this one life to live, so we should spend that life feeling truly fulfilled both professionally and personally.

Throughout the last decade, Elio has gained extensive experience in Office 365 and SharePoint development. Within those 10 years, he was deemed a Microsoft MVP five consecutive times and has been recognized as a SharePoint/Office 365 Top 25 Influencer three times.

Elio’s inspiration for his blog began back in 2010, when he was facing a challenge that took him several days to overcome. The moment he found that solution, he realized how much he wanted to share his findings with the world. That’s when his blog was born. Fast-forward two years, and he expanded his horizons by dabbling in the public speaking arena. After speaking at a local BIWUG event and becoming their VP a year later, he knew this was yet another way he could not only connect with others, but share valuable knowledge with them. What was once a fear of public speaking ultimately turned into an obsession.

When he isn’t helping fellow IT developers, you can find Elio Struyf on his bike, coding, gaming (the Final Fantasy games are his favorite), binge-watching anime, or building random structures with Legos.

Want to know more about him? Get in touch via Twitter, LinkedIn, or his blog.

Employment

• Senior developer & architect

  Valo Intrant

  February 2017 – ...

  In December 2017 I started working at Valo Intranet as a senior developer and architect. For Valo Intranet I will focus on a better integration with modern sites in combination with SharePoint Framework.

• Lead trainer

  U2U

  February 2017 – December 2017

  In February 2017 I started a new challenge by working as a trainer for U2U. At U2U I give trainings like: Angular, Development on Azure, SharePoint Framework, JavaScript, TypeScript, ...

• Senior SharePoint Consultant

  Ventigrate

  1 August 2014 – February 2017

  In August 2014 I started working for Ventigrate as a SharePoint Consultant specialised in branding and search optimalization and visualization.

• Senior Information Worker Consultant

  Xylos

  30 March 2010 – 31 July 2014

  My job at Xylos consists of SharePoint Branding / Development / Workflow design.

• SharePoint Consultant

  ECX

  1 July 2008 – 29 March 2010

  Worked one year as a SharePoint System Engineer for Electrabel. This job contained installing / configuring / maintaining various SharePoint environments.

  During my second year I did some SharePoint and ASP.net development.

  • Shift calendar;
  • Daily task automation;
  • Reporting website.

Recognitions

• Microsoft Office Servers and Services MVP

• Top 25 European Office 365 Influencers: link

Education

• Industrial Engineer Electronics - ICT (Master)

  Hogeschool Antwerpen

  2004 – 2008

• Electromechanics

  Stedelijk Lyceum Paardenmarkt

  1999 – 2004

Certification

• Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD)
• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
• ITIL ® V3 Foundation Certificate

Exams

• Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Advanced Solutions
• Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Core Solutions
• Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3
• PRO: Designing and Developing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Applications
• TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Application Development
• TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Configuration
• Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Configuration
• Microsoft .NET Framework - Application Development Foundation
• ITIL ® V3 Foundation
• Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition 4.0