C. Van Wiemeersch

Staff Web Platform Engineer

cvan@airplanemood.io
github.com/cvan
linkedin.com/in/cvanw

Experience

Freelance Web Engineer

Airplane Mood

  • Develop Next.js web applications, emphasizing performance, motion design, and cross-platform compatibility.
  • Transformed Figma designs into accessible, modular CSS design systems.
  • Information Security, Next.js / React, Node.js, GraphQL, Node.js, Next.js.

2022 – 2023

Staff Web Engineer

Tome

  • Pushed a professional-grade storytelling tool using advanced JavaScript, motion design, and web APIs.
  • Applied deep browser expertise to deliver a professional-grade storytelling tool in a web browser, pushing the envelope of JavaScript techniques, motion design, and web APIs.
  • Discovered and patched security challenges (OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities), securing the private data of 10M+ creators.
  • Information Security, Next.js / React, Node.js, GraphQL, Node.js, Next.js.

2021 – 2022

Founding Engineer

Aalto

  • Developed and maintained robust web applications tailored to real estate markets, improving user experience and functionality.
  • Collaborated with teams to deliver projects and campaigns on schedule.
  • Identified and resolved data issues, notably reducing CRM duplicates by 30%, aiding in 10+ new sales.
  • Led email marketing system implementation, ensuring regulatory compliance and data privacy.
  • Promoted company-wide data privacy awareness and incident response learning.
  • Next.js / React, Figma, Information Security.
  • Next.js / React, Figma, Information Security, Privacy, Webflow, HTML Emails.

2017 – 2019

Senior Labs Engineer — Virtual Reality

Mozilla

  • Conducted R&D in browser technologies, contributing to Mozilla’s core products.
  • Co-authored WebVR W3C browser standard; co-created A-Frame VR library, archived in GitHub’s Arctic Code Vault.
  • Led Firefox’s Oculus store launch and chaired industry events.
  • Mentored 7th-graders at Khan Lab School, training with educational Virtual Reality content.
  • Android, Figma, Virtual Reality, JavaScript, Information Security, Browser Interoperability.

2017 – 2019

Senior Gaming Partner Engineer — Firefox Games

Mozilla

  • Developed browser-based game demos using WebAssembly and WebGL.
  • Partnered with major gaming companies to showcase web technologies.
  • Mentored students in Facebook’s Open Academy, leading a multiplayer HTML5 game project.

2015 – 2016

Senior Web Engineer — Firefox OS Marketplace

Mozilla

  • Trained Mozilla’s Legal team in Markdown for document transparency, adopted by 75+ contributors.
  • Developed a tool reducing email communication clutter, improving ticket resolution speed.
  • Engineered a web app for the Firefox OS open-source phone, showcased at Mobile World Congress and launched in 11+ markets.
  • Django / Python, Elasticsearch, HTML, CSS, JS.

2012 – 2014

Web Developer — Firefox Add-ons

Mozilla

  • Built a tool that reduced Firefox Themes review time from 3 weeks to 1 day and supported Mozilla’s Legal team and protected 510M+ users.
  • Rewrote services for 510M+ users, migrated extensive user and theme data, reducing security issues.
  • Led development of Firefox’s Add-Ons panel, offering daily recommendations to 4M+ users and 3B+ daily installations.
  • Mentored three Mozilla interns: two engineers, one designer.
  • Python / Django, Elasticsearch, Redis, HTML, CSS, JS, mobile.

2011 – 2012

Software Engineer Intern — Infrastructure Security

Mozilla

  • Built a monitoring bot scanning for suspicious network activity and unsafe configurations, protecting 500+ Firefox users.
  • Python / Django, HTML, CSS, JS, Shell, Information Security.

2010

Founder & Creative Director

Dekko Studios, LLC

  • Operated a creative web agency specializing in e-commerce for film companies.
  • Led art direction and web development of 40+ projects with 12+ subcontractors for an international client base .
  • Python, PHP, HTML, CSS, JS.

2003 – 2010

Education

B.S. Computer Science — Minor in Film Studies

Michigan State University

2007 – 2011

Last updated October 2023.