Rick used to be a swim coach for about 10 years, having worked with both talents as well as elite swimmers participating at continental and world tournaments. This was next to his job as a developer, trainer, coach and international speaker in the field of software development. He experienced two different worlds which could learn from each other. 30+ years software development experience, senior consultant at Oblicum, Microsoft MVP. Has trained thousands of developers across Europe in .NET, modern web development, API design, and software architecture.