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    <title>a View from the Rock</title>
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<header>
    <h1 style="color: #ccccaa">Rock de Vocht</h1>
    <p>Team Lead / Software Engineer</p>

    <div class="menu-bar">
        <a href="blog.html">Rock's blog</a>
        <a href="gforcex/index.html" title="Rock's GForce-X game (work in progress)">GForce-X</a>
        <a href="lunar-lander/index.html" title="Rock's fun little lunar lander game">Lunar Lander</a>
        <a href="maze-runner/index.html" title="Maze runner game (work in progress)">Maze Runner</a>
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<div class="container">

    <section>
        <h2>Professional Profile</h2>
        <img src="rock.jpg" alt="Rock de Vocht" class="profile-img" title="Rock de Vocht">
        <p>
            Hi, I'm Rock!  I am an innovative technical leader with a <b>Master of Science in Computer Science</b> and deep expertise in full-stack Software Engineering, Natural Language Processing, Cloud infrastructure, and Artificial Intelligence.
            <br/><br/>
            I have designed sophisticated big-data retrieval systems, managed complex Linux environments, and handled extensive external API and system integrations. I have a proven ability to lead development teams and create high-performance technical solutions. Others describe me as soft-spoken, social, and collaborative, with a focus on results rather than ego.
        </p>
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    <section>
        <h2>Core Technical Expertise</h2>
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                <strong>AI & Data Engineering</strong>
                <ul>
                    <li><span class="highlight">Context Engineering:</span> RAG using OpenAI, Gemini, Ollama</li>
                    <li><span class="highlight">NLP:</span> Semantic Search, Symbolic Logic, Named Entity Recognition (NER), Pattern Analysis</li>
                    <li><span class="highlight">Big Data:</span> Spark, Cassandra (noSQL), Hadoop</li>
                </ul>
            </div>
            <div class="skill-column">
                <strong>Infrastructure & Development</strong>
                <ul>
                    <li><span class="highlight">Cloud:</span> Azure, Google Cloud (GCP), AWS, Contabo, Linode</li>
                    <li><span class="highlight">DevOps:</span> Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines</li>
                    <li><span class="highlight">Languages:</span> Kotlin, Python, Java, C#, C, Rust, Go, React js + TypeScript, C++, SQL, CQL</li>
                </ul>
            </div>
        </div>
    </section>

    <section>
        <h2>Professional Experience</h2>

        <div class="job">
            <div class="job-header">
                <span class="job-title">CSO / CTO | SimSage (UK) Ltd</span>
                <span class="job-meta">Cambridge, UK | Jan 2020 – Present</span>
            </div>
            <ul>
                <li>Architected a <strong>Graph-based Enterprise Semantic Search Engine</strong> utilizing advanced NLP
                    for context-engineering in LLMs.
                </li>
                <li>Integrated production AI workflows with <strong>Gemini, OpenAI, CoPilot, and AWS Bedrock</strong>.
                </li>
                <li>Created, built and maintained a massive codebase (250k+ lines) with 30+ enterprise connectors (SharePoint,
                    OneDrive, Google Drive).  Big-data solution for handling millions of Enterprise documents securely.
                </li>
                <li>Optimized infrastructure using <strong>Terraform, Ansible, Ubuntu Server, Kubernetes, and Docker</strong>.</li>
            </ul>
        </div>

        <div class="job">
            <div class="job-header">
                <span class="job-title">Developer (Contract) | MBIE, NZ Immigration</span>
                <span class="job-meta">Wellington, NZ | May 2018 – Dec 2019</span>
            </div>
            <ul>
                <li>Developed the <strong>Visa Assessment Tool (VAT)</strong> and Risk Analysis Project using C# and SQL on Azure/Linux.
                </li>
                <li>Applied Machine Learning for data quality and signal analysis on <strong>170 million unstructured records</strong>.
                </li>
                <li>Utilized Python and neural networks to extract statistically significant values from complex datasets.
                </li>
            </ul>
        </div>

        <div class="job">
            <div class="job-header">
                <span class="job-title">NLP Specialist | Booktrack.com</span>
                <span class="job-meta">Auckland/Wellington, NZ | Mar 2016 – May 2018</span>
            </div>
            <ul>
                <li>Led AI and NLP research and development, focusing on <strong>emotional text analysis</strong> and
                    contextual understanding.
                </li>
                <li>Designed an <strong>Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR)</strong> system for automated transcription and sentiment analysis.
                </li>
                <li>Managed deployments using <strong>Kubernetes and Docker</strong> across Google Cloud and Azure.</li>
            </ul>
        </div>

        <div class="job">
            <div class="job-header">
                <span class="job-title">Senior Developer (Contract) | Verifone</span>
                <span class="job-meta">Wellington, NZ | Jan 2015 – Mar 2016</span>
            </div>
            <ul>
                <li>Key member of the Payment Gateway BAU team, responsible for troubleshooting and fixing complex, level-three support issues.</li>
                <li>Performed extensive DevOps environment support and bug analysis for mission-critical financial systems.</li>
            </ul>
        </div>

        <div class="job">
            <div class="job-header">
                <span class="job-title">Chief Scientist & Co-Founder | SYL Semantics</span>
                <span class="job-meta">Wellington, NZ | 2008 – Jan 2015</span>
            </div>
            <ul>
                <li>Created an innovative semantic search engine currently utilized by several <strong>NZ Government
                    departments</strong> (NZTA, MPI, MoH).
                </li>
                <li>Defined the technical roadmap and led a development team through the full SDLC and IP creation.</li>
                <li>Managed complex integrations with external APIs including SharePoint, CRM, and social media
                    platforms.
                </li>
            </ul>
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    </section>

    <section>
        <h2>Education & Mentorship</h2>
        <ul>
            <li><strong>Master of Science in Computer Science</strong> – University of Auckland
                <br><small>Thesis in AI, Natural Language Understanding (NLU), and Human Computer Interfaces (HCI).</small></li>
            <li><strong>Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (Honors)</strong> – University of Auckland
                <br><small>Awarded Senior Prize in Computer Science.</small></li>
            <li><strong>Machine Learning Certification</strong> – Stanford University (Coursera).</li>
        </ul>
    </section>

    <section>
        <h2>Languages & Interests</h2>
        <div>
            <span class="tag">English</span> <span class="tag">Dutch</span> <span class="tag">German (Proficient)</span>
            <span class="tag">French (Proficient)</span>
        </div>
        <p><small>Outside of engineering, I am a black belt in Wing Tsun Kung Fu and a composer of orchestral
            music.</small></p>
    </section>

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        <a href="https://github.com/rock3125" target="_blank"><img src="github.png" alt="GitHub"></a>
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