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Bert Van Der Heyden praised in Vegas!

14 February 2018

Awards

Bert van der Heyden was named Most Valuable Partner Contributor Worldwide at Dynatrace Perform in Las Vegas. This prize is awarded based on your contributions to the Dynatrace community. Naturally, we asked the prize-winner Bert about his own impressions. Because what happens in Vegas, doesn't need to stay there!

Partnership

Since the start of 2014, Realdolmen has been partnered with Dynatrace as they both lead the efforts in Digital Performance Management. Realdolmen incorporates APM (Application Performance Management) and Dynatrace within the division SDES (Software Delivery Enablement Services). That is quite unique! Most would associate monitoring with manufacturing environments, not software development processes. Considering Dynatrace is developed for manufacturing environments, we will gladly make use of that notion. But our ultimate goal is to integrate APM in the pipeline for software and prioritize performance in the minds of developers. As a result, you can avoid problems before production even begins.

Perform Vegas 2018

Bert would not describe himself as an explorer, much less a gambler. And still he left for Vegas to speak at Perform, in collaboration with KBC, to talk about the constructive partnership between Realdolmen and KBC. He has also obtained his 6th Dynatrace certificate. This time by the completely renewed Dynatrace, in which they have reinvented themselves and the entire APM world. Monitoring redefined!

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The community of Dynatrace interacts in an interesting manner. Questions, answers and RFEs (Request for enhancement) can be retrieved on the forum and it is easy to provide input yourself. Bert has taken charge right from the start. He answers questions from users on the forum using his years of experience and the knowledge from his Dynatrace APM Master certificate (and there are only three other holders of this certificate that do not work for Dynatrace). This is a very cooperative approach that reaps rewards in many ways.

Our Rock Star Award is our highest honor. The Dynatrace Community members who provide exceptional contributions over the course of an entire year are recognized. These people go above and beyond their daily work to help out other Community members.

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Bert van der Heyden was named Most Valuable Partner Contributor Worldwide at Dynatrace Perform in Las Vegas. As the winner, he was awarded a Dynatrace UFO. It may not mean much to you, but it is a legendary IoT device that can be controlled via an API. In the monitoring atmosphere the UFO warns if a problem is detected by Dynatrace. It will soon be displayed in one of our offices (with the matching green glow). Bert considers it an honor for the APM team and Realdolmen. By his own admission, he could never have achieved it without the necessary backing.

We grow together

Bert finds fulfillment and pleasure in creating and sharing valuable content. In doing so, he received the full support of his unit manager, Bert Jagers. Furthermore, he proactively takes the steps needed to achieve his goals. He strives to be, and remain, the Dynatrace knowledge leader of Belgium. And according to Bert, that requires an environment similar to what Realdomen offers. A place to act freely. You do not need to search far and wide for innovation, as each of us has outstanding ideas. You only need to provide the environment in which they can grow.

 

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