Resume
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Info
Contact & Personal details
| Address | 43, rue F.N. Wagner B-6791 Athus (Aubange) Belgium |
| Phone | (+352) 621 50 55 36 |
| me@louisthissen.com | |
| Web | www.louisthissen.com |
| Born on | 28 November 1994 in Luxembourg (31 years old) |
| Nationalities | Belgian and Luxembourgish |
| Driving license | Category B since January 2013 |
| Marital status | Married (end of 2022) to Nina COSTA |
| Father | Alain THISSEN Independent construction engineer |
| Mother | Joëlle CRUTZEN Independent physiotherapist |
Languages
| French | Native language |
| Luxembourgish | Fluent spoken |
| English | Fluent spoken and written |
| German | Fluent spoken and written |
Certificates - Diplomas
Upper secondary education certificate
Technical secondary education
Qualification section
Industrial electrician & automation
View certificate • View equivalency
Sixth year technical qualification certificate
Technical secondary education
Industrial electrician & automation
View certificate • View equivalency
Webdesign diploma
Centre de Formation à Distance (CFD)
Exam passed with 95% of points
View certificates (1) • View certificates (2)
Internships & Work
| 2008 - 2024 | Small jobs for private individuals: IT help, website creation, electrical installation (in the early days also: babysitting, language tutoring, gardening, maintenance and construction work) |
| 25 Jan - 29 Jan 2010 | Radio ARA: Participation in the creation of a radio show. This is the show. |
| 30 Aug - 10 Sep 2010 | Municipality of Leudelange: Student job for the technical department. |
| 03 Apr - 10 Jul 2011 | Restaurant "De Brailäffel": Occasional student job in table service. |
| 01 Aug - 30 Aug 2013 | Kockelscheuer campsite: Student job at reception and small tasks. |
| 17 Mar - 28 Mar 2014 | Internship at OTIS: Assisting with elevator repairs and maintenance. |
| Since 2014 | Participation in the Soirée des étoiles. Large-scale school show. Stage manager, cameraman, editor and webmaster. |
| 02 Feb - 13 Feb 2015 | Internship at Cofely Services: Maintenance and troubleshooting of technical installations. |
| 01 Aug - 05 Aug 2016 | Foyer Assurance: Student job in the Helpdesk service |
| 28 Aug 2017 - 31 Dec 2024 | d-co (formerly mad about): Employed as IT staff, also working as carpenter, printer, milling operator, electrician, electronics technician, design office, technician/troubleshooter, delivery/installer |
| 06 Jan 2025 - 31 Jul 2025 | LuxVisual: Employed as large-format printing manager |
| Since 01 Aug 2025 | Self-employed: Freelance IT specialist |
Education - Training
| 2017 | Webdesign training Centre de Formation à Distance |
| 2015-2017 | 1st and 2nd year Bachelor - Computer Science and Systems Haute Ecole de la Province de Liège |
| 2013-2015 | 5th and 6th year technical electrician & automation Athénée Royal d'Athus |
| 2012 | Webmaster (mainly: HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL) Self-taught |
| 2010-2013 | 10th and 11th year technical general Lycée Technique du Centre |
| 2007-2010 | 7th to 9th year project class Lycée Aline Mayrisch |
| 2001-2007 | Primary school of Leudelange |
Office & technical skills
| Programming languages | HTML 5 (advanced) CSS 3 (advanced) PHP (advanced) MySQL (advanced) JavaScript (advanced) Java (basic) C (intermediate) C++ (basic) |
| Microsoft & Apple Office | Word/Pages (expert - Windows/Mac) Excel/Numbers (expert - Windows/Mac) Publisher (expert - Windows) PowerPoint/Keynote (expert - Windows/Mac) |
| Adobe | Illustrator (good - Windows/Mac) XD (good - Windows/Mac) Photoshop (good - Windows/Mac) Lightroom (good - Windows/Mac) Premiere Pro (basic - Windows) |
| Other | Fusion 360 (good - Mac) Caldera (good - Linux) EnRoute (good - Windows) Filemaker (good - Mac) Davinci Resolve (good - Mac) Final Cut Pro X (good - Mac) SolidWorks 2012/2013 (good - Windows) |
| Hardware | Graphics tablet Arduino DMX Digital mixing console |
Personal work
Websites
- evepics.eu
- cgimmo.lu (archive)
- summervilla.eu
- madabout.lu (archive)
- thissen-expert.lu (archive)
- charboni.louisthissen.com
- prochin.louisthissen.com
- berthelutgen.lu
- dulciesdaughter.art
- acaid.lu
- blog.louisthissen.com
- sila-car.fr
Videos
Videos for the Soirée des étoiles since 2016 (in addition to managing the show's tech): youtube.com/@SoireeDesEtoiles.
Liégeois Curieux videos (no longer available online).
Some personal videos: youtube.com/@LouisThissenPrincipale.
Partial production in the Saniza band: youtube.com/@Saniza.
Other videos: a trip to Benin, two weddings, and a presentation video.
Photos
You can browse my multimedia work here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/134703630@N05/albums.
Hobbies
Travel
Creating websites, videos and photos
DIY / building things, mostly woodworking
Event production
Over-automating my house
Hiking
Spending time with friends
