Education
University of Twente
, Physics (Technische Natuurkunde, Biophysics/Medical Physics, Engineering) 1987-01-01 - 1994-01-01Work Experience
Web Weaving
Current
Web Weaving
The Apache Software Foundation
Current
The Apache Software Foundation
Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport
2020-05-01 - 2021-07-01
Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport
BBC
2008-06-01 - 2014-07-01
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
2008-01-01 - 2014-06-01
British Broadcasting Corporation
Joost Technologies B.V.
2005-11-01 - 2008-04-01
Joost Technologies B.V.
The Venice Project (Satis Superque Merce B.V.)
2005-11-01 - 2008-04-01
The Venice Project (Satis Superque Merce B.V.)
AnyWi Technology
2003-01-01 - 2008-01-01
AnyWi Technology
@Semantics - www.asemantics.com
2001-02-01 - 2006-12-01
@Semantics - www.asemantics.com
Covalent
1999-01-01 - 2005-01-01
Covalent
Skills
Summary
Experienced CTO, Internet Engineer and Architect at home in both startups and large organisations. Delivers complex and large multidisciplinary projects where technical choices are non trivial, span several technology layers and require culture change. Introduce, shape or produce open standards to ensure interoperability, scalability and reliability in the areas of storage, meta- data and soa based architectures. Brings first-hand, hands-on experience with internet scale and cloud technology. Lead teams by providing strong architecture guidance and vision. Ensure that stakeholders and delivery organisations are aligned, focused and deliver on the priorities set by the organisation as a whole. Proven track record of delivering systems where the configuration and the operational characteristic are reliable, reproducible, tuned to the culture and skills of the organisation, the deployment model and have a well understood total cost of ownership. Access to a wide industry network, will rapidly assemble and manage small teams of hands-on experts and lead those by example around webserver technologies, security and scalability when called for. Skilled at navigating investors, founders and technical leaders through the various startup-phases; assist with M&A and (ipr/technology oriented) due diligence.