About

As I grew up in the Netherlands during the 70's and 80's I was fascinated by computers and astronomy. I wrote my first lines of code at the age of 12. A few years later I joined forces with a group of friends where we reached a high level of technical, graphical and musical creativity. As of today our work for BML is still considered one of the best ever produced on the C64. Since I spend most of my free time on computers and coding during my high school days this eventually led to the obvious choice of studying Computer Science Engineering. I graduated in 1997 at the University of Twente with my Master thesis on Web based Network Management.

Work

Over the years I have been professionally active in several roles such as Software engineer, Scrum master, Business analist and Application Security lead. I have worked in fields such as banking, insurance, logistics, telecommunication, education, healthcare and government.

Currently I work as a senior full stack software engineering consultant for clients in various sectors, specializing mainly in the Java ecosystem as well as Application Security. For information about my work and profession the best place to look for is generally my LinkedIn page.

Personal

Besides being a father and husband I currently enjoy spending my free time on activities related to astronomy and photography. My main focus is on imaging the solar system. Besides that I am also an occasional hobby photographer, enjoying mainly capturing landscapes, forests and night skies. Whenever the weather conditions aren't suitable I usually work on my personal open source software projects, read books, enjoy music and practice rowing at the local rowing club or go hiking.

Volunteering

I'm a board member of the Dutch workgroup Maan & Planeten, part of the Dutch royal society for Weather & Astronomy (KNVWS). We organize events twice a year, usually in one of the observatories in the Netherlands. We also share content related to the Solar System online. Our Facebook page is free for everybody to join, provided that you have a proven interest for astronomy. It has over 1000 members.

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