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I'm an engineer interested in innovation that cares about control over technology. I like to contribute to free software and open content and their communities. I do so in my work at grid operator Alliander and in my various volunteer roles.

Job roles

• Technical Solution Lead at Alliander
• Open Source Ambassador at Open Source Program Office (OSPO) of Alliander
• FOSDEM Energy Devroom organiser

Volunteer roles

• Country Coordinator for the Free Software Founation Europe (FSFE)
• Maintainer of Ada Zangemann children's book automation
• T-DOSE conference organiser
• Maintainer of Dutch translation of Rapid Photo Downloader

Besides these roles I contribute to various communities from time to time. Some of my online profiles are linked in the contact page.

You can stay up to date via my Mastodon account and my blog on this website.

I frequently give presentations at conferences. See the talks page with upcoming and past presentations.

In the docs section you can find useful information I compiled, for example about my photography hobby.