"One can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm." - Charles Schwab (1937)
Born and raised in a small village in the southern part of the Netherlands I am living together with my wife, our 3 cats and our dog.
Being in IT for over 17 years, and working with Red Hat products for over 20 years, I have been involved in building, architecting and advocating for customers of all sizes. I have a degree in computer science and have experience in different roles varying from Solution Architect to CTO. I work at Red Hat as the Chief Digital Advisor being a strategic advisor and sparring partner for CIOs and CTOs.
Together with my Red Hat colleagues and our partners I love to create an organizational impact with my customers. Discussing; team topologies, building skills, becoming a software organization, enabling people and the application of technology.
I am a tech enthusiast, open source believer, and really passionate about motorbikes and I love to exercise.
I am an energetic speaker in the area of digital trends, open source and open organization and am good at making complicated things easy to consume.
My interests are in the area of organizational transformation; team topologies and interaction of people and systems. Other topics of interest are inclusivity, (neuro)diversity.
