Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 3 mos · Arnhem · On-site

• As CTO at IMBU, I am responsible for driving the technology strategy and vision for remote industrial asset monitoring solutions. Our platform helps customers reduce unscheduled downtime, conduct predictive maintenance, and increase asset performance, delivering measurable business value and competitive advantage.
• In this role, I am leading the development and implementation of cutting-edge technologies and solutions, including advanced analytics, machine learning, and cloud computing. I work closely with our engineering team to ensure that our products are both scalable and reliable, and that they meet the unique needs of our industrial customers.
• With a passion for innovation and a deep understanding of the latest trends and technologies in the industry, I am able to deliver solutions that help our customers achieve their business objectives. Whether it is optimizing industrial asset performance, reducing maintenance costs, or enhancing operational efficiency, I am committed to leveraging the power of technology to drive value for our customers.
• If you are looking for delivering innovative solutions for industrial asset monitoring, look no further than IMBU. Contact me today to learn more about how we can help you achieve your business objectives.

Jul 2018 – Dec 2018 · 5 mos · Den Bosch

• Cloud Architect focused on Amazon AWS
• Design and implementation of IoT solutions

May 2017 – May 2018 · 1 yr · Singapore

• I was accountable for Embedded Software and Hardware development within SensorFlow and worked closely with the founders. SensorFlow provides hotels with a wireless room automation solution that reduces the energy consumption of air conditioning.
• I joined SensorFlow as the first employee. Because SensorFlow is a startup, activities were not limited to development only. I set up an Agile process, which later evolved into a bi-weekly sprint and release cycle.
• Within a year we developed 7 (wireless) hardware devices, including the necessary firmware. Designed and implemented a slot based MAC-layer (LoRa) and wrote device drivers. Moreover, I became the scrum master as the team grew. Supported the backend development and deployment, based on Amazon AWS (API gateway, Lambdas, DynamoDb, AWS IoT etc). I was the first to conduct the analysis for the energy savings reports, from the data the devices gathered, with help of Javascript (Node.js), Python (Pandas)

Mar 2016 – Dec 2022 · 6 yrs 9 mos · Netherlands

• bRemote is a beehive monitoring system for professional beekeepers in Greenhouses, developed by four former colleagues in their free time. The monitoring system assists the beekeeper in ensuring the health of the bees.
• As a team, we conducted a market study, gathered requirements, arranged a field installation with professional beekeepers, and we are currently conducting a paid pre-production beta launch with multiple professional beekeepers.
• My responsibility can be best described as a Full Stack IoT Developer.
• I am responsible for the mobile app, backend, and embedded firmware. The backend is based on Amazon AWS and mainly written in Javascript (Nodejs). It uses API-gateway, AWS IoT, IoT rules, Lambdas, DynamoDB, and is deployed with serverless scripts and Cloud formation.
• We have outsourced the first part of the development of our mobile application, which is developed as a progressive web application (PWA), with Cordova and Angular. Extensions on the mobile application are conducted by me.
• Future steps are to conduct more data analysis and apply Machine Learning algorithms to alarm the beekeepers of anomalies.

Mar 2016 – Feb 2017 · 11 mos · Nieuwegein

• SKF is worldwide leading manufacturer and supplier of ball and roller bearings, linear motion products, precision bearings, spindles and seals. For SKF I am working on the Next generation condition monitoring called SKF Insight. This platform supports sensors that are integrated in the bearing or housing, and monitors bearing performance in real time, 24/7.
• Dynamic bearing operating conditions – load, speed, vibration, lubrication and temperature – are sent to the SKF Cloud. In the Cloud a dashboard helps the customer to give insight on the condition of the monitored bearings. SKF reliability experts can also analyze the data and generate reports that give customers the earliest possible warning of conditions that could eventually cause costly bearing damage.
• My tasks consist of developing a Test Framework and an Automated build environment for Continuous Integration. On the firmware side of the platform one of the tasks is to enable Over The Air (OTA) updates.

Jan 2016 – Jan 2022 · 6 yrs · Netherlands

• A personal blog about Embedded Systems and related subjects.
• Was taken offline on January 2022

Jul 2014 – Feb 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Eindhoven

• At TMC (secondment company), I am outsourced to other companies as an Embedded System Engineer.
• Followed Master Class High - Tech Systems Creation. This is a two years course aimed towards System Architect. The emphasis of this course is working in multidisciplinary projects, with in mind the system concepts over different disciplines (Mechanical, Physics, Mechatronics, Chemistry, Electronics and Embedded Software). Personally my ambition is to become a System Architect.

Jul 2014 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Brabantine City Row

• Imec together with its partners pioneers design solutions for next-generation wireless systems and mobile Systems on Chip in next-generation technologies.
• More specific Imec designs among others an Ultra low power Bluetooth Smart Radio, (Bluetooth Low Energy). As an Embedded System Engineer / Radio Engineer my role is to contribute in the development and optimization of the firmware that is controlling the hardware (SoC Radio).
• I was actively involved in the successful IP transfer of the Bluetooth Low Energy radio to several semiconductor manufacturers in the United States and Japan

Jan 2014 – Jun 2014 · 5 mos · Brabantine City Row

• LEDExpert provides lighting solutions for sport fields, parking areas, warehouses, harbors and airports. The luminaries are equipped with Wireless Sensor Network technology. With this technology the luminaires can be controlled, via a proprietary Lighting Control & Management System (LCMS).
• In order to support large scale networks and additional features a large part of the system's software is redesigned. Main part of the system’s redesign is the Daemon (background process) running on Linux executing on an Embedded PC (Multithreaded, Network sockets TCP/IP & UDP).

Nov 2013 – Dec 2013 · 1 mo · Hightech Campus, Eindhoven, Netherlands

• The purpose of this project (WSN-AMS) is to get a better understanding on the complex technology of wireless sensor networks on the subjects application level, network level, individual and combined behavior.
• To make the research on the subjects mentioned above more efficient, the goal is to simulate the stack on a discrete event-based simulator. My role was to enhance the unit tests that were executed on the software stack. The tool chain of the stack was ported from Windows Cygwin gcc to Linux gcc, because of the simulation environment. A large part of my effort was put in to resolving compatibility problems. The outcome of my work should be a solid base for the modelling of a validated stack on the simulator.
• Results:
• Working unit tests on the new virtualized Debian Linux gcc environment.
• Proof of concept for simulating multiple devices on Network layer level, based on the existing unit test framework.

Mar 2012 – Oct 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos · Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands

• Design and Development of Embedded Software specifically for wireless sensor networks. Technical support for the Sales department
• Smart Poles (Street lighting)
• IoT demonstrators LED Lighting

Sep 2011 – Feb 2012 · 5 mos

• As a project manager I worked in a team responsible for the project "Experiment Innovation Alliance (EIA)". The goal of this project was to commercialize a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) technology in an alliance setting. This WSN technology is called MyriaNed.

Feb 2011 – Aug 2011 · 6 mos

• Graduation project for my Master Embedded Systems, on wireless sensor networks.
• Title: High-level non-intrusive monitoring of wireless sensor networks.

Nov 2008 – Jul 2011 · 2 yrs 8 mos

• Part-time Entrepreneur, web development, design embedded devices

Sep 2007 – Jun 2008 · 9 mos

• Graduation assignment: Sensors for stabilization of a Micro Air Vehicle [Butterfly]
• Graduated with first class honours
• [Fontys Hogescholen] Electrical Engineering

Jan 2005 – Jun 2005 · 5 mos · Vught, Netherlands

• Internship: Setting up a customer support laboratory to investigate technical issues for embedded cryptography hardware/software solutions. These solutions were designed to ensure data privacy.
• Besides customer support this laboratory was also used to benchmark the designed solutions for performance analysis.

Jun 2003 – Jan 2004 · 7 mos · Arnhem-Nijmegen Region

• Internship + holiday work: test and characterize digital ICs