About Me
The story behind a career shaped by both business and technology, and a little about the person behind the work.
I have never been particularly interested in choosing between business and technologyI have always wanted to understand both
My career has developed across engineering, business analysis, process improvement, software, data and AI. Across those different areas the same questions have kept coming back. How does something really work? Where does it get stuck? What would make it work better?
From Technical Systems to Business Processes
I started with Electrical Engineering, which gave me a strong technical and analytical foundation. I was interested in understanding systems, how their parts interact and why they behave the way they do.
I was also drawn to programming, control and automation, which gave me an early interest in the software behind technical systems.
Industrial Engineering broadened that perspective. I became increasingly interested not only in technical systems but also in how organisations work. I wanted to understand how processes are designed, how performance is measured, where work gets stuck and how decisions affect what happens in practice.
That shift led me towards business analysis, process improvement and enterprise operations.
Learning the Business Side of Technology
Starting my career in IT was not accidental. Electrical Engineering had already given me a foundation in programming and technical systems and I had been interested in computers and software since my school years.
I began mainly on the business and operational side of technology. I worked with ERP systems, insurance operations, banking IT and enterprise software, often between business users, managers and technical teams.
The work ranged from understanding business needs and improving processes to defining requirements, clarifying business rules and improving service operations. What interested me most was rarely the document itself. I wanted to understand what was actually happening, why it was happening and what needed to change for a solution to work in practice.
Going Deeper Into Technology
Over time, I wanted to understand the implementation side more deeply as well.
In software work, that sometimes meant going beyond the business requirement. When a problem could not be explained from the process alone, I was comfortable following it into system logic, application code, database queries or the wider technical environment to understand what was actually happening behind the interface.
My broader IT background also helped me understand how software, databases, infrastructure and networks connect. That made it easier to work with technical teams and investigate problems that crossed the boundary between process and system.
I understand tools and syntax best when I first understand the system they belong to and the problem they are meant to solve
That curiosity gradually pulled me further into software, data and technical problem solving.
After moving to the Netherlands, I took that further through a master’s in Computer Vision and Data Science. Applied research with industry partners gave me hands-on experience with computer vision and AI, including anomaly detection, image analysis and keypoint-based methods.
At CGI, I took that technical experience into industry projects. I worked hands-on with Python and computer vision as well as industrial automation, PLC/HMI systems and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Where It Comes Together
Going deeper into technology did not make me want to move away from business work. It made me clearer about where I can contribute most.
Understanding systems, finding the real problem, bringing different perspectives together and helping people move towards a practical solution are the parts of the work that suit me best. I am comfortable working across different levels, from business users, researchers, developers and engineers to managers and senior decision-makers. I can translate between them when they see the same problem differently. This is where I can add more value than I would in a purely technical role.
Business Analysis remains the foundation of how I work. My perspective is broader than requirements alone because process improvement, operations, decision support and technical understanding all shape how I approach a problem.
Wetsus is one current example of this. I work in international innovation projects where research, data, technology, organisations and people depend on each other. The work often begins with incomplete information, different interpretations and partners who need to reach a shared understanding. It gives me a practical setting to make sense of complexity, connect different perspectives and help turn analysis into decisions and next steps.
I do not see the business and technical parts of my career as separate tracks. I want to keep building my career on the business side of technology, using technical understanding to ask better questions, support better decisions and help shape solutions that work in practice
Beyond the work
A little more about me
Outside work, I follow football, play tennis, go to the gym and practise yoga. I also enjoy travelling, video games, anime and visiting museums. The photographs below show only a few of those interests.
