A translator.
A builder.
Always curious.

I enjoy meaningful challenges, understanding complex situations and building practical solutions that help people and organizations work more effectively. Often, the difficult part is understanding how the interests fit together: what a school needs, what a business can contribute, or what a regulation means in practice.

At EduHint, I initiated a sponsorship model connecting student access to learning materials with employer recruitment. At Civas, I helped connect board strategy and school goals to professional development. At VO-raad / Vensters, I worked on translating legislation into information products that schools, parents and students could use.

SecuRedact continues that work in a different setting. As AI gains access to more information, I'm building tools that make privacy and control part of the workflow itself.

Built on teaching.

I trained in education and taught in both the Netherlands and Canada, including English at MBO Landstede. The lesson that stayed with me: an idea only becomes useful when someone can understand and apply it.

That experience continued in leadership and communication workshops at Civas. It shapes what I bring to speaking: attention to the audience, room for questions and a focus on making difficult subjects approachable.

An instinct to experiment.

Gamilife explored serious games using location-based platforms. Huur je Interesse is a concept for sharing idle possessions locally, built around a circular economy and trust-based renting. These projects reflect an interest in how access, learning and a workable service can fit together.

SecuRedact is my principal technology venture today, brought together under Falkistent Holding.