Experience
From the ODF Plugfest in London in 2014 to now.
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2014
Youngest participant, ODF Plugfest
At fourteen I joined OpenDoc Society. A year later I was invited to come along with a small group to the 10th ODF Plugfest in London, hosted by the UK government, where I worked on the documentation of change tracking in OpenDocument. An active member ever since.
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2015 to 2023
IT consultancy
ArtieTee
Open source IT advice and implementation, the foundation of my career.
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2023 to 2025
Consultant & solution architect
Onestein · Smoose · Quividet, Monkeytails holding
Open source business software: advice, architecture and implementation for a wide range of clients.
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2025, present
Founder & consultant
My own practice in open source advice, architecture and implementation.
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2026, present
Maker of Sextant Fleet
Digitaal Autonome Werkomgeving Overheid, working towards a digitally autonomous workplace for Dutch public bodies. Sextant Fleet is the part you can run: fleet management for Linux workstations and the alternative to Intune in large organisations, published on code.overheid.nl under the EUPL 1.2. I also write code for DAWO-Core and DAWO-NixOS.
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2026, present
Board member
DOSBA, Dutch Open Source Business Alliance
Working towards a strong open source economy in the Netherlands.
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2026, present
Co-founder
European Digital Autonomy Network, a cooperative of independent IT companies from across Europe that delivers a complete European stack as one contracting party.
Clients include
VNG · Gemeente Zaanstad · WeAreFrank! · Nationaal Veteranen Platform · CANNA · Plant Research · Oo2 · ArtieTee · DOSBA