About me

After years of experience working in several management levels in different companies in various businesses I decided to start my own “one man” interim management and consultancy company. As manager and technician (Bachelor of science in mechanical engineering) I worked for governmental and commercial, stock market listed and unlisted and for Dutch and US owned companies.

I started working at a young age and returned to school when I was 18 at the Royal Navy School of technique in Amsterdam. After completing this petty officer education program I served on Her Majesties ships and along with that studied to be a power plant technician. After I left the navy and joined civilian life I studied mechanical engineering in the evening hours and earned my Bachelor of science degree in 1994. In the years that followed I broadened my horizon and constantly worked to improve my knowledge. I studied industrial change engineering, followed several management courses and obtained the Dutch industrial safety level VCA-VOL. Due to my career path and experience I leaned to understand and communicate with people on various layers within the trade and industry and how to make things happen all the way from strategy to actual plans and results.

My area of expertise is management within an operational, production or manufacturing environment, technical products or installations and their maintenance. The sectors of experience are energy, manufacturing, food, and rolling stock.

Through the years I learned how to operate and be affective in both commercial and (semi)governmental environments. Every industry and each company has its own, culture, potential and challenges. I can provide another viewpoint while developing strategies but I’m also able to translate strategies into organizational plans, structures and actions and then, last but not least, to really make it happen. You can’t learn how to drive a car only by thinking or reading about it. After proper preparation you need to go and do it, with proper help and assistance.

I consider myself to be an analytic, creative, pragmatic, driven manager of people, that can make a difference.
My Dutch, English and German is fluent and I speak basic Spanish.