ABOUT ME
I'm an experienced Head of IT in a technologically advanced environment. I’m an innovator and think out-of-the-box. When working on new topics or technologies I get passionate about it and drive the change or migration. With that passion, I’m able to move people to change and coach them in the transition with humor, attention and feedback. I learn quickly and can oversee things from different perspectives. I have in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and I have a good overview of modern technologies and architectures in IT. I can cope with the political environment of senior management and can be quite persuasive, also for people who are higher in hierarchy. I use this to get things done as I’m particularly result oriented.
I’m passionate about topics such as agile, Kanban, DevOps and continuous delivery, and the management of the cultural, organizational and technological changes associated with these approaches. I’m experienced in working agile with self-organizing teams. I also supported and coached the transition from a traditional environment to the agile way of working as a senior manager. I believe in enabling people to thrive at work by being transparent and by empowering them, all to deliver value in the hands of the customer.
Although a nerd at heart, I also have over a decade of experience in product development and comparable managerial roles on the other side: the business. I can understand the language of product owners and users to bridge the gap between IT and business. I’m also a speaker at national and international conferences on topics such as agile and continuous delivery.
CONFERENCES
Continuous security
European women in tech, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 2019
Continuous security
DevDays Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 2019
Flow: the worst software methodology in history
Keynote together with Sander Hoogendoorn
SwanseaCon, Swansea, Wales, September 2019
Continuous delivery
Tools4ever, Bussum, the Netherlands, June 2019
Flow: the worst software methodology in history
Keynote together with Sander Hoogendoorn
Voxxed Athens, Greece, June 2019
Continuous security
Voxxed Athens, Greece, June 2019
Flow: the worst software methodology in history
Keynote together with Sander Hoogendoorn
SDD Conf, London, UK, May 2019
Continuously delivering continuous delivery
SDD Conf, London, UK, May 2019
Continuously delivering continuous delivery
DevConf, Krakow, Poland, September 2018
Continuously delivering continuous delivery
Meet Magento, Den Haag, the Netherlands, April 2019
Continuous security
Codemotion, Amsterdam, April 2019
Continuous security
Codemotion, Rome, Italy, March 2019
DevSecOps
DevOn Summit, Utrecht, The Netherlands, April 2019
Continuously delivering continuous delivery
DevConf, Krakow, Poland, September 2018
DevSecOps
SwanseaCon, Swansea, Wales, September 2018
Continuous delivery in 10 easy mistakes, and how to do better
Codemotion, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 2018
We came, we saw, we kicked its ass
Software Design and Development, London, UK, May 2018
We came, we saw, we kicked its ass
Buildstuff summer, Malloca, Spain, May 2018
Flow, the worst software delivery methodology in history
Buildstuff summer, Mallorca, Spain, May 2018
The continuous culture
The Lead Developer, New York, US, April 2018
Flow, the worst software delivery methodology in history
Wroc#, Wroclaw, Poland, March 2018
The continuous culture
Buildstuff, Vilnius, November 2017
Continuously delivering continuous delivery
Trondheim Developer Conference (TDC), Trondheim, October 2017
Video TDC
The continuous culture
TopConf Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf DE, October 2017
The continuous culture
Agile Amsterdam, Amsterdam NL, September 2017
The continuous culture & Lightning talk Learning organisations
SwanseaCon, Swansea UK, September 2017
The continuous culture
SDD, London UK, May 2017
The continuous culture
Buildstuff summer, Mallorca ES, April 2017
How continuous delivery will change the DNA of your company
Devon Summit, Delft NL, March 2017
The continuous culture
SDN, Zeist NL, March 2017
Travel guide to continuous delivery
Continuous delivery conference, Bussum NL, December 2016
Continuously delivering continuous delivery
GSE NatConf, Almere NL, November 2016
Continuously delivering continuous delivery
Guest speaker at IT works course on microservices, October 2017
Continuously delivering continuous delivery
GeeCON, Prague CZ, October 2016
Continuously delivering continuous delivery
SwanseaCon, Swansea UK, September 2016
Continuously delivering continuous delivery
Buildstuff on the beach, Odessa, July 2016
VIDEOS
Here you'll find some videos of my talks. I hope you enjoy them.
SLIDES
PICS OF CONFERENCES
CONTACT ME
I'd be happy to hear from you for feedback on my talks or workshops, or to see if we can work together on some challenges.
I live in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands
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