My Journey
From MSX-BASIC at age 5 to building the most advanced high-performance systems today. Focused on building tomorrow's infrastructure.
The Beginning
Started experimenting with coding in MSX-BASIC on our family MSX2 computer.
First Software Company Visit
Visited Decos through my speech therapist connection, solidifying my dream to become a software engineer.
HAVO
Andreas College
Secondary education while already working professionally.
Windows 95 & Internet Era
Internet arrived, obtained Visual Basic 5.0, started building real applications with GUIs.
Part-Time Professional Career Begins
Started professional career at age 14 while still in high school.
Junior Software Engineer at Decos
Decos
Started at age 14 with summer job, became Junior Software Engineer while still in high school.
Higher Education Begins
The Hague University
Started BSc in Information Technology while continuing at Decos.
Internship at SiteWorkx
SiteWorkx / GoForIt
Six-month internship working on movie syndication platform.
BSc Graduation
The Hague University
Completed degree with thesis on workflow management system.
Full-Time Career Begins
Obtained degree and transitioned to full-time software engineering.
Software Engineer at Decos
Decos
Worked on migration from ASP/VB to C# .NET, built integrations with dozens of systems.
Matrix Management
Krauthammer
Management training on leading cross-functional teams.
Software Architect at Decos
Decos
Led technical architecture and international teams for enterprise projects.
Customer Contact Center Platform
Decos
Led international team building new product line for governmental organizations.
Advanced Distributed Systems Design
Udi Dahan
Training on designing large-scale distributed systems.
Minute - Meeting Management App
Decos Minute
Built native mobile app for meeting management, operated as internal startup.
Discovered Bitcoin
Started exploring Bitcoin and distributed ledger technology.
Became Self-Employed
Left Decos after 20 years to start independent consulting career.
Founder & Principal Engineer
Blocksource
Founded consultancy specializing in distributed ledger technology.
Discreet Log Contracts
MIT DCI (Contractor)
First demonstrable implementation of DLCs built in 6 weeks for MIT DCI.
Sagittae - Insurance Revolution
Sagittae (Contractor)
Blockchain architect for Amsterdam startup reimagining insurance through distributed ledgers.
Cryptography I
Coursera
Stanford University cryptography course certification.
PoolDetective
MIT DCI (Contractor)
Built critical security monitoring system for cryptocurrency networks.
Vertcoin One-Click Miner
Democratized cryptocurrency mining for ordinary enthusiasts.
Verthash Algorithm
Co-developed memory-intensive mining algorithm for ASIC resistance.
Co-founded Wadagso
Co-founded digital currency consulting firm alongside Blocksource.
Co-founder & Principal Engineer
Wadagso
Leading digital currency consulting and CBDC research initiatives.
OpenCBDC
Contributor to the OpenCBDC transaction processor engine and testing framework.
Reactor Hashrate Proxy
Navier Inc (Contractor)
Architected high-performance hashrate proxy, later sold to DMG Blockchain.
CBDC Prototyping
Major Financial Institutions
Technical architect for wholesale financial operations on distributed ledgers.
Financial Analysis Platform
Wadagso
Building high-performance data science platform for CMBS and financial portfolio analysis, visualization, and modeling.
Distributed Systems Engineering
Radius Technology Systems (Contractor)
Building next-gen transaction infrastructure for AI economy.
Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification
Coursera
Machine learning fundamentals certification.
Advanced Learning Algorithms
Coursera
Machine learning and neural networks certification.
KiezerGPT
Built Dutch political debate platform using AI for civic engagement.