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I’m obsessed with one question: How do we make technology truly work in healthcare? - Not as a demo. - Not as a pilot. - But as something clinicians rely on every day. Early in my career I started experimenting with emerging technologies. From producing a VR documentary in Uganda to working with immersive technology, I kept asking: Can technology do more than impress? Can it actually improve lives? When I entered healthcare, one reality became clear. Healthcare isn’t short on innovation. It’s short on innovation that fits. I saw promising technologies struggle because they added friction: → Extra steps → Extra complexity → Extra resistance Excitement faded. Pilots stalled. Headsets gathered dust. That’s when I realized: The challenge wasn’t the technology. It was integration. Clinicians don’t need gadgets. They need solutions that fit workflows, start fast, and reduce pressure. That belief led me to build SyncVR Medical. Not just another VR company, but a platform designed to embed XR into clinical reality. Today, SyncVR Medical supports 250+ hospitals across Europe, helping teams use XR for: → Pain & anxiety reduction → Clinical training & simulation → Better patient experiences What excites me most isn’t growth. It’s the shift happening across healthcare: From pilots → to daily practice From novelty → to infrastructure From convincing → to integrating XR is no longer futuristic. It is becoming standard care. I’m driven by curiosity, exploration, and building things that create real-world impact. Technology × Human experience × Healthcare That intersection is where you’ll usually find me. If you care about healthcare innovation, XR, or making technology work in the real world, let’s connect. If you’d like to see how hospitals are using XR in everyday care, you can learn more about our work at SyncVR Medical: https://www.syncvrmedical.com
SyncVR Medical (syncvr.tech) is on a mission to improve healthcare with VR/AR (XR). We are the largest XR Platform for European/UK healthcare, providing a variety of XR solutions to over 175 healthcare institutions in NL, DE, DK, SW, BE, UK and FR. Next to numerous patients and healthcare staff benefiting from applications on the SyncVR Platform, >40 third party developing companies supply their XR healthcare app through our Platform, thereby accessing an otherwise unreachable number of customers. Before 2025, we aim to be the dominant XR Platform in the top 5 European healthcare markets.
Q42 makes friendly software for clients anywhere around The Hague, Amsterdam and Mountain View. One of Q42's innovations is a venture called Hack The Planet (hack-the-planet.io), an initiative that I co-founded in a team of 3. We believe we can fix social and environmental challenges using pragmatic tech. Hack The Planet is project-based, and collaborates with likeminded players to execute these projects. Examples of collaborating parties are Greenpeace, Greensafaris Zambia, ShadowView, University of Leiden, Fabrique and Q42. Current and previous projects involve an autonomous UAV project for Greenpeace (SkyHawQ), a virtual reality app for social elderly care (EldersVR), a software defined radio sensor to combat wildlife poachers (Hack The Poacher), a self-driving 3D printed robot for The Red Cross (GroundHawQ) and a VR-documentary putting rivaling Ugandan tribal warriors in each other's shoes in order to create empathy (meetthesoldier.com) - among many others.
STAR is the study association of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). With more than 6,500 members, STAR is Europe’s largest student ruled study association. The board of the MscBA in Management aims to organize events and activities that enrich its students' lives both socially and professionally. Examples are the yearly intercontinental study trip, company visits and in-house days, skill seminars, activities at philanthropies and social drinks. Apart from that, the board is responsible for the contact between enrolled students and the program management at the RSM. More information to be found on www.rsmstar.nl
Mimispot.com is an up and coming mobile platform, focused on Africa. During nearly half a year, I was given the freedom to choose strategies to perform market research, collect user feedback, and promote the website in ten countries in East- and Southern Africa. This included, among other activities, giving guest lectures at multiple high schools, visiting the largest townships of Africa to gain knowledge about phone usage in the poorest environments, and scouting for influential people who could help grow the website.
Stichting KEI (KEI Foundation) organizes the largest introduction week for students in the Netherlands: the KEI-week. Roughly 5100 first year students in Groningen participate in a five day program involving culture, sports, social live, entertainment and much more. Approximately 1100 senior students volunteer in the organization during the week. The organization is run by the board of directors which consists of 7 students who manage Stichting KEI in a full time capacity. A supervisory board advices on policy, financial and operational matters. Key stakeholders are the City of Groningen, University of Groningen and the Hanze University of Applied Science.