Resume

Current Role

  • Business Architect Innovation — Rabobank
    Mid-2025 – Present
    Bridge business and technology for innovation initiatives in the Wholesale & Rural domain.
    Guide projects in GenAI, AI models, GIS, IoT, Blockchain, balancing exploration with bank standards.
    Ensure innovations support Rabobank’s mission in food and energy transitions.

Past Roles

  • Business Architect / Area Architect — Rabobank (Tech4Engineering)
    2022 – 2025
    Shaped developer experience for ~8,000 engineers.
    Led architecture of EngineersHub and Golden Paths, Orchestration, Platform Engineering.
  • Solution Architect / Product Owner — Rabobank
    2016 – 2022
    Designed Account Data Store (first large cloud solution at Rabobank).
    Founded Cylon ML innovation team to pioneer AI/ML adoption.
  • Solution Architect — Rabobank
    2013 – 2016
    Architected customer-facing banking apps used by 7M+ clients daily.
    Delivered secure, high-performing services like iDEAL & Payment Initiation.
  • Team Lead / Senior Developer — Nidera
    2011 – 2013
    Led team delivering risk management platform with 75× performance gains.
  • Software Engineer / Architect — Center Parcs, Schiphol, ANWB, Nidera, Bell ID, IND, Kadaster, others
    2000 – 2011
    Hands-on engineering and architecture across finance, travel, and logistics.

Education & Certifications

Certified Scrum Master, Jeff Sutherland (2009)
Computer Science (Cum Laude), 2010
Architecting on AWS (2019)
Professional Agile Architecture (2021)
Leading the Change (2023)
Team Leadership, RSM (2025)

Skills

Architecture & Leadership: Agile, DDD, Platform Engineering, Golden Paths, Event Storming
Technology: Cloud (AWS, Azure), CI/CD, Java, Kotlin, Scala, SQL & NoSQL
Strengths: Storytelling, Coaching, Public Speaking, Stakeholder Management, Building Connections
Collaboration Tools & Practices: Deep Democracy, Conversational Architecture

Talks & Publications