Father of three, EMEA Field CTO @ Nerdio. Author of the book Van de Basis tot aan Meester in de Cloud, Author of the book: Inside Citrix – The FlexCast Management Architecture, and Co-author of the book Project Byte-Sized. Written over 500 blog posts and multiple (ultimate) cheat sheets/e-books. Public speaker, sport enthusiast­­­­­­­­: above-average runner, 3 x burpee-mile finisher and a former semiprofessional snooker player. IT community participant and initiator of the AVD User group Community world wide.

Community involvement, recognition, awards, plus various:

1. Author of the book: Van de Basis tot aan Meester in de Cloud
2. Written and redacted over 500 blog posts
   1. Platforms include: basvankaam.com, TechTarget (brianmadden.com), MyCUGC, Intense School, Salomon, Liquidware, Detron, Computable, Come Get IT, Nerdio
   2. Including 10 highly valued cheat sheets/e-books – go here
3. Author of the book: Inside Citrix – The FlexCast Management Architecture
4. Initiator and Co-author of the book: Byte-Sized – Cloud design principles and architectural recommendations.
5. Frequent Podcast guest
6. Founder of the Byte-Sized community platform (book)
7. Founder and board member of the EUCdigest community platform
8. Initiator of the WVD User Group concept globally
9. Board member of the global AVD Community
10. Founder and Board member of the Dutch AVD User Group
11. Contributor to the WhatMatrix (App Layering / DaaS)
12. Featured author on DABCC (Community Professional)
13. Microsoft MVP – Enterprise Mobility (MVP)
14. Citrix Technology Professional (CTP)
15. IGEL Tech Community Insider (ITCI)
16. Citrix Subject Matter Expert (SME)
17. Nutanix Technology Champion (NTC)
18. Atlantis Community Experts (ACE)
19. Nerdio Tech Insider (NTI)
    1. Program founder
20. Nerdio Valued Professional (NVP)
    1. Program Founder
21. Liquidware Tech Insider NL (LTI)
    1. Program founder
22. Citrix Technology Advocate (CTA)
    1. Founding and 2016 pilot member
23. Dutch Citrix User Group Participant (DuCUG)
    1. Presented multiple times
24. Citrix User Group Community Participant (CUGC)
    1. Winner CUGC award – Top forum poster throughout 2016
    2. A former member of the MyCUGC content working group
    3. June 2015 – member of the month
    4. Published multiple blog posts
25. Inside Track for EUC/VDI VIP’s
26. Presented dozens of sessions on national as well as international events like Citrix Synergy, multiple CUG’s, E2EVC, VCNRW, Virtual Expo, and more.

Sports nut and personal bests…

As mentioned previously, I’m sort of a sports nut, or used to be anyway. These days I considerably go out less than let’s say 5+ years ago when I used to ride my road bike around 10 hours a week next to various runs and swimming sessions. Due to medication, which I have to take (I have Crohn), unfortunately, my condition (Vo2max and such) has decreased considerably throughout the last year and a half. Anyway, I still enjoy going out and give it my best from time to time. Below are some of my past achievements….

1. I’ve climbed the Alpe D’Huez approximately 40 times. I completed an organized time trial up the Alp within the hour – 59 minutes and change.
2. I participated in Alpe d’HuZes three times. All editions I climbed the Alp three times in a row, each climb taking around 1:10 to 1:15.
3. My longest non-stop solo ride was 205 KM with almost 2 KM’s of elevation, at an average pace of 27,8 km per hour.
4. In my most active year, I spend almost 13000 km in the saddle and ran about 1000 km.
5. I completed the famous Burpee-Mile (death by Burpees – broad jump) three times. Fastest in 1:48.

Below are some of my personal running PB’s taken from Strava. No world class times but not bad either for someone with my genes and physical abilities.

Snooker and Pool results

Snooker:

• Highest break: 137
• Highest break in tournament: 123
• Number of century breaks: 68
• Highest line-up: 147 (X2)

• House tournaments won: 60+ (various location throughout NL)
• Summer Cup Snooker league (over a course of three months) 1^st
• Various tournaments (C/B/A Ranking, X-mas, Easter, Open IJmuiden, Invitation etc.) 10+
• Dozens of semi and quarter finals, highest break prizes etc.

• Dutch Team Competition Second Division: 1^st
• Dutch Team Competition First Division: 1^st (X2)
• Dutch Team Competition Super league: 1^st (X3)

• Team Competition Second Division Dutch Championships : 1^st
• Team Competition First Division Dutch Championships : 1^st
• Team Competition Super league Dutch Championships : 1^st (X3)

• The Hague Open: 3^rd
• Dutch Championships A ranking: 2^nd
• Dutch Championships Juniors: 5^th (X2)
• Dutch Championships Scotch Doubles: 3^rd
• Dutch Championships Scotch Doubles: 8^th
• Dutch Championships Highest Break Winner: 115
• 2 century break during Dutch Championships
• Top 10 Dutch Snooker Ranking (X4)

Pool:

• B-Ranking Tournament: 1^st (X2)
• Qualification Tournament for Dutch Open 9-Ball: 1^st
• House tournaments won (various locations throughout NL) X15

• Dutch Team Competition First Division: 1^st (MVP: won all my matches throughout the year).
• Dutch Team Competition Third Division: 1^st (MVP: won all my matches throughout the year).
• Team Competition First Division Dutch Championships: 5^th

Find me on Linked-In – Twitter – Strava