Professional Work Technical Writing Background
Experience

Where I've added value

Current Role
2026 - Present

VAA Data Works

Lead AI turning generative AI into real impact. Building prototypes and MVPs, translating AI to concrete business value for clients, and helping build an excellent AI team in the agri-food sector.

Lead AI Gen AI Agri-Food
Previous Role
2016 - 2025

Bio-Prodict B.V.

Led AI initiatives for protein analysis and bioinformatics. Built and deployed machine learning systems for mutation effect prediction, achieving production-grade accuracy on complex biological data. Direct client engagement and technical leadership.

AI Leadership ML Systems Client Solutions
Presentation
Voluntary

HeadFWD

Voluntary presentation on AI and data science topics. Sharing knowledge and perspectives on practical applications of machine learning in business contexts.

Speaking Knowledge Sharing
Publication
Featured

Tygers Magazine

Featured in discussion on AI startups and the practical realities of building AI products. Sharing perspectives on what works—and what doesn't—in applied machine learning.

Thought Leadership Public Speaking
Previous
Earlier

PowerAssist / Awesum

Full-stack development and technical problem-solving. Early experience bridging technical implementation with client requirements.

Development Client Work
Writing

Technical explorations & notes

A New Protein Design Era with Protein Diffusion

Exploring RFDiffusion and how diffusion models are revolutionizing de novo protein design. Technical analysis with projections for the field.

Visualizing Deep Learning Antibiotics

Technical breakdown of using neural networks for antibiotic discovery—from molecular representations to production insights.

Notes on BERT: Pre-training Deep Bidirectional Transformers

Detailed notes from Google's foundational NLP paper. Key insights and practical takeaways.

Notes on BigBiGAN

Analysis of large-scale adversarial representation learning and its implications for unsupervised learning.

Using Sequence Data in Machine Learning

Practical techniques for encoding and processing protein sequences in ML pipelines.

TLS and SNI with RustLS in Actix

Implementation guide for secure connections in Rust web applications. Production-ready patterns.

COVID-19 API

Building a rapid-response data API during the pandemic. Real-time data aggregation and visualization.

Dutch Chili Recipe

A personal favorite—because data scientists need to eat too.

Background

Continuous learning

Master's Degree

Master Applied Data Science

HAN University of Applied Sciences

Advanced methodologies in data science, machine learning systems, and practical AI applications in industry contexts. Graduated cum laude.

Bachelor's Degree

Bioinformatics

HAN University of Applied Sciences

Foundation in computational biology, genomics, and bioinformatics algorithms. Where data science met life sciences.

Professional Certificate

Project Management of Engineering Projects

DelftX / TU Delft

Project finance management and mastering project complexity. Skills for leading technical teams and large-scale initiatives.

Internship

Applied ML Research

Bio-Prodict B.V.

First experience applying machine learning to real protein analysis challenges. Foundation for current work.

Research

Genomics Data Analysis

KeyGene

Agricultural biotechnology research. Experience with large-scale genomics data in production contexts.