Focus
Hi there 👋 I'm Chief Technology Officer at Soilytix building intelligent systems for soil understanding and synthetic biology.
I enjoy building software that enables people in their strengths. I want to understand where the AI wave is really taking us. I enjoy mountaineering and the wild. Lover of music.
Please find me on LinkedIn for a more detailed description of my full work experience, education and certification. You can get in touch with me by email at [email protected].
Ventures
2023 – Present
Founding CTO
Scaled from idea to revenue in one year. Architected and engineered the data-driven agricultural soil intelligence platform, processing global datasets with interactive geospatial visualization and farmer-facing analytics.
peau.ai
2025 – 2026
Founding Engineer
Shipped from 0 to MVP in two quarters. Cross-platform mobile app for personalized skincare, full-stack Firebase architecture, on-device/cloud Computer Vision models for skin analysis, and LLM recommendation agents.
2024 – 2026
Founding Engineer
Engineered the full-stack B2C platform for immune health, connecting high-throughput automated RNA blood analysis pipelines directly to user-facing applications.
11/2024 – Present
ML Scientist
Advisory on machine learning architecture, MLOps, and scalable software pipelines for clinical RNA sequencing analysis and biomarker discovery.
Career & Education
| 2026 – Present | Founding CTO | Soilytix |
| 2025 – 2026 | Founding Engineer | peau.ai |
| 2024 – 2026 | Founding Engineer | Muno |
| 2023 – Present | Founding Engineer | Soilytix |
| 2024 – Present | Architect Advisor | Hummingbird Diagnostics |
| 2020 – 2024 | ML Scientist | Hummingbird Diagnostics |
| 2019 – 2020 | Research Intern | AMLab (Max Welling Lab, UvA) |
| 2019 | ML Engineer Intern | BMW Group |
| 2017 – 2018 | Full-stack Web Developer | Bürgerwerke eG |
| 2018 – 2020 | M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence | University of Amsterdam |
| 2014 – 2017 | B.Sc. Applied Computer Science | Heidelberg University |
Selected Software
AckersyndikatHugo
Web presence for a decentralized solidarity network securing
land commons for farming.
agent-plugin-templateClaude ·
Cursor · Codex
Canonical marketplace template for Claude, Codex, and Cursor
plugins from one repository.
dash-prometheusPython · Dash ·
Prometheus
Prometheus metrics for Plotly Dash callbacks: how often each
one runs, and how long it takes.
dnaCloudflare Workers · R2 ·
Genomics
A genome unfurling itself exactly once, base by base. Live
at 30 bases per second.
notion-syncTypeScript ·
Obsidian · Notion
Opinionated two-way sync between opted-in Obsidian notes and
one Notion data source.
TerrikusTypeScript ·
static
A playable soil science textbook: one valley, six scales,
experiments instead of pages.
typst-studioTypeScript ·
Obsidian · Typst
Edit and preview Typst files in Obsidian, and export Markdown
notes to PDF through a Typst template.
Video, Audio & Photography
Drift
October 2026
An endless downtempo set, synthesised live in the browser and wandering through six scales of a valley. Play it from the screen or a Novation Launchpad.
open
Down-tempo for 18 musicians
October 2023
Another Steve Reich's classic, “Music for 18 musicians” as danceable down-tempo. Live recording, played on a Novation Launchpad.
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ePiano phase
April 2023
Steve Reich's “Piano Phase” adapted for electronica and phased synthesizers.
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A waltz
October 2022
A gentle chamber waltz composed after watching In the Mood for Love. Scored for Violin, Cello, and Marimba.
sheet music
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Metropolitan mornings
March 2023
An evolving sonic soundscape and ambient synthesis exploration.
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A techno
February 2024
Just some techno what else does one need to know.
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An orchestral
June 2023
Small pick and choose from the symph orchestra.
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A melodic house
June 2022
Sounds like a certain DJ named after a type of beer involved with a certain label from a big western German city.
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Colophon
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