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• System Control Architect, Frencken Europe B.V.

  Jul, 2025 - Present

  Architecting the Frencken Motion Platform — a modular, multi-axis servo drive platform for high-precision mechatronics.

  • Defined system architecture for modular servo drive platform targeting high-precision mechatronics

  • Leading cross-functional team; delivered technical demos to clients

• Founder & Owner, ROX Automation

  Dec, 2022 - Present

  Software and controls development for industrial machine builders. Navigation stacks, servo drives, and production infrastructure.

  • Developed ROX ICU (Integrated Control Unit): open-source CAN bus controller (CircuitPython, MIT license) for industrial machine builders

  • Architected ROX-Gamma: open-source RTK-GPS waypoint navigation stack

  • Delivered end-to-end autonomy stacks: sensor fusion, path planning, CAN bus I/O, FastAPI backends, and web UI

  • Operating production infrastructure on VPS: Docker Compose, MQTT (Mosquitto), InfluxDB/Grafana, CI/CD

• Founder / CEO, AIGRO

  Jun, 2019 - Nov, 20223 years 5 months

  Founded agricultural robotics startup. Built and deployed an autonomous weeding robot to customer farms.

  • Led product and software architecture for AIGRO UP: autonomous weeding robot deployed to farms in 2022

  • Implemented in-house RTK-GPS navigation stack with dual-receiver cm-accurate row following

  • Designed hybrid navigation: RTK-GPS for field transitions, proximity sensors + computer vision for in-row operation

  • Cloud-connected robot platform (WiFi/LTE/LoRa) with web application control interface

  • TEDxVenlo speaker (2019): 'Smart Robotics for Agriculture'

• Domain Architect / Team Leader, Océ (Canon Production Printing)

  Mar, 2016 - May, 20193 years 2 months

  Defined image processing and machine vision architecture for the i300 product line. Led 10-person multi-disciplinary team.

  • Owned datapath, machine vision (inspection cameras + analysis), and image processing (digital print quality) domains

  • Led outsourced development of linescanning cameras for i300 product line

  • Delivered to 3 parallel product releases under tight timing and staffing constraints

• Lead Designer / Team Leader, Océ (Canon Production Printing)

  Sep, 2011 - Mar, 20164 years 6 months

  Led image processing and machine vision in early product development. Teams of 2-8 FTE across Venlo and Vancouver sites.

  • Developed linescanning cameras end-to-end: scanning mechanics, FPGA/DSP processing pipelines, and image correction algorithms

  • Laid foundation for image processing & machine vision in Océ Colorado 1640

  • Created machine vision platform adopted across all scanning inkjet projects; transferred to Vancouver site

• Business Developer, Océ (Canon Production Printing)

  Jan, 2009 - Sep, 20112 years 8 months

  Made Océ inkjet technology accessible to third parties for new business development.

  • Created 'Printhead Evaluation Kit' for third-party OEM integration

  • Reduced time-to-market by 4 months through concurrent integration

  • Facilitated new projects with third parties and accelerated R&D

• Research Physicist, Océ (Canon Production Printing)

  Sep, 2005 - Jan, 20093 years 4 months

  MEMS printhead development and novel printing methods research, in collaboration with University of Twente.

  • Invented MetalJet — direct jetting of metal from melt at temperatures above 1200°C

  • Awarded 3 patents

  • Researched novel inkjet applications: 3D printing, solar cell fabrication, molten metal deposition

• IT Consultant, Unilever

  Jan, 2005 - Sep, 20058 months

  Designed and implemented a database for factory maintenance.

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• Trading With Python

  Jan, 2013 - Dec, 20196 years 11 months

  Created and ran an online course teaching quantitative traders data science and algorithmic trading with Python.

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