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The future is built on ideas that are executed with clarity and purpose. My vision is to elevate abstract thinking into enduring, scalable enterprises bridging vision and execution from concept to reality.
Experiences
Experiences
2026 – present
Initiator and co-lead (elect) of Volt Perspective, a place for reflection and thinking. Creating a broader perspective, supporting collaboration and policy making.
Volt Perspective will be an open European Community that focuses on exploring, deepening and expounding opportunities and points of attention for Volt on 'cross-theme topics'.
Based on an in-depth exploration with and among members, Volt Perspective develops ‘Perspective Papers', which are offered to and discussed with representatives at different levels and, where relevant, shared more widely in society.
(under development)
2025 – present
Co-founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board of this German start-up.
A company to assist German doctor’s practices and hospitals in digitalisation processes and in integrating artificial intelligence in day-to-day activities.
Our promise: SHAPE your professional journey
2025 – present
Co-lead of Silver Volt NL, a diversity community for persons 55+ years of age of the political party Volt Nederland.
An community that aims to assist the various bodies of Volt Nederland in all communication, organization, and policy matters.
Silver Volt NL acts as a starting point for similar communities in other European countries and for Silver Volt Europe.
2024 – present
Founder and CEO of this Dutch start-up. A company active in making in easy to generate real-time feedback in a secure way. In order to make learning an effective and enjoyable experience.
Our promise: SHAPE your professional identity
2021 – present
Chairman of the board of the Enschedees Classical Choir ECOK, a choir for large choral works and oratorios, such as Handel's Messiah, Mozart's Requiem, Orff's Carmina Burana and Verdi's Requiem.
In 2023 the Enschedees Classical Choir ECOK initiated a joint venture with the other two classical choirs in Enschede, to form the ‘Great Concert Choir Enschede’ in order to up the festivities in 2025 associated with Enschede 700 years with Suppè’s Requiem.
In 2026 the Enschedees Classical Choir ECOK initiated another joint venture with two other regional classical choirs (from Hengelo and Almelo), to form the ‘Great Concert Choir Twente’ in order to bring Mendelssohn’s Elias to the stage in 2028.
2018 – present
Co-founder and CEO of Invidae Techna, a Dutch company established for the development of the INVIDII Smart Video Learning App and its marketing through reseller agreements.
The INVIDII Smart Video Learning App allows for the safe recording of various kinds of conversations where one of the persons in a conversation is in a learning process. The recording can effectively be assessed by any supervisor who doesn’t have to be present during the conversation.
The security level of the INVIDII SAAS platform allows for the recording of doctor-patient conversations, where a persons smartphone is being used as recording device and where the recording itself is stored in the cloud.
2012 – present
Leader and founder of The WIT Society, an intellectual debate group where societal issues are discussed in an abstract and humorous way. Where the freedom to think out of the box, a safe environment to speak your mind and the pleasure of freely associating various fields of knowledge and experience leads to new insights and new ideas enabling us to reach out to others in our environment with those ideas and insights.
2003 – present
Co-founder and CEO of VREST, a Dutch company supporting the professional development of medical school graduates (doctors and nurses) to become medical professionals, ranging form surgeons to radiologists to clinical chemists to nurses and so on.
We develop, maintain and service a SAAS platform and associated digital ecosystem where our users can initiate their individual learning trajectories with connections to learning and content systems.
Our promise: proving & improving competences
1994 – 2003
Founder and first chairman of the branch association NIVO for Dutch Industries for Orthopedic Technology.
NIVO represents Dutch manufacturers and importers of orthopaedic appliances to assure a high quality of care with orthopaedic appliances.
Proving & improving competences
Co-founder and CEO of VREST, a Dutch company supporting the professional development of medical school graduates (doctors and nurses) to become medical professionals, ranging form surgeons to radiologists to clinical chemists to nurses and so on.
We develop, maintain and service a SAAS platform and associated digital ecosystem where our users can initiate their individual learning trajectories with connections to learning and content systems.
Our promise: proving & improving competences
1996 – 2001
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Co-founder and CEO of VREST, a Dutch company supporting the professional development of medical school graduates (doctors and nurses) to become medical professionals, ranging form surgeons to radiologists to clinical chemists to nurses and so on.
We develop, maintain and service a SAAS platform and associated digital ecosystem where our users can initiate their individual learning trajectories with connections to learning and content systems.
Our promise: proving & improving competences
1994 - 2003
Proving & improving competences
Co-founder and CEO of VREST, a Dutch company supporting the professional development of medical school graduates (doctors and nurses) to become medical professionals, ranging form surgeons to radiologists to clinical chemists to nurses and so on.
We develop, maintain and service a SAAS platform and associated digital ecosystem where our users can initiate their individual learning trajectories with connections to learning and content systems.
Our promise: proving & improving competences
1994 – 2003
Co-founder and CEO of a Dutch company that designs and produces innovative orthoses. I.e., appliances that support legs and arms where function and functionality disappears due to illness or injury, such as knee braces, wrist orthoses and so on.
I was mainly responsible for marketing and sales, for accounting and for a variety of organisational issues.
Ambroise’s designs incorporate the 3C-philosophy: an orthosis should foremost have a high Cosmetic value where the environment of a person is not aware of any disability. Since an orthosis for these types of function losses are being used chronically, i.e. up to 18 hours a day, such an orthosis needs to Comfortable. And, from an engineering point of view, an effective orthosis needs to be Controlled by the user.
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Studies
1993
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering
The Quantification of Left Ventricular Function during Cardiac Assist – University of Twente (NL)
1987
M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Computer Science & Biomedical Engineering
University of Twente (NL)
2010
Avicenna Leadership Program
Avicenna Academy for Leadership, Deventer (NL)
2020
Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom Goethe-Zertifikat C2
Goethe Institut, Rotterdam (NL)
2022
Phoenix Leadership Program
Phoenix Academy, Utrecht (NL)
2024
Program for Supervisory Board Members
Erasmus Governance Institute, Rotterdam (NL)
2025
Das effektive Aufsichtsratmitglied
Governance Academy Germany (DE)
2026
Praktisch Staatsrecht
NHA Opleidingen (NL)
Designer
Business strategies
Innovative products and services
Processes and systems
Romantic
"We think of our future as anticipated memories” (Daniel Kahnemann)
Tomorrow will be more beautiful than today, with me working hard to contribute to it.
Analyst
Why are we doing or aiming for things? How are we ideally achieving our goals? What do we need to make that happen?
Why do systems, by definition, become increasingly complex, and how can we fundamentally change systems?
Philosopher
Always from the position: “Why are we doing this, or why are we planning to do this?”
My list of things that should not have been invented
The WIT Society
Driven by
Creativity and Originality
Determination and Decisiveness
Esthetics
Relaxation
Reader
“Thinking Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahnemann
“The Incompleteness Theorem” by Rebecca Goldstein
“The Three-Body Problem” by Liu Cixin
Studies
2026
Praktisch Staatsrecht
NHA Opleidingen (NL)
2025
Das effektive Aufsichtsratmitglied
Governance Academy Germany (DE)
2024
Program for Supervisory Board Members
Erasmus Governance Institute, Rotterdam (NL)
2022
Phoenix Leadership Program
Phoenix Academy, Utrecht (NL)
2020
Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom Goethe-Zertifikat C2
Goethe Institut, Rotterdam (NL)
2010
Avicenna Leadership Program
Avicenna Academy for Leadership, Deventer (NL)
1993
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering
The Quantification of Left Ventricular Function during Cardiac Assist – University of Twente (NL)
1987
M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Computer Science & Biomedical Engineering
University of Twente (NL)
Studies
Studies
Designer
Business strategies
Innovative products and services
Processes and systems
Romantic
"We think of our future as anticipated memories” (Daniel Kahnemann)
Tomorrow will be more beautiful than today, with me working hard to contribute to it.
Analyst
Why are we doing or aiming for things? How are we ideally achieving our goals? What do we need to make that happen?
Why do systems, by definition, become increasingly complex, and how can we fundamentally change systems?
Philosopher
Always from the position: “Why are we doing this, or why are we planning to do this?”
My list of things that should not have been invented
The WIT Society
Driven by
Creativity and Originality
Determination and Decisiveness
Esthetics
Relaxation
Reader
“Thinking Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahnemann
“The Incompleteness Theorem” by Rebecca Goldstein
“The Three-Body Problem” by Liu Cixin
Reader
“Thinking Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahnemann
“The Incompleteness Theorem” by Rebecca Goldstein
“The Three-Body Problem” by Liu Cixin
Philosopher
Always from the position: “Why are we doing this, or why are we planning to do this?”
My list of things that should not have been invented
The WIT Society
Driven by
Creativity and Originality
Determination and Decisiveness
Esthetics
Relaxation
Analyst
Why are we doing or aiming for things? How are we ideally achieving our goals? What do we need to make that happen?
Why do systems, by definition, become increasingly complex, and how can we fundamentally change systems?
Romantic
"We think of our future as anticipated memories” (Daniel Kahnemann)
Tomorrow will be more beautiful than today, with me working hard to contribute to it.
Designer
Business strategies
Innovative products and services
Processes and systems
Designer
Business strategies
Innovative products and services
Processes and systems
Designer
"We think of our future as anticipated memories” (Daniel Kahnemann) Tomorrow will be more beautiful than today, with me working hard to contribute to it.