About Jeroen

After a relatively quiet childhood, he went to study journalism in Zwolle. He also practiced this profession for quite some time at various news papers and Reed Business magazines. At that company he came into contact with the internet. Jeroen became proficient in programming websites and immersed himself in the possibilities of making content digitally available. That was in 1999, the year in which anyone who could spell the word ‘in-ter-net’ flawlessly started working for an IT company of his or her choice. Jeroen chose Origin. Why? Because the late Eckart Wintzen was then – and still is – one of his heroes.

This is the AtoS period. Or more accurate: Jeroen started at Origin, that transitioned into Atos Origin when the French took over the Philips IT-daughter. Eventually the company transitioned into AtoS, after the merger between Atos Origin and Siemens IT. Jeroen fulfilled different roles in this periode. Highlights are the outsourcing project and datacenter moves for Schlumberger Oilfield Services where he was responsible for the transitioning of 200+ applications. From 2014 onwards he spent a number of years in Scandinavia, mostly in Finland where he was lead architect for major transition projects for meat company HKScan and the European Chemical Agency (ECHA).

In 2017 Jeroen joined the Japanese IT services company Fujitsu as lead deal architect. Also at Fujitsu he performed multiple roles, but during these years the passion for cloud and cloud native technology really grew. Jeroen got certified in different technologies and methodologies, including certifications for VMWare, Microsoft Azure and in the security domain. From 2020 he led the multi-cloud and applications practice for Fujitsu Netherlands, next to leading architecture projects for customers such as PWN (water company) and Bridgestone.

City councilor in Emmen for the PvdA (social democrats) and member of the council audit committee. If you have the time, the drive and possibilities to do something meaningful for the community, you have to do so. Reelected in the council in 2022.

Still married to Judith (she deserves a statue). Proud dad of two grownup daughters that have found their ways in this world, strongly coping with all the madness. Seventeen years to go before retirement.