Together with my wife I started a company in the south of France. Having one's own company and being your own boss, was one of my objectives. We refurbished two independent houses in the countryside and converted them into holiday homes. We are now in our second year and the business is growing strong.

During three years I leaded a very large long term research programme (2 Mfl / yr). Goal of this programme was to find the sustainable competitive aspects of new services. In order to do this we first systematicly analysed the Interactive Services that KPN Telecom was likely to introduce and secondly identified thoses services that could have a sustainable competitive advatage based on technology.

As part of the programme we analyzed subjects such as Billing, Java Management, Communities, Streaming Media, Portals and mainly Personalization. We created several prototypes, which have been tested with consumers on the Internet.

• 2000 - Business Plan Permissioneers
I created a business plan to start a Gatekeeper service. This service would allow consumers to safily store, manage and sell their personal profile. It would allow businesses to promote their service more effectively. This Business plan has been promoted to KPN / TeleCommerce / Media Services and KPN Valley. Due to the bad investment climate the plan has been set on hold.
• 2000 - Assessment Method for New Business Opportunities
I created a method for analysing new business opportunities.
• 1999 - eCommerce Vision Statement
With two other Senior Advisors, I wrote a vision statement on eCommerce and the impact and consequences for KPN Telecom.
• 1997 - Vision on Multimedia
The convergence of communication, entertainment and content is in part due to multimedia. We wrote a vision statement on multimedia, where I covered the interactive services part of the document.

KPN Telecom started a special Business Line target on Internet. This BL was responsible for the launch of HetNet.
I was responsible for all the work done by KPN Research for this account. The size of this account was roughly 2 Mfl yearly. Due to my research experience I was able to influence the content of the programme.

KPN Telecom had a special Business Line dedicated to smart cards and payphones. They also had some plans to enter other interactive business opportunities. In was responsible for this account with a size of 0,3 Mfl.

During several years I leaded a small group of researchers who were involved in developing new services. In this role I was responsible for the poitioning and strategy of the expert group within KPN Research. I created a group that worked on the edge of the business opportunities of KPN.

In 1995 KPN introduced it's first Internet Service Provider (ISP), Planet Internet. I was responsible for the development of the technical service infrastructure and I was responsible for the betatest and first month operational management of the service.

On several occasions I had the opportunity (and time) to students on their thesis projects.

• 2000 - Copilots Usability - this study assessed the usability aspects of web browser enhancements;
• 2000 - B-B Marketplaces - this study assessed the business opportunities of KPN Telecom within the realm of B-B marketplaces;
• 1998 - Publishing Opportunities - this study analysed the impact of Internet on the publishing value chain and the opportunities of KPN Telecom within this adapted value chain;
• 1993 - MUSEIT;
• 1992 - Payment;

KPN Research saw the influence of IT on logistics processes as a new business opportunity for KPN Research.
I created the startegy for this expert group, started the organization and did the acquisition. The expert group grw to some six persons. In a later stage the expert group was disbanded due to a reorganization.

In this function I was resonsible for the planning of the employees, relationship management with PTT Post and relationships with other departments on technical issues. I was also responsible for the strategy for the department.

• 2000 - CRM Service Assessment
A business opportunity analysis was carried out of two possible CRM services for KPN, BU TeleCommerce. A Email Management service and a Consumer Gatekeeper service have been analysed.
• 1999 - SME Outsourcing Services
This project evaluated technology and business opportunities of two services: affiliate management and auctions. For both services a prototype was built. Both services could be part of the the portfolio of KPN BU TeleCommerce.
• 1994 - Business Opportunities PDA's
With the introduction of a new type of peripherals (Personal Digital Assistents) KPN Telecom would be introduced to a new type of services and would be confronted with new requirements. This project analysed the consequences and formulated an advice for the requirements of business users.
• 1994 - Advice General Magic
We analysed the business opportunities and consequences of the technology of General Magic. General Magic had created a mobile agent-based communication technology and formed a consortium of several large companies (AT&T, Sony, Philips, Motorola, Matsushita, etc.). The question was whether KPN Telecom should become member of this consortium.
• 1993 - Telemarketing business opportunities for KPN Telecom
The market segment Telemarketing is a very big user of communication services for KPN Telecom. We systematicly analysed which additional services could be offered to this market segment.
• 1993 - Specification of a service for an electronic marketplace
KPN Telecom intended to start an electronic marketplace (now we would say Entry Portal) service based on the large scale introduction of Videotex-based Smart Phones. For this project we created the rquirements of the Smart Phone and and the electronic market place service.
• 1992 - Systematic Overview of Logistical Business Opportunities for PTT Post
For the business department of PTT Post a systemic overview of logistical business opportunities was created. PTT Post desired to expand their business from their postal operations to more extended and value-added services. This study formed a basis for future portfolio enhancements of PTT Post;
• 1991 - Teleshop Architecture
Based on object oriented principles we created an architecture for a teleshopping service (note before Internet!). Using this architecture a prototype of a public terminal for a ticketing service was created.
• 1991 - Management principles for the tarifing of land-based telephony
We created the principles for tariffing of value added telephony services.
• 1990 - Specification of a TMN-network for itemized billing
We specified the requirements for a Mediation System for the itemized blling of the PTT Telecom telephony system. This specification formed the basis of the introduction of itemized billing in the Netherlands. The Mediation System handles the call records generated by the switches and their transportation to a centralized Billing System;
• 1990 - Integral Postal System
We created a future services specification of atelematcis enhanced postal serviced. The services were based on the idea that the addressing information of each postal package or letter was lifted and available in an IT-system. This information could consequently be used to track, process and influence the flow of the packages or letters.
• 1989 - Analysis of the state of the art of optical storage media, relational databases and 4th Generation Languages
KPN Telecom intended to use a relational database, GGL and Optical Media in order to process Call Detail Records. We evaluated the commercial possibilities and adviced the company.

• 2001 - Mobile Portfolio description
With the advent of the UMTS network KPN Mobile can introduce a lot of services. These services introduce KPN Mobile to new roles and opportunities. I created an overview of possible service and their interrelations. This study formed the basis of the IT requirements (Service Management and Billing Systems) of KPN Mobile.
• 1997 - Interactive Services
With the introduction of Internet KPN Telecom was confronted with many new opportunities. This strategic research project analysed interactive services and defined possible interested business areas for KPN Telecom. In this project I developed a framework for Interactive Services, which has been used as a basis for a strategic research programme.
• 1996 -Telephony Class Services - Service Creation Process Guide
In this project a (technical) specification was made for Class Services that KPN Telecom intended to introduce. The emphasis lied on consistent interworking of all the services from the user point of view.
In this project I created a Service Creation Process Guide, which described all the necessary steps from Business Opportunity to Service Introduction. This guide has serviced as a reference document for future service creation projects.
• 1994 - Print & Mail
For a new business opportunity for PTT Post, Print & Mail I participated in the team that wrote the business plan. I was responsible for the financial paragraphs of the document.
• 1988 - Information Analysis of cabling registration system
KPN intended to inroduce a registration system (GIS) for their cabling. I performed an information analysis of such a cabling system.
• 1988 - Prototype of a software library for object oriented software modules
This project performed an assessment of object oriented programming methods. As no object oriented languages were yet on the market we created our own language: Object Pascal. In this project I was responsible for the creation of the object class database and an inventarision of object oriented programming developments;

During 1983-1984 The Netherlands operated together with the UK and US an Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS). The goal of this mission was to map the the sky in four infrared wavelengths. There was also room to perform some special targeted observations.

• Co-responsibility for the operations of the dutch special mapping instrument. Stationed in Chilton in the UK;
• Participated in the analysis of the algorithms for the Small Extended Sources catalog. Stationed at JPL, Pasadena, USA;
• Analysis and interpretation of satellite based infared measurements;
• Discovered a new dust component in interstellar space;
• Publication of Ph.D. thesis "IRAS studies of the nature of interstellar dus and planetary nebulae";

The Space Science department was responsible for doining autonomous astronomy research, development of measurements instrumentation and management of scientific astronomy satellite projects.