25 years in high-tech, security and defense. Currently Product Owner for naval combat management system software at Thales Netherlands. Founder of NityaStem, VPN Spot and InSafeHands, and co-founder of Amstar Technologies.
Senior Product Owner and technical project / program manager with 25 years across high-tech, security and defense environments. I spent 13 years engineering encrypted communications for the German federal government (Secusmart / BlackBerry) under BSI approval and NIAP / Common Criteria certification, managed the ASML outsourcing account at ICT Group, and today own the product roadmap for naval combat management system software at Thales Netherlands. Alongside my consulting career I build and run my own products — from global news aggregation to plug-and-play privacy hardware and property management. I work in English, hold Dutch citizenship, and enjoy leading cross-functional, multi-supplier teams in regulated, mission-critical environments.
A quarter century spanning product ownership, program management, secure software engineering and technical training.
Product Owner for naval combat management system software in a defense environment governed by formal qualification requirements. Define and prioritize the product roadmap and backlog, manage stakeholders across engineering, program management and customer representatives, and lead cross-functional teams on delivery, budget and expectations.
Account owner for the ASML outsourcing account: end-to-end delivery management across supplier boundaries, financial management, partnership development and delivery governance between ASML and ICT Group delivery teams.
Managed ASML development projects delivered through partner 3T: project planning, execution, budget and resource planning, with customer and supplier management across organizational boundaries in a high-tech semiconductor context.
13 years on the encrypted mobile communications platform used by the German federal government; core member of the on-site client development team. Feature owner across BB10, Android and iOS (pjsip, OpenSSL, PKI); Scrum Master for the development team; built tooling, processes and documentation for security-target testing supporting BSI approval and NIAP / Common Criteria certification.
Led a technical training team that grew from 3 to 8; delivered training to internal, customer and partner audiences — including internationally — at a 4.5/5 quality rating.
C, C++, Unix/Linux, systems programming and networking — as trainer and engineer.
Products I have built and operate — each one solving a problem I cared about personally.
Breaking news from every country. Top headlines from 50+ countries, automatically translated to English via DeepL. Switch countries instantly — free, no account, no tracking. Nitya (Sanskrit: eternal) · Stem (Dutch: voice).
nityastem.com →Your traffic, your hardware, your location. Two pre-configured OpenWrt routers with personal WireGuard keys, shipped to your door. Plug in and every device on your network routes through the location you choose — no apps, no setup, €2/month.
vpn-spot.com →
Property management for owners who live away from their property in India. Your home, tenants and paperwork looked after — so your property truly is in safe hands.
insafehands.co.in →
Co-founded and grown over 19 years into a global IT services company — enterprise IBM training and certification, software sales & consulting, and talent acquisition, serving 750+ clients across 50+ countries.
amstar.in →Trainer at heart since 1999 — from classrooms in India to international corporate audiences, rated 4.5/5.
C, C++, Unix/Linux, systems programming, networking and secure development — delivered on-site or online, tailored to your team's level.
Product ownership, roadmap and backlog management, Scrum adoption and stakeholder management, grounded in years of hands-on practice in regulated industries.
BSI approval processes, NIAP / Common Criteria certification, PKI and security-target testing — experience earned on government-grade communication systems.
Practical AI training for teams — prompt engineering, AI-assisted development workflows and responsible-use guidance for integrating LLM tools into product and engineering practice.
Open to product ownership, program management and consulting engagements.