25 years in high-tech, security and defense. Most recently 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 most recently owned 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. I have held VOG clearance at both ICT Group and Thales.
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. Defined and prioritized the product roadmap and backlog, managed stakeholders across engineering, program management and customer representatives, and led 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.