Services
A single point of contact for the full journey — from scoping a problem to maintaining what was built. No account managers, no hand-offs.
Most engagements don't fit neatly into a predefined service box. They start with a problem — sometimes clearly technical, sometimes not — and unfold from there. The capability areas below describe where I'm most useful, not a menu to choose from.
Custom software built for the scientific context: reproducible, maintainable, and designed around how researchers actually work. I cover the full stack — data pipelines, backend systems, APIs, and web interfaces — with a preference for simple, well-chosen tools over clever ones.
I've built monitoring platforms, open data portals, alert systems, and visualisation tools. What they have in common is that they keep working after the project ends.
Sometimes the most valuable work happens before a line of code is written. I help teams define what they actually need, separate it from what they think they need, and design an approach that will hold up over time — and over budget.
This can mean a short advisory engagement before a procurement, a technical review of an existing system, or simply a few honest conversations about what's realistic.
CKAN-based portals, DCAT-AP compliance, Darwin Core, GBIF interoperability. Making biodiversity and environmental data findable, accessible, and connectable to the broader ecosystem of tools and platforms that the scientific community depends on.
I've built open data portals for the Belgian Biodiversity Platform and the Belgian Climate Center. Standards aren't an afterthought — they're the point.
Handover is part of the job. When a project ends, the people who inherit it shouldn't need me in the room to understand it.
I write documentation for real users — not just API references — and run training sessions tailored to your team's technical level. I've trained researchers, data managers and curators; I know how to pitch the right level of detail.
Most engagements start with a conversation about a problem, not a pre-defined service. Tell me what you're working on.