I am an independent IT expert. Businesses and organisations come to me for unbiased advice and hands-on implementation across the whole arc of a digital project: pinpointing the real challenge, ideation, prototyping, and on to development or project management. No vendor lock-in, no agency upsell.
Eight years of applied research at Howest, human-centered design, and a pragmatic bias for shipping back it up. The work spans building and the web, with deep specialisms in trust (digital identity, verifiable credentials, and the trust layer for AI agents) and ICT4D (technology for social impact). I co-founded the LFDT European chapter and received the LFDT Community Award in 2025.
Trust is the deep end of that expertise: one project there is trustedagentic.ai, where I help teams build agentic solutions with trust baked in. Giving back matters too: KUBO, founded in 2017, brings tech education to schools in Gambia and Uganda, now reaching 2,500 kids every week.
Experience
Independent IT Expert
2026 – Present
Independent IT advice and implementation across web, trust, and ICT4D, from challenge to working product. Includes trustedagentic.ai, my agentic-trust practice.
Web3 Lead
Howest · 2019 – 2026
Architecture & development for EU/national blockchain research. Leading team, mentoring.
LFDT European Chapter Co-founder
2024 – Present · Community Award 2025
Community
LFDT Belgium Meetup Host
2022 – Present
Connecting researchers, students & industry around decentralized trust.
Tech Lead – Afrodidact vzw
2017 – Present
EdTech for schools in underserved contexts.
Deep Dive
Speaking Engagements
Aug 2025 · Zero Trust at the Edge
AI & BC Conference Tokyo
Sep 2025 · Decentralized Identity for Industrial Robotics
LFDT Meetup: Trusted AI Agents by Design
2026 · From Trust Ecosystems to Authority Continuity
LFDT Meetup: Trusted AI Agents
2025
2023 · EBSI presentation
+ more notable talks
ID Collective
May 2025 · Self-Sovereign Identity
EthCC Side Event
2024 · Hyperledger Besu implementations
DAO Brussels Crypto Wednesday
Apr 2024 · Blockchain governance
2023 · Deploying EBSI nodes with Besu
2022 · VC adoption for municipalities
Interreg BC in Government
2022 · Blockchain use cases in government
BLING Token Conference
2022 · Blockchain in government processes
PropTech Lab
2021 · Blockchain in construction & real estate
Research Projects at Howest
TETRA DPP InZicht
2025 · SSI for Digital Product Passports
Interreg SecuWeb
2024 · SSI, Solid pods, Industry 4.0
Digital Credentials for Europe
2023–25 · Public sector VCs
EBSI Early Adopters
2022 · Municipal VC portal
+ 6 more projects
EBSI Node Expansion · ICON Future Flemish Pig · Blockchain4Prosumers · Blockchain IN Government · Blockchain4SME
Education & Certifications
Education
BA Blockchain Developer & Architect
Howest · 2020–22 · Highest distinction
BA Applied Computer Science
Howest · 2015–17 · Distinction
Certifications
- Hyperledger Fabric Practitioner · 2025
- Besu Certified Professional · 2025
- Hyperledger Fabric Developer · 2021
- Certified Laravel Developer · 2020
- Design Thinking · IDEO U · 2019
Languages
Hackathons Organized
Work with me
Independent IT advice and implementation, from pinpointing the challenge to a working product.