From the Plant Floor to Consultancy
Since 1989, I have worked in the world of technical maintenance — first as a maintenance engineer and Manager Maintenance & Engineering inside maintenance departments, and later as a consultant supporting technical organizations in professionalizing their maintenance, reliability, and asset management processes. That combination of hands-on experience and consultancy gives me a distinctive perspective: I know what happens on the plant floor, and I understand the strategic challenges management faces at the same time.
What I have learned in those 35 years is that lasting improvement only comes from working methodically, one step at a time. There are no quick fixes in maintenance. Success requires a systematic approach: first understanding where you are, then defining where you want to go, and then taking the right steps to get there.
Vadeo BV: Since 2001
I founded Vadeo BV in 2001. Over the past 25 years as a consultant, I have worked with dozens of organizations — from mid-sized manufacturing companies to large industrial groups. Every assignment is different, but the underlying patterns are often the same: chaotic work processes, firefighting instead of prevention, spare parts unavailable when you need them, and technicians losing valuable time searching and waiting.
My role is to help organizations convert that chaos into systematic control. Not with theoretical models, but with practical methodologies that produce immediate results. I don't write reports that end up in a drawer. I work alongside people on the shop floor to genuinely improve processes and embed new ways of working.
Sharing Knowledge
After years of consultancy work, I wanted to share my knowledge and experience more broadly. I contributed to the standard textbook on maintenance management used in Dutch technical education, and I deliver in-company training programs in which participants can put new tools and methods to work immediately.
More recently, I distilled that knowledge into a complete 9-volume book series: The Reliability Framework. Each volume covers one essential area of integrated maintenance management — from workflow control to autonomous maintenance. The books are practice-oriented, with step-by-step implementation guides, realistic case studies, and concrete ROI calculations. This is the knowledge I have built up over 35 years, made accessible to anyone who wants to improve their maintenance operations.