Since 2016 I'm in an electric reclining wheelchair, due to problems with my back, but that has not stopped me from returning 100% to my original roles as ICT Security & Enterprise Architect at CGI.com, chair of Paletzorg.org, owner of MADmelange.com, ambassador for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, visiting consultant at the University of Groningen, member of PlatformToegankelijkWesterkwartier.nl, blogger on Scouters.nl, and Minister of Manufacturing at Asgardia, the Space Nation. My return story is on Jacobs.Space/liggend.

On the contrary, I want, must and will emigrate to space, some 15 years from now. I studied astronomy and computer science and end 2019 I gave a presentation to space agencies, astronauts and scientists on a “Sustainable Space Colony Swarm Architecture” and my need to emigrate to space. See MADmelange.Space/Asgardia. This was well received and I am currently convincing CGI to collaborate with commercial aerospace companies to realize such architecture and with that my dream, so that I can escape the gravity that is causing my back problems. The sky is no limit!

I have a lot of knowledge and experience in IT, healthcare, science, space and several other areas and I am very ambitious, optimistic and enthusiastic. Eyes wide open!