For as long as I can remember, I’ve been driven by both creative and technical challenges. My journey in audiovisual preservation began with filmmaking (I made several experimental films) and hands-on innovation-designing and building a Super8 continuous film processing machine in 1999, followed by a 2K film frame scanner in 2011. That scanner wasn’t just any scanner – it was capable of handling unique and obscure film formats, like Gaumont 15mm film with middle perforation.

In 2003, I founded SuperSens, an AV service provider dedicated to film and video (digital) preservation. A few years later, in collaboration with EYE Film, we organized the first Home Movie Day in the Netherlands, an event that quickly gained national recognition. Through this work, we became an integral part of the “Images for the Future” project, where we repaired, cleaned, and digitized thousands of hours of film for the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (NISV).

But beyond the technology, my vision has always been clear: to help others overcome technical challenges, to support both private and institutional clients, and to provide them with the tools and know-how to preserve and share their history and stories. In early 2020, right in the middle of the COVID epidemic, I launched NextArchive – a company that has since grown into a globally recognized leader in digital preservation.