Riemer. 44. Father of Ryan, boyfriend of a Senior Marketing Manager, and trainee stepfather. Born in Hoorn and currently living in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

When a teacher brought a Commodore 64 computer into the classroom I was immediately hooked. Not only because you could play a Donald Duck game on it (that absolutely helped), but also because it showed me the power of programming and handling information digitally.

Years later, while still in High School I started building websites with a friend, and later started focusing on the hosting and other technical aspects. When the website building company failed, I stayed in the IT industry and started working at Internet Service Providers, such as Genuity and Demon Internet. Then, I spent 8 years working on Uitzending Gemist, NPO Player and NPO.nl at Dutch Public Broadcasting.

Currently, I work as a Senior OpenShift Architect for HCS company, an Amsterdam based IT consultancy and services provider focusing on Open Source Solutions including those created by Red Hat. I help our customers install, configure, implement, automate and integrate all aspects of the OpenShift Container Platform.

I don’t only work though. In my spare time I try to play guitar (on my Music Man, Sterling by Music Man or OLP Luke guitars), listen to music (such as Toto, Tonic, Vertical Horizon, Green Day, Linkin Park, Foo Fighters, etc.), travel, go out for dinner and drinks, visit a concert, or just stay at home watching a Streaming Service. And since August 13th, 2025, my attention is also required by a miniature version of myself called Ryan.