Graduated Delft University (Mechanical Engineering) 1964.
Joined Cooper Bessemer (Mount Vernon, OHIO, USA) 1964 as Design Engineer Gascompressorstations with emphasis on “Maintainabilty
Improvement”. Joined Nederlandse Gasunie 1966 with
similar assignment. Transferred to “Compressorstations
Operations and Maintenance” 1976. Introduced Preventive
and Condition Based Maintenance 1976-1987. Improvement
from 6% of Invested Value to 1.8%. 1987–1994 Project
Manager Gasunie Corporate Office. Board Member NVDO
1984-1998 (Chairman 1986-1998). Board Member EFNMS
1988-2004 (Chairman 1995-2004). Board Member Salvetti
Foundation 2005-2014. Honorary Memberships: NVDO
(1998), EFNMS (2004), Salvetti Foundation (2014).
Honorarysecretary@salvettifoundation.com