About

I am an independent advisor working at the meeting point of quantum, security and governance. My job is to make quantum technology a decision rather than a worry: defensible, costed, and owned by the right people.

My background sits exactly where quantum readiness lives. I spent six years inside BIPT, Belgium's federal telecommunications regulator, doing security audits and risk work against the ISO 27000 family and operating a sector incident-response capability (CSIRT). That work is as much governance and regulation (GDPR, NIS, NIS2) as it is technology. Before and alongside that, a decade as software architect and CTO across data-intensive platforms means I can speak to engineering teams as fluently as to a board. Over the last several years I have formalised a long-standing interest in quantum through the MIT xPro Quantum Computing programme and the IBM Qiskit certification track, and I build in Qiskit rather than only reading about it.

  • 6 yrssecurity and governance inside a national regulator
  • 10+ yrsas software architect and CTO
  • 2 mastersEngineering (KU Leuven) and Management (Vlerick)
  • Board to codefluent with executives and engineers alike

What I bring

  • Hands-on quantum, honestly calibrated. MIT xPro Quantum Computing and the Qiskit track, plus the judgment to tell demonstrable value from hype.

  • Quantum-safe and post-quantum readiness. Cryptographic exposure, the NIST post-quantum standards and crypto-agility: the security challenge quantum both creates and solves.

  • Security, technical and governance. Six years of security audit, ISO 27001, 27002 and 27005 risk assessment and incident response, across GDPR, NIS and NIS2.

  • Translation between board and engineering. Engineering and management training, and a CTO track record, that turns deep technical change into decisions leadership can own.

  • Independent and vendor-neutral. I do not resell hardware, software or migrations, so my advice serves your risk and your business.

Experience in brief

  • Founder, Abacas, 2023 to present. Independent quantum, security and technology advisory.

  • Advisory Engineer, Network & Information Security, BIPT, 2017 to 2023. Security audit, risk and incident response, and governance at Belgium's federal telecom regulator.

  • Architecture and data roles. Software architect and CTO across data-intensive platforms, including big-data infrastructure and a real-time recommendation engine; cloud (AWS) and full-stack delivery.

Education and certification

  • MEng Computer Science, KU Leuven (magna cum laude); BEng Computer Science, KU Leuven (summa cum laude); Erasmus at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.

  • Master in General Management, Vlerick Business School (with distinction).

  • MIT xPro Quantum Computing Fundamentals.

  • IBM Qiskit certification (in progress).

  • ISO/IEC 27001, 27002 and 27005.

How I work

  • Plain language. If a recommendation cannot survive translation out of jargon, it is not ready.

  • Fixed scope wherever possible. You know what an engagement costs and delivers before it starts.

  • Vendor-neutral, structurally. I sell advice and nothing else. No reselling, no referral fees, no preferred products.

  • Honest calibration. I tell you when quantum is not your problem, and when "not yet" is the right answer. Both are cheaper to hear early.

  • Capability transfer. The goal is that your team eventually needs me less, not more.