Emiel stands for the open source philosophy. He relies on 'Power of Many' and 'Public Money Public Code' to contribute to a better world.
He works at SUSE as an Open Source Ambassador. Here he draws as much attention as possible to the Open Source products and technologies that SUSE supports.
He lobbies for Open Source Software in the Netherlands, EU and beyond. He is international speaker in the field of Digital Sovereignty, Open Source, NIS-2, CRA, OSPOs and Open Source in Education.
After being active in open source sales and marketing for more than 20 years, he has decided to commit himself to the DOSBA. He is co-founder and director of this association.