About Bedrock.engineer

I studied geotechnical engineering and applied geophysics (imaging the subsurface using similar techniques to those we use in hospital to do non-invasive tests on the body), and then worked for Arup for 4 years as a geotechnical engineer and computational designer.

During my time at Arup I worked on applying computational design to geotechnical engineering, and on communicating subsurface data (ground investigation data, ground models and geotechnical analysis results).

With Bedrock.engineer, I'm building the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), tools and apps that I wished existed when I was still working at Arup.

I studied Petroleum Engineering (Reservoir Geology) at TU Delft, which involves interpreting complex subsurface data. There, I grew frustrated with the software we used. I came to believe that:

• Software should be useful and usable, even (especially) technical software.
• A good visualization can make complex ideas clear quickly.

These beliefs pushed me to learn programming, focusing on user interfaces and data visualization to build more thoughtful interfaces for technical information.

For the past five years, I've worked on data-rich applications across various domains, focusing on usable UIs and turning numbers into visual insights.

At the moment, my primary interest is figuring out how to close the gap between the fragmented tools that exist for working with geotechnical data and the more accessible, interoperable tools that I believe could exist.